Carolina Has the Second Lowest "Fan Cost Index" in NHL?

Ok everyone, no more complaining about how expensive things are at the game, because apparently we have got it MADE! :-P

But seriously, I would love to be able to find a beer for 5 bucks or a soda for 2.75. Please show me where. Maybe they should do a little more in depth research on that…

haha

well its $10 now for parking at the RBC which totally sucks. Also watching the Washington feed on Center Ice on Sunday.. their christmas package is a lot better for the commoner than the Hurricanes christmas promotion.

I think it was tickets, a signed puck and 2 hats for under $100… while the canes are still offering $200+ticket deals with a jersey?? Not everybody who goes to hockey games live in Cary, NC.

Also, Atlanta ran some ticket deals for 2 tickets and all you can eat concessions for $40 (if I remember correctly.)

10 dollars for parking is AMAZING. I pay $20 every time I park downtown in Boston – if I want to park at the rink, it’s $25.

Don’t complain about your $10 parking you have NO IDEA how good you have it.

There are some one off deals in Boston : hat trick package where it’s 3 games, a hat for 99 bucks, or all you can eat section for 35 a game.

If that is what this organization turned in as average prices they fudged on the facts. I have been coming to games since the 06-07 Season and soft drinks were $4.00 then just as they are now including water. I don’t drink, but I think beer is $8.00 cup, parking was minimal $8.00 last season, $10.00 this season, hats average $24.00 and I have never seen a “program” for sale. You can get a hot dog at Hardees for $3.00 though. I have no clue on the average ticket prices.

Oh well if it sells us brownie points with the public/sales I’m all for it.

The day that the Canes introduce an “all you can drink” package is the day that my liver and my wallet fill finally go Ka-poot! on me.

I apologize to go off topic here but I just HAD to share this:

“Miller claims ref cursed at him”

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/518270.html

I bet it was Peel!

Again, I’m sorry this is random.

For what it’s worth, this report was found to be wildly inaccurate for pretty much every team. TMR’s numbers have been debunked regularly.

Miller is a wuss…

I purchased a parking pass at a DEAL!!! For STH and Mini-Plan holders you can buy a season parking pass for $7.00 per game… plus you don’t have to deal w/ cash transactions inside your car… I don’t remember what I paid to park when we went to the Canes game in Atlanta… but it was 5 blocks away from the Arena in a bad part of town and it was more than the ‘Canes charge this season… so I don’t think that our parking is a bad deal…

not sure if the parking passes are still available once the season has started… but you have to have a ticket plan to take advantage of that offer…

That’s funny stuff what happened to Miller. NHL refs are something else.

Mateo and the rest,

Park over at the old Yellow Pages building, it’s free and beats the hell out of that wild exodus from the RBC.

The walk is easy, even fat old beer drinking pukes like me can handle it.

Oh and damned if you don’t walk by that Wendy’s or whatever and Damons. Lot’s of opportunity!!!

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I dunno what the Yellow Pages building is, but the parking across from the horse complex is open and free again this year. Aside from the 06 playoffs and last season, I’ve parked there probably 120 times since 2003, saving myself loads of money. It’s a seven minute walk from the car to the RBC, and it’s a snap to get in and out.

I’ve been following that index for a few years. While it isn’t 100% accurate, it’s still a pretty good indicator of what fans of NHL (or NFL, MLB, NBA for that matter) teams are paying to go to games.

Whenever the Leafs are in town, I like talking to the people who drive down from Toronto for the game. They all say that they would have to pay around $200 per seat to sit in an equivalent seat (lower level north) at the ACC.

We really do have it made.