CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 05 January 2023 12:03

Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 05 January 2023 12:50 Adam wrote on Thu, 05 January 2023 10:59 Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 04 January 2023 20:22 CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 04 January 2023 18:30 I think Hockey Canada and the IIHF should learn that this tournament is better played in smaller cities like Halifax. The atmosphere has sounded awesome all tournament. IIHF and HC are both salivating about filling the 22,000 seat arenas in Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal.. $$$.. Next year its in Sweden.. I need to go one year.. but been saying that for ages! I don't think they did a great job selling seats in Edmonton - but the prices were extortionary. Who would pay that much to watch kids play? Not sure what they did about Edmonton, but when they had it in Vancouver, the 1st thing they did was mandate that all season ticket holders of the WHL Giants had first chance to buy tickets (they announced this a year in advance so that they could sell more Giants seasons tickets.. kinda smart), but had some conditions on them, something like you had to buy a "tournament pass" which included other nations games.. after Giants ticket holders were done, then there was a "lottery" system for the public .. I tried it .. not even a sniff. Regardless, even if you got a ticket, the prices being charged were astronomical. I tried the lottery for Edmonton's hosting .. zero chance. What they should really do is charge regular prices for TC games and lower the prices for the other country's games.. just to fill the seats.. instead they tie those games to Team Canada but the people only want to see TC.. and don't even bother going to the other games.. empty seats. I remember getting free tickets to a Czech vs Germany (?) game in Vancouver and the place was empty. I've given up trying to see TC games in Canada, the WJHC are too big here, best chance is to go see them overseas, where the tournament doesn't have the same following, I remember looking at TC game tickets in Czech that were like in the $30 range a few years ago.. you got to pay for a plane ticket, and an Airbnb.. but you can make a longer vacation out of it! I think going to a tournament in Latvia.. Czechia.. or any of the Norwegian countries would be awesome! Latvia is the place I'd want to go. I hear they're an absolute blast at Euro events. I think Edmonton did something similar. I didn't try because I didn't see value in the packages. I entirely agree with your point about the lesser games. There's not reason to make money off of an Austria game. Just get people into the building. I'd watch them and Sweden for 10 bucks. At $50? No thanks.

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