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Post by flyers73 on Mar 8, 2013 21:55:22 GMT -6
Congratulations to the Terriers on playing a fantastic game one! However, its embarassing the lack of support this team gets come play off time. I guess because you can't buy dirt cheap tickets or you don't have someone handing them out for free, you stop going to games. 666 for the first game of the playoffs was the smallest of the year. Sad and pathetic fellow Yorkton fans. Melville had over 1100 at their game....its nice to see their fans support the Mils.
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Post by flyerfan on Mar 8, 2013 22:12:22 GMT -6
i agree that the crowd was very disapointing, however, I do not think that people knew that game was scheduled for tonight. Need to fiind a better way to let the public know.
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Post by dawger2u on Mar 10, 2013 14:37:43 GMT -6
Was at the game also. Before you start dishing out the remarks Flyers73 why dont you check what other teams are doing I know for a fact that we charge the most of any team in the league. other teams are charging 2 bucks less then us for adults and 5 or 6 dollars more than our students. Take a look around do the math for a family of 4. Just saying i feel our team or city is gauging and some people maybe boycotting for that fact or maybe they just didnt know. But seriously look around or other teams post there prices you maybe surprised
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Post by flyers73 on Mar 10, 2013 19:58:46 GMT -6
Comparing to other teams, we are a little high, but most adults are 14 or 15, child tickets all in the same range...maybe 11 for teens is too high. Sure don't seem many young people at the games although there is more than there used to be. Maybe a discounted seniors tickets is a way to go, I did see that on a couple of sites. I know a lot of the seniors that sit around me, disappear for a lot of the playoff games. At the end of the day...what ever the excuses or reasons, the Terriers need and deserve better support!
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Post by bababooey on Mar 11, 2013 7:16:48 GMT -6
What are the tickets for this round?
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Post by lewis94 on Mar 11, 2013 10:58:01 GMT -6
i agree that the crowd was very disapointing, however, I do not think that people knew that game was scheduled for tonight. Need to fiind a better way to let the public know. An SJHL playoff series usually starts on Friday, no? Anyone who wanted to go would've found out when the game was. That's a poor excuse.
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Post by rodpet on Mar 11, 2013 13:44:02 GMT -6
Just curious - BUT I thought I was told the league sets the price for playoffs - Anyone else hear that. Nipawin is 15 for adults in playoffs and 13 during the year. North Stars got it right - Kids are free with parents. Fill the rink with future supporters -- Hats off NBat Board Humboldt likes to take it from you. We took 4 kids under 11 and it cost us 32 bucks just for the kids. Adults were on top of that. Wouldn't be taking my family there too often. I also noticed there were about 4 other kids that age in the rink.
Thanks to the realignment I'll only have to do that twice next season to see the Hawks kick butt at the EPA in 2013-14.
Yayaya - just let me cheer!
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Post by flyers73 on Mar 11, 2013 18:07:18 GMT -6
So the Terriers are 15 for adults, 11 for teens and 6 for kids. Is there any team out there that is significantly cheaper than this. I really want to know if Terrier fans are be ripped off as Dawger2U states. I still think thats pretty reasonable pricing, a family of 4 for 40-50 bucks!!! What can you do with a family of 4 for 40-50 bucks...seems pretty reasonable to me. Now take a family of 4 to an NHL game....you have to take out a small loan.
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Post by petergriffin on Mar 11, 2013 18:58:23 GMT -6
Melville is 14,9, and 7. No senior discount.
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Post by sjhl1965 on Mar 12, 2013 10:25:04 GMT -6
666 maybe the devil has some thing to do with it.
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Post by bababooey on Mar 12, 2013 13:52:59 GMT -6
It's not just about ticket prices. You have to give fans a show nowadays and very few clubs in the league do that. With so many options available you have to up the entertainment value. As well, you have to engage and communicate with fans. There should never be a question if there is a game going on that night, let alone a playoff game.
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Post by rookie on Mar 12, 2013 15:13:54 GMT -6
It's not just about ticket prices. You have to give fans a show nowadays and very few clubs in the league do that. With so many options available you have to up the entertainment value. As well, you have to engage and communicate with fans. There should never be a question if there is a game going on that night, let alone a playoff game. I would agree re:ticket prices and getting value for money. I would also point out that from what I see on this board, Estevan would have the highest prices then?
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Post by lefthook on Mar 12, 2013 16:09:42 GMT -6
great point guys ! prices are out of reach for a family to attend , but on the other hand people will spend the money if the show is worth it . Hard problem , even harder solution !
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Post by flyers73 on Mar 12, 2013 16:29:02 GMT -6
I like the point about making the game an event. I am assuming the Bruins do a go job at this since it was Bruins fans who both pointed that out. What are some things that the Bruins do during their games? I am hoping some fans turn out for tonights game in Yorkton and cheer on the boys, as they have had an excellent season and deserve the support. Maybe I'm fortunate to have that extra spending money, but I think a night out at a hockey game is a pretty reasonable priced family event...not sure what you can do for much less.
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Post by mrbodangles on Mar 12, 2013 17:29:38 GMT -6
I like the point about making the game an event. I am assuming the Bruins do a go job at this since it was Bruins fans who both pointed that out. What are some things that the Bruins do during their games? I am hoping some fans turn out for tonights game in Yorkton and cheer on the boys, as they have had an excellent season and deserve the support. Maybe I'm fortunate to have that extra spending money, but I think a night out at a hockey game is a pretty reasonable priced family event...not sure what you can do for much less. A Hawks playoff gm admission at the cage for a family of 4 is $ 50 which is likely about par . a avererage
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Post by eyeinthesky on Mar 12, 2013 19:38:58 GMT -6
i hope other teams and players take note of classen as yes im impressed with his interviews and class...
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Post by swkot on Mar 12, 2013 22:13:09 GMT -6
I'm not so sure that junior hockey needs entertainment beyond the hockey. Or at least it shouldn't be necessary to go to any extremes to draw in better than 5% of your population, especially in playoffs.
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Post by bababooey on Mar 13, 2013 0:29:30 GMT -6
The attendance numbers say otherwise.
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Post by swkot on Mar 13, 2013 6:43:15 GMT -6
That's kind of like saying your car isn't running well so it needs more oil. The only thing the numbers suggest is something is amiss. For Yorkton's attendance to drop roughly 20% from regular season to playoffs that seems like people made a pretty abrupt decision that hockey is no longer entertaining enough. What I am wondering is exactly how many people weren't paying their way to the Terriers game before? Were there that many tickets sold to corporate sponsors in the regular season?
You can't fake being a hockey fan, either you are or you're not. Drawing people to the rink with some other form of entertainment might see a brief influx. If they aren't hockey fans in the first place, they have no reason to come back.
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Post by clansman2112 on Mar 13, 2013 9:15:52 GMT -6
I have been told that during the regular season, for each game, the Terriers would include in their attendence numbers ALL of the season ticket holders. They use a punch card system and it is impossible to keep track of who shows up for the game so they just report it like each season ticket holder attends the game and count it like that.
During the playoffs, season ticket holders just buy the tickets like everyone else so it's easy to track. There were a few games during the regular seson that the Terriers announced attendence over 1000 but there was no way there were that many there.
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Post by lewis94 on Mar 13, 2013 13:09:42 GMT -6
You can't fake being a hockey fan, either you are or you're not. Drawing people to the rink with some other form of entertainment might see a brief influx. If they aren't hockey fans in the first place, they have no reason to come back. The Bruins led the league in attendance and they've incorporated entertainment as a major part of the evening since they moved into Spectra Place. While you may not need a "show" to draw you in, it obviously helps bring more casual fans to the rink (and families).
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Post by flyers73 on Mar 13, 2013 19:10:38 GMT -6
Clansman2112....you are bang on. That is exactly how they record their attendance during regular season games. You take season ticket holders and add individual ticket sales for your attendance. Most games did not have 1000 fans. Lots of season tickets are given away by corporate sponsors as each sponsor is given two sets of tickets to give away. Yorkton does not have enough true hardcore sjhl hockey fans. Lots of people who will go now and again...but only a very small amount that are die hard fans.
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Post by rumble on Mar 14, 2013 9:48:58 GMT -6
Yorkton is pathetic when it comes to supporting the Terriers. They have been for years, even back when the Terriers were winning the SJHL over the Stars. The crowd for the most part is made up of people who probably all bus to the game from the old folks home. In 5-10 years time there won't be any Terrier fans left; they'll all be in the ground or cremated.
I know of two young people who have season tickets... Two. And they used to sit in my row when I bought my season tickets. Unfortunately I cannot buy tickets now and attend all the game (I missed two games from 2006-2010/11 season).
My reason is that I am studying in England. However, I still check the SJHL website regularly, check each team's stats per game (each time a player records a point I check to see their totals) and I listen to the Terrier games whenever GX94 puts them on (d**n that old timey Saturday Night Get-Together, takin' up Terrier game time haha... Jokes GX, don't get offended).
What else is there to do in Yorkton? Drink, party and cause trouble. Maybe do some drugs (I'll take this time to say that I've never had any alcohol or done any drugs in my nearly 25 years of existence).
Yorkton, in terms of supporting sports teams (Cardinals fans are bad for this as well, an 80% of them are handicapped but thankfully they come out to support the team, that's respectable) is absolutely terrible. Maybe they aren't promoted well enough but still get your asses off your couch, put the beer/rye/whiskey/vodka down and get to a game.
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