Go Canucks! Vancouver Canucks single game tickets go on sale this Monday
The Vancouver Canucks announced today that single game tickets for the coming season will go on sale this Monday, September 14, at 10:00 am.
The first preseason game pits the Canucks against the San Jose Sharks on September 22 at Rogers Arena. The first regular-season game sees the dreaded Calgary Flames in town October 10.
"For the first time, the Canucks are introducing dynamic pricing for single game tickets for the 2015.16 season," reads info on the Canucks website. "Fans will now see single game ticket prices rise or fall on a regular basis in real-time based on factors such as opposing team, rivalries, standings, star players, day of the week and supply and demand.
"Like the travel and entertainment industries, fans who purchase their tickets early are more likely to get the best value and will enjoy greater overall availability of games, pricing and seat locations. Dynamic pricing is a modern system used by the vast majority of professional sports leagues and teams in North America. It is intended to accurately reflect real-time market value of current single game tickets in the marketplace, giving fans more options to choose from.
"Single game pricing will be updated and posted in real-time through Ticketmaster.ca/Canucks."
Could this be the year we bring home the Stanley Cup?
Go Canucks!
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ursa minor
Sep 10, 2015 at 12:18pm
"Dynamic Pricing" = The team or promoter acts as their own scalper. "More options" = Pay higher ticket prices, or even higher ticket prices. "rise and fall" = the prices are set to never fall below the initial set ticket price, so they always are going up.
I saw Dynamic Pricing in action when Seattle Seahawks tickets went on sale a few weeks ago. Every ticket saw at least a 135% markup, with $70 end zone tickets going for over $200. It's fascinating how promoters and pro sports teams get away with business practices that would have been considered racketeering and fraud just a few decades ago.