New rules / commissioner's statements

[Balticfox]

Are you old enough to have experienced those games? In 1960 Winnipeg lost the best of 3 in the 3rd game at home. Score in final game was 4 -2 in Edmonton's favour due to cold and snow.

Real football back in the day when Canadians were Canadians and revelled in being the true NORTH strong and free! No warm weather wusses need apply.

 

[Blue In BC]

Real football back in the day when Canadians were Canadians and revelled in being the true NORTH strong and free! No warm weather wusses need apply.

 

Back in the day ( 1973-1974 ) I remember meeting my Bomber distant cousin ( Wozney ) coming out of the locker in Vancouver. He had about 6 beer in his many pockets.

Players were not full time dedicated football players. They had other jobs and football didn't pay well relatively speaking. Lots were out of shape most of the time, but that was true across the league.

[buckzumhoff]

Are they raising ticket prices
  Looking at the seat map it sure looks like it.  Got  worse from Winnipeg stadium. To princess auto..  looks even worse now.. keep moving people further away. From the same ticket prices as what they paid and making them sit further and further away

[gobombersgo]

Are they raising ticket prices
  Looking at the seat map it sure looks like it.  Got  worse from Winnipeg stadium. To princess auto..  looks even worse now.. keep moving people further away. From the same ticket prices as what they paid and making them sit further and further away

Small price increases for current season ticket holders.

Huge price increases for people looking to buy new season tickets or single game tix.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Back in the day ( 1973-1974 ) I remember meeting my Bomber distant cousin ( Wozney ) coming out of the locker in Vancouver. He had about 6 beer in his many pockets.

Players were not full time dedicated football players. They had other jobs and football didn't pay well relatively speaking. Lots were out of shape most of the time, but that was true across the league.

Lyall Woznesensky?

[Tecno]

Small price increases for current season ticket holders.

How does that work? You can have different prices for new vs existing sth?

Also, when a business is full most of the time, they SHOULD raise the prices. It's good business. The demand is there. You use it. The goal should be to be 1 seat below full capacity every game. That is the correct price.

Ya, we may not like it, and we may complain and it may price out some of the poorer fans. And that sucks. But hey, at least we're not paying mosaic pricing for food and drink!!

The only other option is to add capacity.

[blueandgoldguy]

The addition of all these extra playoff games will lead to some poorly attended games next year.  Divisional semi-finals often have mediocre attendance.  We will see that happen with nearly all the playoff games next year with the exception of the true western and eastern finals.

Given the costs of hosting playoff games (paying the players for the games, paying the visiting teams accommodations, etc., I expect hosting teams to not break even on those games.

[Balticfox]

Back in the day ( 1973-1974 ) I remember meeting my Bomber distant cousin ( Wozney ) coming out of the locker in Vancouver. He had about 6 beer in his many pockets.

He must have been afraid of running low before the half.

 

[Balticfox]

Also, when a business is full most of the time, they SHOULD raise the prices. It's good business. The demand is there. You use it. The goal should be to be 1 seat below full capacity every game. That is the correct price.

Ya, we may not like it, and we may complain and it may price out some of the poorer fans. And that sucks.

The only other option is to add capacity.

Very true. That's basic business sense. When you can't fulfill all the orders you're receiving, raise prices.

 

[Waffler]

How does that work? You can have different prices for new vs existing sth?

Also, when a business is full most of the time, they SHOULD raise the prices. It's good business. The demand is there. You use it. The goal should be to be 1 seat below full capacity every game. That is the correct price.

You are right about pricing it right, that is huge, you want your game to be a hot ticket.

As far as raising prices for STH, they know what sections most sit, easy to raise those by section.

[Balticfox]

Bloody hell! I see that the Grey Cup Game in 2027 will be on November 7th! That's a full month too early.

This is Canada! There should be a very good chance of frigid weather for the Grey Cup Game. Here the chattering classes keep prattling on about global warning yet OUR Grey Cup Game continues to creep earlier and earlier. Someone in the league office needs to be caned.

[bluengold204]

How does that work? You can have different prices for new vs existing sth?

Also, when a business is full most of the time, they SHOULD raise the prices. It's good business. The demand is there. You use it. The goal should be to be 1 seat below full capacity every game. That is the correct price.

Ya, we may not like it, and we may complain and it may price out some of the poorer fans. And that sucks. But hey, at least we're not paying mosaic pricing for food and drink!!

The only other option is to add capacity.

From the email I got back in August or September regarding renewal.  And this just might be my specific section but they are switching my entire section to a higher price level.  For example say my section was P6 it was now moving to P5 for all new comers looking for tickets.  Those that already have season tickets in the section continue to get the seats at the P6 price level until you decide you do not want them anymore.

[Waffler]

Just thinking about DAZN taking games from TSN, will the panel be paid less now? Not sure if they are paid by the game or not. In any case, less time on air should mean less pay. Yet they continue to promote it? They don't see pay cuts coming?

[Tecno]

Bng204... You prompted me to go look up the sth changes, and wow, they completely redid the whole map. All the p's are gone and it's colours now. They finally broke out the 200 level middle sections better.

And... Did they finally allow youth pricing in the nosebleeds?? Yippee! I've bugged Wm about this every year for like 4 years now.

I'm on b4l and paying full bore for my 2 kids. I'm going to have to call to see if I can convert to youth. That would mean some sort of refund on 2027 portion already paid? This is like Christmas early.

There is no reason the upper area of the whole ring shouldn't be full with families and kids.

Thanks Wade!

But what's up with that PREMIUM SEATING written over the 100 level east side seats? Are they ripping out all the seats and revamping the whole section? Confused as to what tier those are and what's going to be premium about them.

[Blue In BC]

Lyall Woznesensky?

What about him? I had a chance to meet him at a party after a Lions game at Doug Carlson's house. I was sick so didn't go. My brother and wife went.