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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 17:38:40 GMT
The only thing stopping Panthers fans buying seats in other teams blocks is the fact that the Elite League have said they reserve the right to rescind those tickets How on earth is this 'policeable'?'
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Post by DMS on Feb 1, 2017 17:47:30 GMT
As a league run event ultimately I don't think the powers that be will care who buys tickets where as long as the bowl is full with as many paying customers as possible come the actual event!
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Post by Caesar on Feb 1, 2017 17:49:59 GMT
The only thing stopping Panthers fans buying seats in other teams blocks is the fact that the Elite League have said they reserve the right to rescind those tickets How on earth is this 'policeable'?' Absolutely no idea
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Post by iginla on Feb 1, 2017 17:53:13 GMT
The only way to even part police it,is to give each club an allocation to sell at their home arena,in person not on the phone and on a first come first served basis. Season ticket holders first and any surplus gets sent back for re sale later.
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Post by PantherB on Feb 1, 2017 18:02:10 GMT
I assume they 'police' it by removing those wearing opposition jerseys in the wrong block, but only if they cause trouble.
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Post by kievthegreat on Feb 1, 2017 19:37:42 GMT
The only thing stopping Panthers fans buying seats in other teams blocks is the fact that the Elite League have said they reserve the right to rescind those tickets How on earth is this 'policeable'?' If they cared, they'd simply look through the orders for other teams blocks and cancel orders if the billing address is Nottingham. Expecially if they are on the system and always buy tickets to Panthers home games. I support Ipswich and in the run up to games against Norwich they won't sell home tickets to Norfolk addresses. Additionally you have to have been registered with the club and bought tickets from them before. If you've never ordered from them before they won't sell you Norwich tickets online or over the phone and you have to show up in person. Only difference is that the police stipulate this so they've got a motivation. In this case will the arena really care?
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Post by texpef on Feb 1, 2017 20:04:41 GMT
The only way to even part police it,is to give each club an allocation to sell at their home arena,in person not on the phone and on a first come first served basis. Season ticket holders first and any surplus gets sent back for re sale later. Again with the season ticket thing... why... ITS NOT A CLUB EVENT ITS A LEAGUE EVENT and one run by the NIC at that too... yes the clubs do make up the league but this is advertised as a NIC hockey event there is no justifiable reason to make this a season ticket holder priority one... as i said season ticket holders will find a way to reason this...
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Post by iginla on Feb 1, 2017 20:26:49 GMT
The only way to even part police it,is to give each club an allocation to sell at their home arena,in person not on the phone and on a first come first served basis. Season ticket holders first and any surplus gets sent back for re sale later. Again with the season ticket thing... why... ITS NOT A CLUB EVENT ITS A LEAGUE EVENT and one run by the NIC at that too... yes the clubs do make up the league but this is advertised as a NIC hockey event there is no justifiable reason to make this a season ticket holder priority one... as i said season ticket holders will find a way to reason this... Your'e not going to like this one bit i guess. But it's because a season ticket holder shows more loyalty by buying a full season of hockey than the guy who picks and chooses his games,therefore he should be rewarded for his commitment.
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Post by EMB on Feb 1, 2017 20:34:18 GMT
Apparently as of 5pm this evening all Panthers allocation is sold out as well as some of the Scottish clubs. Wonder when they will open up the adjacent blocks.
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Post by thebestpanthers on Feb 1, 2017 22:12:43 GMT
Spent most of the day trying to get tickets on-line - could choose the tickets and put payment details in but kept getting rejected as card verify was not working and kept saying "Try later" - Finally went to Arena, after fighting traffic jams and "Strictly" fans, managed to get two tickets block 16 for Saturday and two block 18 for Sunday
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Post by texpef on Feb 1, 2017 22:45:09 GMT
Again with the season ticket thing... why... ITS NOT A CLUB EVENT ITS A LEAGUE EVENT and one run by the NIC at that too... yes the clubs do make up the league but this is advertised as a NIC hockey event there is no justifiable reason to make this a season ticket holder priority one... as i said season ticket holders will find a way to reason this... Your'e not going to like this one bit i guess. But it's because a season ticket holder shows more loyalty by buying a full season of hockey than the guy who picks and chooses his games,therefore he should be rewarded for his commitment. Youre right i dont thats bull crap
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Post by jdizpt8 on Feb 1, 2017 22:50:45 GMT
Massive demand + finite seats = huge price hike . OR , Looks like were gonna need a bigger venue ........ I've been praying for a bigger venue just to get away from Nottingham so I can have a weekend away from my home town
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Post by iginla on Feb 1, 2017 22:57:59 GMT
Your'e not going to like this one bit i guess. But it's because a season ticket holder shows more loyalty by buying a full season of hockey than the guy who picks and chooses his games,therefore he should be rewarded for his commitment. Youre right i dont thats bull crap It's not bull,it's what happens in lots of sports. The other option is,you could have a couple of thousand season ticket holders who can't get a ticket because they've all been snapped up by people who only went to a few league games during the season. That's not right either,it's worse.....so what would you suggest ?
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Post by John Casey on Feb 1, 2017 23:31:54 GMT
Youre right i dont thats bull crap It's not bull,it's what happens in lots of sports. The other option is,you could have a couple of thousand season ticket holders who can't get a ticket because they've all been snapped up by people who only went to a few league games during the season. That's not right either,it's worse.....so what would you suggest ? Shorten the Season Ticket Holder window, 2 days is more than enough.
I believe that anybody who has bought a Play Off Weekend ticket is dedicated fan whether they are a Season Ticket holder or not. I don't think that the Friday/Saturday night casual crowd will be bothered about the weekend.
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Post by iginla on Feb 1, 2017 23:52:08 GMT
It's not bull,it's what happens in lots of sports. The other option is,you could have a couple of thousand season ticket holders who can't get a ticket because they've all been snapped up by people who only went to a few league games during the season. That's not right either,it's worse.....so what would you suggest ? Shorten the Season Ticket Holder window, 2 days is more than enough.
I believe that anybody who has bought a Play Off Weekend ticket is dedicated fan whether they are a Season Ticket holder or not. I don't think that the Friday/Saturday night casual crowd will be bothered about the weekend.
I agree. But it wouldn't make any difference,because you've only got about 1600 Panthers seats but at least 2500 season ticket holders.
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Post by Bagheera on Feb 1, 2017 23:53:30 GMT
It's not bull,it's what happens in lots of sports. The other option is,you could have a couple of thousand season ticket holders who can't get a ticket because they've all been snapped up by people who only went to a few league games during the season. That's not right either,it's worse.....so what would you suggest ? Shorten the Season Ticket Holder window, 2 days is more than enough.
I believe that anybody who has bought a Play Off Weekend ticket is dedicated fan whether they are a Season Ticket holder or not. I don't think that the Friday/Saturday night casual crowd will be bothered about the weekend.
Not really. I have a friend coming who has only ever been to about 3 or 4 games. 1 of those was last season. O.k not quite your Friday/Sarurday Casual, but I bet plenty of people would be pretty wee'd off to know he has a ticket when they don't
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Post by kievthegreat on Feb 2, 2017 0:08:57 GMT
Apparently as of 5pm this evening all Panthers allocation is sold out as well as some of the Scottish clubs. Wonder when they will open up the adjacent blocks. They've already sold one adjacent block (Block 18) to Panthers fans. The other one is opposite side of the rink (Block 6) next to the Steelers who have sold hardly any (Tony's orders?), but I doubt they'd want it as a Panthers block. I looked up single tickets for the final day and there are just 3 tickets between blocks 12 and 19. If any Panthers fans are buying in other blocks don't expect to be close.
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Post by cooperphil156 on Feb 2, 2017 6:53:58 GMT
I am abroad at the moment and wish to go to the playoffs - I think its a great weekend, in spite of many wishing it to be a series as in America. I logged in and have been offered tickets, but was unable to choose seats - I am probably in the wrong block - 9. The only thing I can do is to take it up with the Arena when I get back.
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Post by mattscold on Feb 2, 2017 7:55:24 GMT
Youre right i dont thats bull crap It's not bull,it's what happens in lots of sports. The other option is,you could have a couple of thousand season ticket holders who can't get a ticket because they've all been snapped up by people who only went to a few league games during the season. That's not right either,it's worse.....so what would you suggest ? It should be first come first served, it matters not whos been to the most games a season IMO. Are you saying that a season ticket holder is a bigger fan than someone who has the misfortune to work Saturdays? Or a fan who goes to every game but just couldnt afford the outlay of all the money up front? No casual fan is going to want to spend the amount it is for tickets anyway so you can guarantee the only people there will be the die hard fans, the may just have had to book a weekend off work.
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Post by Warren on Feb 2, 2017 8:32:02 GMT
It's not bull,it's what happens in lots of sports. The other option is,you could have a couple of thousand season ticket holders who can't get a ticket because they've all been snapped up by people who only went to a few league games during the season. That's not right either,it's worse.....so what would you suggest ? It should be first come first served, it matters not whos been to the most games a season IMO. Are you saying that a season ticket holder is a bigger fan than someone who has the misfortune to work Saturdays? Or a fan who goes to every game but just couldnt afford the outlay of all the money up front? No casual fan is going to want to spend the amount it is for tickets anyway so you can guarantee the only people there will be the die hard fans, the may just have had to book a weekend off work. I am with iginla on this, and even though I am a ST holder, I am not going to playoffs. I still stand by it. I am not saying anyone is a bigger fan than anyone. In most sports, there is benefits beyond "per game discount" when you get a ST. When it boils down to it a ST isn't a massive discount on games. It is a large outlay (and by the end of april / beginning of may to get the best offer) That some can't afford at once or life may mean you can't go to all the games (though Saturday games are more of a unique game at the moment). So i propose a multi tier system... ST holders first + people with 90%+ of the game tickets upto sale day (2 days) 50%-89% of game tickets upto sale day (2 days) 1%-49% of game tickets upto sale day (2 days) General sale
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 9:56:32 GMT
Again with the season ticket thing... why... ITS NOT A CLUB EVENT ITS A LEAGUE EVENT and one run by the NIC at that too... yes the clubs do make up the league but this is advertised as a NIC hockey event there is no justifiable reason to make this a season ticket holder priority one... as i said season ticket holders will find a way to reason this... Your'e not going to like this one bit i guess. But it's because a season ticket holder shows more loyalty by buying a full season of hockey than the guy who picks and chooses his games,therefore he should be rewarded for his commitment. I went to every home game last season and I didn't have a season ticket. Season ticket holders are no more loyal than I am.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 10:04:46 GMT
Your'e not going to like this one bit i guess. But it's because a season ticket holder shows more loyalty by buying a full season of hockey than the guy who picks and chooses his games,therefore he should be rewarded for his commitment. I went to every home game last season and I didn't have a season ticket. Season ticket holders are no more loyal than I am. No they jusy financially commit in the summer that's the only difference. Jusy because we have 2500 season ticket holders doesn't mean we should be allocated 2500 Pofw tickets !!
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Post by fishman on Feb 2, 2017 10:10:02 GMT
What about other club season ticket holders, after all it is Elite league event.
Like Warren I won't be going, spend my money on CHL not that I think Panthers will do any damage, its great to see teams Lulea and Lukko Rauma
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Post by iginla on Feb 2, 2017 10:40:47 GMT
Your'e not going to like this one bit i guess. But it's because a season ticket holder shows more loyalty by buying a full season of hockey than the guy who picks and chooses his games,therefore he should be rewarded for his commitment. I went to every home game last season and I didn't have a season ticket. Season ticket holders are no more loyal than I am. Why didn't you buy a season ticket then . It would have saved you some money ! 😉
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Post by iginla on Feb 2, 2017 10:47:50 GMT
I went to every home game last season and I didn't have a season ticket. Season ticket holders are no more loyal than I am. No they jusy financially commit in the summer that's the only difference. Jusy because we have 2500 season ticket holders doesn't mean we should be allocated 2500 Pofw tickets !! We haven't got 2500 POFW tickets though Pidge,we have about 1600. If people can buy other teams blocks then that's the organisers fault for not putting proper measures in place to stop it !
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