Canadian Hockey Fans...
Parksy
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your opinion is requested:
When you watch the Toronto Maple Leafs play... does it ever bother you that the fans are non existent for the puck drops after each intermission?
My belief is that a lot of tickets are sold to corporations. (especially the season tickets) Now, if you own the Leafs... and you know that those seats are going to be purchased regardless.... wouldn't it make more sense to sell tickets to fans as opposed to corporations?
I think it might put a little more pressure on the players to play better as well.
Just a thought.
When you watch the Toronto Maple Leafs play... does it ever bother you that the fans are non existent for the puck drops after each intermission?
My belief is that a lot of tickets are sold to corporations. (especially the season tickets) Now, if you own the Leafs... and you know that those seats are going to be purchased regardless.... wouldn't it make more sense to sell tickets to fans as opposed to corporations?
I think it might put a little more pressure on the players to play better as well.
Just a thought.
Toronto 2000
Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
Boston I&II 2004
Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
Toronto I&II 2011
Buffalo 2013
Toronto I&II 2016
10C: 220xxx
Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
Boston I&II 2004
Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
Toronto I&II 2011
Buffalo 2013
Toronto I&II 2016
10C: 220xxx
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Toronto 10/01/00
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Kitchner 09/11/05
London 09/12/05
Hamilton 09/13/05
Toronto 05/9/06
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Please play SATANS BED
comparing the atmosphere during Leaf games to Montreal games is shameful for Leaf fans
I hate the Leafs too
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
And let's not forget the fact that if you are a leafs fan under the age of 43 you have never seen your favorite team win a stanley cup.
I just hope chicago wins the cup this year (Well, barring a miracle on ice and the Habs making it to the final), so the the leafs become the team in professional sports with the longest championship drought.
But to the point of the thread: 1/2 of the lower bowl seats at the ACC are empty at any given point in the game. Unfortunately tickets are no longer affordable to the masses in Toronto. The last game I saw, I couldn't get tickets until the day of the game when they release the last row in the lower bowl. I paid $200 a ticket and had the delivery boy's (another awesome idea drummed up by Toronto business men who actually like watching hockey so they don't have to leave their seats during play) block my sightlines for 2 out of the 5 goals scored in the game. The ACC is nothing but a pompus business table for Toronto's finanical elite at this point....
Can I add GO Habs GO?
I think your biggest problem is the teachers pension owns a huge part of mlse and they are all about making money for teachers pensions not winning. Unless your the NFL, sports is not about making money, it's a rich guys hobby. What do the leafs spend on payroll? Are they up in the top? Also if I'm a leaf fan, I'm a little disturbed to think that Burke traded away 2 number 1's and a second for Kessel a 64 point man, those picks could have been the foundation for years to come.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Does the Boston Bruins have the Leafs #1 pick this year?
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
my friend works at GM place catering the box suites... some of the corporate sponsors and employees are huge dicks to the staff, like they're really someone.
Stupid in Toronto for them to get all the seats. Especially when you have to wait like 952962 generations to get seasons tickets
1 and 2 this year and the 1 next year, all for a 64 point man. This year they could have had Taylor Hall, Cam Fowler or Tyler Seguin any of them are shaping up to be stars in the NHL.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
It does suck for Leaf fans. The price and availability of seats. This is why I do not get upset when Leaf fans invade HSBC Arena in droves and act a little over the top.
Boston has the leafs first and second round picks in 2010.
First round pick in 2011.
The thing that pisses me off the most is the monopoly the Leafs have on almost every Saturday night on CBC.
Get that shit team off the tube and show someone(anyone) else.
is that exactly what I thought I read."
I would like to see more teams playing in Canada, we don't need any Columbus and Nashville playing anymore.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Oh,I don't know man,Bob Cole drives me crazy.
I can't stand the CBC anyway.
If it wasn't for HNIC they would never be on my telly.
After ripping off that old lady for the HNIC theme for years,CBC blew it and lost the rights to CTV.
is that exactly what I thought I read."
Yes, if I owned the Leafs, I'd want those tickets going to fans, but ownership is entirely impersonal with the Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan owning 66% of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). They don't care. :problem:
Excellent replies...
Totally agree with someone up there saying what a piece of garbage it is to have the Leafs on every HNIC broadcast.
AND ALSO.... Sportsnet Ontario... these ridiculous BLACKOUTS in effect bullshit drives me crazy. Another team is in ONTARIO too!! The SENATORS!! And they MAKE THE PLAYOFFS MOST years.
For my playoff predictions.. .see the 2010 NHL Playoff's Thread.
Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
Boston I&II 2004
Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
Toronto I&II 2011
Buffalo 2013
Toronto I&II 2016
10C: 220xxx
Once the buzzer goes at the end of a period there is a mad rush of people trying to get down to their boxes. When the period starts again, there's another rush of people - although less mad - trying to get back into their seats but the ushers won't allow people to enter the aisles and get to their seats during play so there were about 400 people standing in the hall under the seats waiting for a whistle so they can get to their seats. An offside or similar short break isn't enough time to allow everyone to get to their seats in time so what eventually happened was that people got fed up with standing in the hall and now they just stay in their boxes now and watch the game there and wait until the period is 5 minutes in, then stroll over to their seats.
I don't know the exact numbers but I think the seat license for that section is about $200,000 PLUS the actual cost of tickets at about $200 per. I seriously doubt that there are enough private citizens who have that kind of cake.
You are not your job.
You are not how much money you have in the bank.
You are not the car you drive.
You are not the contents of your wallet.
You are not your fucking khakis.
There's a reason for the monopoly. The Leafs generate greater ratings.
The Leafs used to be on every HNIC broadcast, but they changed that last season and the Leafs were dropped from four Saturday night broadcasts. This year it was only two because HNIC ratings were down on the Saturdays they didn't play last season.
As frustrating as it may be for Leaf haters, there are more Leaf fans in Canada than any other team, and it doesn't matter how bad the Leafs are, they watch them.
It's not some sort of conspiracy by Leaf fans at CBC. It's all about the ratings.
A drop in ratings regardless.
Unfortunately for non-Leaf fans, it is the populated Southern Ontario that dictates what games are broadcast.