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Sabres fans left out in cold

JAMES CHRISTIE

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 12:02 AM EST 21/09/07

New Year's Day spectacle quickly sells out, leaving thousands of Buffalo supporters wondering where the tickets went, reports James Christie ...Read the full article

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  1. Thumb Sucker from Canada writes: Basebal fans deserve them more then anyone else. They don't even get to follow an actual sport.
  2. Garrett Nicolai from Regina, Canada writes: I could make a comment about Leaf fans deserving them next, as they don't follow an actual team....

    I don't understand why people are allowed to buy up to 50 tickets. This just invites scalping. We had the same thing when the Stones came to Regina, with tickets going for outrageous prices, until the second concert was announced. I also don't understand why Leafs and Jays fans get preference over Penguins season ticket holders. Could be a good game nonetheless. (Although the Sabres are not the Sabres of last year).
  3. chris wing from Canada writes: 50 tickets per person?? What a joke! Should have capped it at 5 or 10 per person.

    They also should have reserved at least a 20,000 block of tickets for Pittsburgh fans (as opposed to for the corporate stiffs). Then you would have a grand soccer style stadium atmosphere with both teams' fans supporting their own clubs. THAT type of passion would make for great TV, which is what the league ultimately wants.
  4. jim fisher from Canada writes: The way the weather is now it will 10 degrees and raining new years day, they should have waited until Feb 1.
  5. A. MacDonald from Halifax, NS, Canada writes: What happens if it rains? C'mon, it's a Northeastern US city along a Great Lake 10 days into winter... not Northern Alberta in the middle of the winter.
  6. Nathan Cool from Toronto, Canada writes: Why would anyone sit outside in the winter to watch anything? It's not nostalgia, it's stupidity.

    You'd have to be a real rube to fall for this piece of marketing hype.
  7. The Habs from Toronto, Canada writes: 50 ? Who was the marketing idiot behind that ? If this is at all true, with the passwords, etc. Ya gotta feel for Sabres fans. I was interested in this, but not like this.

    Jan 1st...I'm watching college football. This is gonna be a disaster. I hope it snows SOOOO much a couple of days before that no one can get there.
  8. Catherine Peters from United States writes: "Why would anyone sit outside in the winter to watch anything?"

    Beer. Lots of beer. :)
  9. pete s from rockysaganiukville, Canada writes: I heard Jim Balsillie bought them all.
  10. Trilly B from Canada writes: So 34 000 were bought up in the first 30 minutes. No doubt a portion of those buyers were scalpers going right to (or close to) the 50 ticket limit. And you're probably looking at the regular percentage of fans who make the trek to regular Sabres' games - so about 3500 - though perhaps a little more for this type of thing.

    Then 30 000 held for local fans. That's more than 1.5 times the capacity of Buffalo's HSBC Arena.

    And 2000 left over. Probably mostly, if not completely, snatched up by now.

    So what's everybody surprised about?
  11. Mike Berezin from London, Ontario, writes: Oh yeah Habs.

    You'll be watching US college football when the hockey is on?
    I think you'll feel very lonely.
  12. Slander Us from Toronto, Canada writes: A. MacDonald is right - I live in Toronto and we haven't had snow on the ground on New Year's day for a couple of years now. In fact, I can remember only one time in the past 6 years. This could be a disaster for both the weather and the fact that while this is a good idea, the timing is terrible. Americans love their college football, and Jan 1 is the biggest day of all. Even when the NHL has a good idea they still seem to manage to screw it up!
  13. Mike Berezin from London, Ontario, writes: Slander my boy.
    This isn't 1907 where the game was played on frozen snow.
    This is 2007, where they have something called refrigeration units.
    You know, like the stuff that keeps your food cold?
    They're not going to build a rink like you do in your back yard.
    All you need is cold temperatures and a hose, and modern technology will do the rest.
  14. Slander Us from Toronto, Canada writes: Yes, Mike - I do realize that. But last year the temp on New Year's day was 5 (according to the Weather Network, anyway). I know that Toronto has many outdoor rinks with refridgeration, and while they hold up okay, the corners inevitably become slushy and puddles do form when above 0. ANd, yeah I know that they'll use much better systems, but the weather comment was more in response to a post above about the possibility of rain. What I was getting at was that the chance for warm weather is good, and rain is a possibility. No system will be able to beat the rain. That's all I'm getting at.
  15. Matthew Perro from Calgary, Canada writes: The should persue the people who are selling tickets online, they purchased them in order to make a profit off of true hockey fans. This goes for concerts too, it's bad enough that we have to pay ticketmaster a service charge, let alone a jacked up fee from some jackass who's just looking to make an easy dollar.
  16. Jasper the Black Lab from Vancouver, Canada writes: At least Bettman is looking more sincere...
  17. Steve Arniotis from writes: It seems that the possibility of rain is first and foremost in the minds of some posters. However, thanks to Reebok's new waterproof "sweaters" introduced this year, the water will simply run off like water off a ducks back! (NO..not the mighty ones from Anaheim) AH...technology. So I guess the wizards in the NHL office had this planned with RBK for a while! (Posted with tongue in cheek)
  18. The Habs from Toronto, Canada writes: Mike Berezin; College football on the 1st, why wouldn't people be watching that ?

    You may also want to read what some of the players said at the Heritage classic. Assuming you can read.

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