homersexual Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The Canucks have claimed a sell out at every home game since 2002, the longest streak in the NHL. Even if there were lots of empty seats last year, I guess the tickets were already sold and they just didn't bother to show up. This year, they lost a lot of season ticket holders. I think they cap season tickets at 17,000. They are sitting at 16,000 season tickets and packages sold. That means they need to sell almost 3000 walk up, or single games for a sell out. I guess a lot of the fans are going to have the wait and see approach. And what happened to the supposedly long wait list for season tickets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The Aqulini's will continue to buy them up in order to look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdatb Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 it ended already rite. the rog was pretty empty a lot last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackberries Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 the sell out streak already ended... did u not see the crowds last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking mama Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 ^^ Like others have said, - it ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Better question might be if one starts again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The Aqulini's will continue to buy them up in order to look good.There is that again.I have tried to find info about this but all searches just lead back here. So how is it that you believe this happens and what benefit do you think he gains from doing so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 the sell out streak already ended... did u not see the crowds last year? People showing up doesn't matter, if those seats were paid for and no one comes, it's still a sellout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 unless they lower ticket prices for general public, i don't see anyone will buy ticketmaster prices.. stubhub tickets are dirt cheap now.. $20 get u preseason games and $40 for regular games.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Highly doubt it. Vancouver is a wealthy city. When one sucker steps down, there are a dozen more eager to get right in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 They buy them up, give them away to charitable organizations and get the tax breaks. The empty seats are the corporates. The others were filled by the giveaways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 We should differentiate the sell out streak from the attendance streak. I couldn't care less about either streak, other than I may be able to get a cheaper ticket from the scumbags that sell tickets outside the ROG if half the seats are empty. The sellout streak is based on sold tickets, not butts in seats. The attendance streak is actual butts in seats...which is dead as Ink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Trying to find out, saw this from late last year: The streak stretches back more than a decade, to Nov. 14, 2002, when the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on a Thursday evening. The arena was full, a sellout, as it would be every single game thereafter, a run now at nearly 470 games, the longest in hockey and the second-longest in North American pro sports. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/ebner-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade-canucks-face-possibility-of-empty-seats/article17630666/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNeil Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 People showing up doesn't matter, if those seats were paid for and no one comes, it's still a selloutI know people don't understand the different between a sellout and full attendance.I have a coworker that was all mad, cause like 6 years ago, he had a last minute emergency and couldn't get to the game, and had no time to sell or even give them away.He was all upset that he didn't end the sellout streak.I asked if he got a refund....then you see the headlights come on...."um no they didn't refund me.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Are All Cynics Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Who cares. Streaks come and go. The one we should be worried about ending is our Cup drought. 43 years and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudProudNuckFan Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Who cares. Streaks come and go. The one we should be worried about ending is our Cup drought. 43 years and counting. Perfectly stated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldBrashear Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The streak still exists. It seems to matter a LOT to aquallini. I am sure two years ago he would have told you that the streak would never end, and I bet there was no circumstance under which he could ever imagine it ending. What a difference a year makes. My guess is, the sellout streak will fully remain this year. No one knows for sure, but one can speculate that what happens with leftover tickets is that Aquallini, or perhaps one of his companies, buys the tickets up and then donates them to a charity of some sort. They could then claim the income (because he is buying tickets from himself). Yes he would pay taxes on it, but the charitable donation for his current company would be eligible for a tax deduction. Why is a sellout streak so important to Aquallini? Well, he's a business man and a real estate mogul. He knows that it's all about image. To him, a sellout streak is probably a sign of a club's health. He can tell people that his hockey club has the longest sellout streak in the league, and to him that makes his club the best. Attendance and sellout is not the same thing. Last year we saw many empty seats, but those were likely from season ticket holders who simply couldn't be bothered to go to pointless games. Need proof? Look no further than pre-season games. There's always more empty seats at pre-season games because people don't care enough to go. Well, last year, once the Canucks had basically missed the playoffs, to many people the rest of the games became "pre-season" games, pointless, worthless games. Subsequently, we saw the ticket base decline by the thousands. Anyways, back to the point... I'd say that Aquallini will 100% keep the streak going for 1 more year. If the Canucks miss the playoffs this year, then I'd say it's all over. But he would be kicking himself if he let the streak die in the opening games, only to watch the Canucks go on to make the playoffs and have a great year (re-igniting interest and the wait list), knowing he gave up 12 years of a streak that could likely never be achieved again. if they lose the streak, they will never get it back. Just like how Henrik Sedin will never get the ironman streak back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisCo! Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm pretty sure it ended some game last season. I remember they used to say what number game the sellout streak was, but when I attended games later in the season, all they said was "thank you for another sellout". Probably got too expensive for the Canucks to keep buying out seats, so they ended the streak quietly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyM Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 What qualifies as a sellout? Surely the criteria is not EVERY SINGLE SEAT being sold which, to me, seems like a logical definition of a sellout. Because there were plenty of open seats (especially singles that are hard to sell) right up until puck drop last year that I hard find to believe all sold eventually to legit buyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 it will end this year if not already... canucks can buy hundreds of seats that are not bought but not thousands.. there will be very little or no walkup ticket buyers.. looking at stubhub, prices are insanely low, never seen this low in maybe 10 yrs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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