panelguy Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Looked up payroll vs ticket prices. Van Payroll $64,201,189 cheapest ticket $97. LA $ 63,686,894. $30 CBJ $ 63,539,660 $27 St Louis $63,499,167 $25 That Canucks have to in American dollars but that hasn't been to bad lately. No free shirts , hot dogs or any other give aways except towels at playoff time. Somebodys making a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Keep in mind, a piece of that Vancouver ticket price goes into the revenue sharing pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebass Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 There are other aspects that need to be factored in ie. Management, player development, facilities, training staff, advertisement... the list goes on and on. Also there is the age old concept of supply and demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 A tad old, but you get the point: http://www.forbes.co...esnt-have-them/ The only people really making any significant money are the players... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Even the Blackhawks, Stanley Cup winners: http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/06/21/chicago_blackhawks_nhl_franchise_losing_money_despite_playoffs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panelguy Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Even the Blackhawks, Stanley Cup winners: http://www.thestar.c...e_playoffs.html And the cheapest Hawk ticket is $40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMR Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 As much as I agree, tickets could be a bit cheaper so everyone can enjoy going to games. Supply and demand drives the world. Other teams have cheap ticket prices and give away free stuff because they need to have people in the building in order to make money on advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 As much as I agree, tickets could be a bit cheaper so everyone can enjoy going to games. Supply and demand drives the world. Other teams have cheap ticket prices and give away free stuff because they need to have people in the building in order to make money on advertising. Other teams have cheap ticket prices because they don't have people in the building. The Canucks already sell out every game. What would be their motivation to slash their own revenue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMR Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Other teams have cheap ticket prices because they don't have people in the building. The Canucks already sell out every game. What would be their motivation to slash their own revenue? I agree, as I said supply and demand drives the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 My concern is the NHL doesn't list merchandising, concessions, etc. when it comes to revenue. Jerseys being $150+, you sell 50,000 of those, thats like $7.5 million dollars. If the team gets 50% of that, that's a nice revenue stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 A tad old, but you get the point: http://www.forbes.co...esnt-have-them/ The only people really making any significant money are the players... "uh oh, we only pulled in $212 million this season!" "that's weird, where'd the rest of this $3.3 billion come from?" "sssshhhhhhut up" but seriously, from your chicago link: But if Wirtz isn’t sweating over his team’s financial health, it’s understandable. University of Ottawa economist Norm O’Reilly has studied sports franchise ownership, and owning a team that makes money independently is rarely among the reasons people and corporations acquire franchises. And if the Blackhawks themselves don’t make money, their popularity and success drive revenue for other companies under the Wirtz Corporation umbrella. The Wirtz Beverage Group supplies the United Centre, which the Wirtz Corporation co-owns. Rocky Wirtz also owns a stake in Comcast SportsNet Chicago, which broadcasts Blackhawks games. “It’s very rare that an owner gets involved with a team to make year-over-year profit (though) they may have an eye toward asset valuation longer term,” O’Reilly said. “Often owners are happy to lose a little bit as a club. If they’re more competitive (on the ice) they’ll make it back in other ways, or they can gain it back in the long term asset.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Slot Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Reality is its supply and demand folks nothing else. Any company prices 'where it can' to maximize profits, that is good business. In the States hockey just isn't as popular, so tickets are cheaper (think NBA in Canada). In most arenas in the US you can get into a game for around 20 bucks. In fact I recently looked at tickets in NY for the Nucks and Islanders and you could buy tickets on Stubhub for EIGHT, YES EIGHT US DOLLARS!!! Supply and demand....simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 As much as I agree, tickets could be a bit cheaper so everyone can enjoy going to games. Supply and demand drives the world. Other teams have cheap ticket prices and give away free stuff because they need to have people in the building in order to make money on advertising. This. As long as people keep going, the prices will go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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