or stacking the deck against the visiting team. Maybe, just maybe this is a plum for loyal fans who support the home team?
Intent aside, I wish more teams would do this for important games. Reward the loyal fans. I cringe watching the celebrities (who don't attend otherwise) buy their way into sports venues.
I saw someone say that if you use a prepaid card, you can change the location/enter it manually and it'll work. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but... there are probably ways around it.
It's a fairly common thing now. NYR fans will still find their way in there.
This morning. The price jumped alot compared to Game 1 but I was somehow fortunate enough to find two re-sale that were below the original sale price from the Canes box office.
I went to the game in January in Raleigh. There are Rangers fans all over the state and bordering states. Rangers fans have been a constant when they play the Canes for the entire duration they have been down in NC. Doing this will change nothing.
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
RE: RE: Half of North Carolina moved here from the tri-state area
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
If a business wants to take a potential hit to their
bottom line to win games, shouldn't we applaud them for it. I doubt it will work much for the reasons listed in this thread, as I think the majority of Rangers fans who would go would live in the Carolinas anyway, but its all good.
Boston played here in Round 1...very few of their fans made it in....so it worked.
Rangers fans will be well represented. I was at the game in January and at Backyard Bistro across the street before the game it was probably 70-30 Rangers fans. The arena was probably close to 50-50 that night. I lived in Greensboro back when the Hurricanes came to NC and have been going to see the Rangers down here for 20+ years now and Rangers fans always turn out in large numbers.
Boston played here in Round 1...very few of their fans made it in....so it worked.
Rangers fans will be well represented. I was at the game in January and at Backyard Bistro across the street before the game it was probably 70-30 Rangers fans. The arena was probably close to 50-50 that night. I lived in Greensboro back when the Hurricanes came to NC and have been going to see the Rangers down here for 20+ years now and Rangers fans always turn out in large numbers.
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
to the Rangers in the ECF in 2015. But they even went farther and would only allow Tampa Bay Lightning or neutral colored gear to be worn by the fans in the arena which I thought was completely out of the line and absurd.
. https://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance - ( New Window )
To be fair, when I went to my one game this year, the total cost of the game and some beverages was close to $300 just for me. And I didnt eat anything.Thats gotta play into attendance.
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During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
When it comes to comments about actual gameplay, I feel like he just has a wheel with a bunch of random complaints on it, and spins it to decide what to rant about. No basis in what's actually gone on in the games.
His insistence that it's only a "few" teams with small fanbases that have done this is similarly divorced from reality.
. https://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance - ( New Window )
To be fair, when I went to my one game this year, the total cost of the game and some beverages was close to $300 just for me. And I didnt eat anything.Thats gotta play into attendance.
Exactly. There isn't a more hardcore fanbase in the NY Metro area than Rangers fans. I saw them at Ronkonkoma at all times of the day and night when there were games.
Also, a lot of the people taking shots at the Canes attendance must be forgetting how empty/quiet the Garden was for games late in the season during the recent rebuild years. Those tickets were going for pretty cheap on stubhub and the large amount of no-shows were obvious on TV.
Since NYR fans can easily buy tickets on the secondary market, this move by CAR will have little effect other than to have out of state fans pay slightly more for tickets. Not really that big of a deal IMO.
RE: RE: Half of North Carolina moved here from the tri-state area
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
Here's the other side to it:
If they don't do something like this, the secondary market will snatch up swaths of those tickets knowing they can sell them at a much higher price to NYC-area buyers, and the local fans will either get shut out of the tickets or will be facing much higher prices than the team is intending to charge.
By doing this, not only does the team keep visiting fans restricted, they also put a drag on brokers.
they need to do this so their home fans don't get drowned out. Is this what it's like in these scrubby hockey markets? Brutal.
Anyway nothing that would restrict you from buying tix on the secondary market via stubhub, seatgeek, etc.
Caniacs are currently the loudest fanbase in the NHL, so I'm all about this. As for it being a "small market," this happened in the NFL this year, and the team restricting tickets was the LA Rams (keeping San Fran fans out).
So that's LA. It's not really about the size of the market.
to the Rangers in the ECF in 2015. But they even went farther and would only allow Tampa Bay Lightning or neutral colored gear to be worn by the fans in the arena which I thought was completely out of the line and absurd.
This, I agree with. That's unacceptable.
RE: RE: RE: Half of North Carolina moved here from the tri-state area
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
Here's the other side to it:
If they don't do something like this, the secondary market will snatch up swaths of those tickets knowing they can sell them at a much higher price to NYC-area buyers, and the local fans will either get shut out of the tickets or will be facing much higher prices than the team is intending to charge.
By doing this, not only does the team keep visiting fans restricted, they also put a drag on brokers.
There are tons of Rangers fans in the RDU area and then you factor the other big metro cities Charlotte, Greensboro and to a lesser extent Winston-Salem. There are plenty of Rangers fans down here as it is.
It doesn't bother me that the Canes did this at all, because Rangers fans are going to show out regardless due to the influx of relocated people in the are not affected by this.
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
I am now living 3 hours from Raleigh. Yesterday there were entire blocks available - including almost the entire top 10 rows. Those tickets were $100 - same seats in MSG were over $400. You can fly in, stay for a couple of nights and see both games for less than going to MSG. Crazy when you consider what MSG will cost if they keep advancing.
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Half of North Carolina moved here from the tri-state area
& have been @ bars for Canes games...they have a relatively good following. They're not UNC or Duke men's hoops, but they aren't an afterthought either.
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
Like what Frank, tell me what was I wrong about?
You literally made shit up about expectations for the Rangers last week which I proved you wrong about.
Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
Like what Frank, tell me what was I wrong about?
Just about all of them. Your take on K'Andre Miller is beyond laughable. 2nd year player who not only improved leaps and bounds but actually wasn't dreadful against the top line in the entire NHL.
I'll be sure to cite the others as they come up....youre good at that (producing terrible takes).
Miller is so soft its ridiculous. Did you see him not even touch Malkin on his breakaway, and barely touched the next guy on his breakaway - both ended up as goals
Did you see him figure skating in his own end, never hitting anyone. Did you see any of his 100 turnovers in the series?
The biggest reason the Rangers defense is struggling is that Miller has to play so much
Anyway nothing that would restrict you from buying tix on the secondary market via stubhub, seatgeek, etc.
Intent aside, I wish more teams would do this for important games. Reward the loyal fans. I cringe watching the celebrities (who don't attend otherwise) buy their way into sports venues.
It's a fairly common thing now. NYR fans will still find their way in there.
I went to the game in January in Raleigh. There are Rangers fans all over the state and bordering states. Rangers fans have been a constant when they play the Canes for the entire duration they have been down in NC. Doing this will change nothing.
I hope you don't think I was poking fun. I didn't know this was a thing before and ran into the issue today when trying to secure tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Yep. All idiots.
A few teams, and in markets that have small fan bases. Its a pathetic move
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It has been done by many teams before.
Yep. All idiots.
good to know you're the authority
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance - ( New Window )
Rangers fans will be well represented. I was at the game in January and at Backyard Bistro across the street before the game it was probably 70-30 Rangers fans. The arena was probably close to 50-50 that night. I lived in Greensboro back when the Hurricanes came to NC and have been going to see the Rangers down here for 20+ years now and Rangers fans always turn out in large numbers.
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Boston played here in Round 1...very few of their fans made it in....so it worked.
Rangers fans will be well represented. I was at the game in January and at Backyard Bistro across the street before the game it was probably 70-30 Rangers fans. The arena was probably close to 50-50 that night. I lived in Greensboro back when the Hurricanes came to NC and have been going to see the Rangers down here for 20+ years now and Rangers fans always turn out in large numbers.
That as the regular season.
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
To be fair, when I went to my one game this year, the total cost of the game and some beverages was close to $300 just for me. And I didnt eat anything.Thats gotta play into attendance.
When it comes to comments about actual gameplay, I feel like he just has a wheel with a bunch of random complaints on it, and spins it to decide what to rant about. No basis in what's actually gone on in the games.
His insistence that it's only a "few" teams with small fanbases that have done this is similarly divorced from reality.
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. https://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance - ( New Window )
To be fair, when I went to my one game this year, the total cost of the game and some beverages was close to $300 just for me. And I didnt eat anything.Thats gotta play into attendance.
Exactly. There isn't a more hardcore fanbase in the NY Metro area than Rangers fans. I saw them at Ronkonkoma at all times of the day and night when there were games.
Since NYR fans can easily buy tickets on the secondary market, this move by CAR will have little effect other than to have out of state fans pay slightly more for tickets. Not really that big of a deal IMO.
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
Here's the other side to it:
If they don't do something like this, the secondary market will snatch up swaths of those tickets knowing they can sell them at a much higher price to NYC-area buyers, and the local fans will either get shut out of the tickets or will be facing much higher prices than the team is intending to charge.
By doing this, not only does the team keep visiting fans restricted, they also put a drag on brokers.
I've used seatgeek, vividseats and stubhub. They're all resellers and the fees can be high.
Anyway nothing that would restrict you from buying tix on the secondary market via stubhub, seatgeek, etc.
Caniacs are currently the loudest fanbase in the NHL, so I'm all about this. As for it being a "small market," this happened in the NFL this year, and the team restricting tickets was the LA Rams (keeping San Fran fans out).
So that's LA. It's not really about the size of the market.
This, I agree with. That's unacceptable.
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
Here's the other side to it:
If they don't do something like this, the secondary market will snatch up swaths of those tickets knowing they can sell them at a much higher price to NYC-area buyers, and the local fans will either get shut out of the tickets or will be facing much higher prices than the team is intending to charge.
By doing this, not only does the team keep visiting fans restricted, they also put a drag on brokers.
There are tons of Rangers fans in the RDU area and then you factor the other big metro cities Charlotte, Greensboro and to a lesser extent Winston-Salem. There are plenty of Rangers fans down here as it is.
It doesn't bother me that the Canes did this at all, because Rangers fans are going to show out regardless due to the influx of relocated people in the are not affected by this.
Rangers at Hurricanes
Knicks at Hornets (when I still cared about the NBA)
The NY fans (who typically are fans of all three as it is) show up in very large numbers.
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
Like what Frank, tell me what was I wrong about?
How much time you got?
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Like what Frank, tell me what was I wrong about?
How much time you got?
Again, you cant answer. Its not my fault you dont know shit about sports
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
Like what Frank, tell me what was I wrong about?
You literally made shit up about expectations for the Rangers last week which I proved you wrong about.
Are you dumb or just a liar? Or both?
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Another 25% are from Ohio. There will be plenty of local Ranger fans buying up tickets.
As others have said, many teams do this and there is nothing wrong with it.
Everything is wrong with it. Trying to keep certain people out of the building, but not others? All because your team and fanbase are too pathetic to fill the building
Any city that does this crap shouldnt have a team
LMAO! oh please.
During my brief time here, this Snablats character has some truly mind numbing takes.
I find there to be nothing wrong with a home team trying to maximize its home ice advantage. There are NY transplants all over the vountry just as there are Cowboys fans all over the country. I would love to be able to shut put Eagles and Cowboys fans for a playoff game.
Like what Frank, tell me what was I wrong about?
Just about all of them. Your take on K'Andre Miller is beyond laughable. 2nd year player who not only improved leaps and bounds but actually wasn't dreadful against the top line in the entire NHL.
I'll be sure to cite the others as they come up....youre good at that (producing terrible takes).
Miller is so soft its ridiculous. Did you see him not even touch Malkin on his breakaway, and barely touched the next guy on his breakaway - both ended up as goals
Did you see him figure skating in his own end, never hitting anyone. Did you see any of his 100 turnovers in the series?
The biggest reason the Rangers defense is struggling is that Miller has to play so much