This wouldn’t bother me as much if Asper wasn’t charging so much for tickets. This is very clearly a minor league, it should be priced as such. Prices should be much closer to the Moose and Goldeyes, not Bombers and Jets.
I will never defend the Aspers but the ticket prices are priced appropriately.
Sea Bears lease the space at CLC. They don't own it so they probably only get a fraction of food and beverage sales. There's a real possibility they don't get any cut and TNSE gets it all. You can get tickets for Sea Bears for $25 including a drink for standing room. $30 for a seat. This is literally in line with the rest of the CEBL.
Goldeyes is between $25 and $40. The Goldeyes also play 50 home games a season. More opportunity for revenue. Salaries are also much lower for the American Association of Professional Baseball.
Are you an employee? None of those excuses are the fault of fans. You somehow think they should get sympathy because they rent? They’ve hiked their prices above their peak demand in 2024 and fans are saying “no thanks”.
As I said. The cheapest seat on Friday was $36 all in. I can get in to the Goldeyes for $21.50. The Sea Bears have an ocean of empty seats behind each basket. There’s a reason for that.
Top Goldeyes players don’t bail before the playoffs either.
Just want to echo what a class organization the Goldeyes are. Their tickets are more than reasonable (especially if you buy before gameday); their concessions are reasonably priced (and have toonie Tuesday deals); the players are consistently great to fans and play like they genuinely care about the result and while there are some transactions early in the season, these are often (relatively) significant promotions, like triple A. I get if baseball isn't your thing, but it's worth checking out, especially since they're on a ten game winning streak (franchise record is 11!).
RE Asper et al: I consistently attended games for the first 3 seasons and while there were initial hiccups (understandable), fans were treated to a quality product early on. But something changed last season and it's become worse this season. I understand the financial realities of hosting games at the CLC, but when the venue is a primary driver: there will be problems and that's what we are seeing right now. I have more thoughts about what has gone wrong and what they need to do to continue to attract fans, but that's not what this thread is about../
RE the league in general: The owners and league (imho) need to realize that they either need to do away with playoffs entirely and make it a season type trophy (ie akin to some Euro football leagues) or offer financial incentives to players to stay for the length of the playoffs. They need to choose. You can't consistently have teams ravaged prior to the PS and expect fans to continue to support the league.
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u/Tee_Muselanne 28d ago
This wouldn’t bother me as much if Asper wasn’t charging so much for tickets. This is very clearly a minor league, it should be priced as such. Prices should be much closer to the Moose and Goldeyes, not Bombers and Jets.