Playing Chicken With The Blues: Gambling My Season Tickets

(cue Answer Man’s take on naked chicken in 3…2…)

And the drafting of Sam “I’m going to be a huge bust” Bradford spurred season-ticket sales for the Rams, that’s even less entertainment money for the Blues.

I have a feeling, barring a hot start and some inspired play, the Blues attendance figure are going to take a dip. Like you said, a 9th place team doesnt exactly make me want to crack open my checkbook.

I think you’ll win this round of chicken.

And if you lose your seats . . . well . . . their loss.

I sent an email to my ticket rep explaining why I didn’t renew my 1/2 season tickets on March 31, the day before renewals were due. I said something along the lines of “Instead of just ignoring the deadline, I’d like to explain why I’m not renewing, and it isn’t all because of price…”

Maybe he didn’t put a stamp on his email (yeah, they’re doing that now), or he forgot to hit send, but I’ve yet to receive anything from him about it.

The reason that I’m not renewing my tickets is that I’ve combined with one of my buddies. He sent an email to the Blues with a few questions in it. His ticket rep called him back and said “There are things in your email you wanted to discuss?” My buddy said “Where do you want to start?” He threw the ball/puck back into his court/zone by saying “Since you have the email in front of you, why don’t you pick where we start.” After his rep stammered a little bit he then asked “Did you read my email, or were you told to call me by your boss?”

His response of “Well, I scanned it,” was followed up by a CLICK from my buddy, and he has yet to hear back from anyone with the Blues.

The team does stuff that just makes you scratch your head sometimes. On the front page of the team’s website, they have an ad for 2010-2011 season tickets, with an aerial shot of TJ Oshie on it…wearing his road jersey.

i have renewed… not totally convinced about it but renewed none the less… i think the big thing was ending the year on a 6 game home winning streak and the turnaround since payne took over… however to not get totally hosed.. i sold 15 of my tickets for face value… so including preseason (ill save you the trouble of doin the math) im only gonna get 30 games and im still stuck paying 50 bucks more than last season when i got 43 games…. all i know is this team better produce in 10-11

Install some aircraft landing lights on your sled. I’m here to tell you that anyone who wants to play chicken with 24dc aircraft lights will have their retinas burned out at 1/4 mile, sending them veering off into the ditch. You can also heat your breakfast burrito if needed in the colder months with this fantastic invention. If you’re into the cyclops look go with a train light.

the wastepaper basket

i calimed and still maintain the blues have to do something special this off season. yea tickets here MAY have been underpriced, but that is part of the high attendence reason (and hopefullness too) the blues have simply supplied zero reason to re-up early this year. no playoff ticks, so far no star addition, a non playoff team, and we all know that if we do NOT re-upp now our prices will only get cheaper (and perhaps include meeting cam jansens and getting a dj king autographed stick)

it just wont be the exact same set as last season

might be better though. who knows?!?

…that photo of The King of Payne wth Conklin and Jackman absolutely screams " ‘You Write The Comedy’ caption exercise."

B.

If current Blues played like that team I’d find a way to pay for full season. However I’m just going with the 10 game premium plan. Enjoy the seats 310 first row above wheelchair area, so no one obstructing view which is a priority for my short friend who has the other seat. I think it went from $240 to $310 per seat.

Started with 5 of us with full season tickets back before the lockout but now down to only 2. Since they decided to raise my next to the top row seat on the shoot once side, we had to drop down to a half season and decided to move to the shoot twice side. Gonna be weird since I have had the tickets in the same spot since 2002 but at least I will get to see them shoot twice.

I understand the whole thing where tix were cheap because they needed to fill the building but raising them now isn’t smart. We knew the first time Dave raised them right when they took over and then decided that was stupid and decided not to raise them that eventually when he had the chance he would go back to raising prices. It’s all understandable to a point.

I told my rep when he gave me the usual “well we have one of the lowest ticket prices in the nhl” speech that they don’t get the whole picture. I knew when I bought the tickets back in 2002 that they would eventually go up. But I also knew the time would come to where I couldn’t afford them anymore and I would be at a crossroads. I told him they just don’t get it that a lot of us in the cheap seats bought them because we could afford them because they were so cheap so don’t get on me when I criticize the ticket increase and decide to get a half season.

I should of held out to try and get a free stick or whatever they will throw out to get people to renew.

At least I can say I was able to do some cool things and participate in some of the events they offered full season holders. I bet Clarence will be disappointed that I won’t be there outside to bull shit with him every game anymore haha.

Two years ago we were 5 seats on a half season plan.
Last year we went full season but reduced to 4 seats.
But then we’re in the lower part of the mezz on the end so our increase was not too bad. We’ll probably stay the same.

We renewed the day I got my invoice. Online. I didn’t even have to deal with my STH Rep.
Of course, our decision was a lot easier, as it only went up by a buck/ticket/game. (I think).

Since I went to DC a couple of times this year, I made a point at asking how much the
STH price was for the similar seat at Verizon Center (the phone booth). I was
shocked to hear $50 each. That is twice as much as mine. (or so).

I didn’t renew in 2006-7 ( or was it 07-8?) But the year after they fired the sink, I renewed.
Otherwise, I have been a STH since 2000.

Didn’t see it in this thread:
Fuck detroit.