Today the Penguins announced they are doing away with 6 and 12 game ticket plans so as to make more tickets available to the public. I suppose this is both a good thing AND a bad thing. On one hand, the die hard fans that couldn't get their hands on season tickets (I believe that's up to a year and a half waiting period now) would have a chance to see a few home games at a relatively cheaper price then buying tickets every game. But on the other hand, I believe every one who doesn't have tickets should have a fair shot. This apparantly frees up around 2,000 tickets for every home contest. Not to mention, they were selling out 95% - 98% capacity last season, and 90 - 95% the previous season when they were still last in the conference. So all in all, I'd say this is a good idea.
Some dates to keep in mind - August 30th at 10am tickets go on sale for the two preseason home games.
September 15th - tickets on sale for individual home games.
FROM THE FRONT OFFICE
"The response of our fans continues to be overwhelming. We decided to cut off the sales of our mini-plans, after cutting off the sales of our full- and half-season tickets, because we want to have enough tickets available for fans who want to buy individual game tickets."
- Dave Soltesz, the team’s vice president of sales and marketing -
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