SackTastic
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- Mar 25, 2011
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Zero. It takes almost no effort to go online, see individual pricing for a Leafs game, compare it to Stubhub (factoring in commissions) and see reality. No money to be made most games. The rink is filled with away fans for games like Bruins, Leafs, Habs as much because the Sabres are raising prices for those games (which Ontario fans will pay) than STHers selling those games. But Buffalo News pushes some narrative to say otherwise. A little gerbilism.
I mean a lot of that stems from 05-06. The online resellers like Stubhub had started to get a foothold by then, and commissions then were silly low anyways. Combined with the team getting good, a LOT of season ticket holders were actually able to profit from the demand. It was got much easier to capture the premium pricing from traveling fans that way.
When Pegula took over and snowballed everybody to drive the season ticket base up, it ticked up a little bit, but after years and years of sucking most STHers became much happier to just dump their seats at a loss rather than head downtown to take a nap. I know quite a few people who lost lots of money trying to flip secondary market tickets, and it brings me great joy.