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I wonder if a lawsuit is in the works by some lawsuit happy fan, unless what they are doing is legal.
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I don't know. I did hear someone at one point talk about something to do with teams that accept public funding not being allowed to discriminate or something like that, so I bet there has to be something out there?
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It's possible, people sue for anything nowadays..I can see one involving a fight because someone "accidentally" stumbled into the Chase Club and Lexus Lounge areas wearing a Hawks jersey lol..I think it's a bad business policy and down the road perhaps the NHL may stop all the pussyness..
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I think this whole thing is fucking stupid and will up causing more harm than help.
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It's perfectly legal. It's private property and the owner can do what he wants. Doesn't matter, the games are sold out. You would have to use the secondary market anyway. I see both sides of this. I understand why real hawk fans in Chicago would be pissed and I see the Lightning's point of vie as well.
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Then the owner is a ******.
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He bought the team from some real assholes and moved down here rather than being an absentee owner. He put his own money into updating the arena, and is revitalizing the downtown district, again with his own cash. He is a great owner. I don't agree with the ticket thing, but if I was a Duck fan I would be embarrassed about game 7 in their house. They are trying to build a hockey culture here. Having Lightning bandwagon fans able to attend the games rather than out of town fans is good business. They will be hooked. Besides the Blackhawk faithful will be well represented. There are plenty of us living here.
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It makes me laugh how some team owners would rather have an empty arena and lose a lot of potential money just to not have visiting teams' fans in the building. You'd think they would want to let everyone in and make as much money as possible.
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wait, the games are sold out and the owners aren't letting anybody into the arena? I'd get my money back for sure, that shit can't be legal!
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That's the thing though...the arena isn't empty and they aren't losing out on potential money when they pull out this marketing tactic. The owners wouldn't allow this if they were going to lose out on money. Everytime Nashville, St. Louis, and now Tampa has done this...it has been a sold out game and the team owners got the maximum amount of money for it.
I still think it is more marketing than anything. It is a rally call for the TB fans to get around, it is publicity, and it gets everyone fired up going into a Stanley Cup Finals.
I really could not care less on their ticket policy or dress code policy. Ways around it and 99% of people who are complaining about it...aren't impacted at all.
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But if they aren't letting fans in at all, then they are only getting the door charge. What about concessions? Beer sales, trinkets, all that shit? They lose out on all those revenue streams if the arena is empty.
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Huh? They are letting fans in...they are getting concessions...they are maximizing their profits. The arena is not empty.
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What are the dress codes I keep hearing about on the radio? No red clothes?
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In certain sections/levels of seating it is only to be TB Lightning apparel or neutral clothing. No Blackhawks related.
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Sorry just confirmed that tribar was wrong. They are totes letting fans in, just not selling tickets to people outside of Florida. I don't know why he said the owners wanted empty arenas.
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It effects about 1,300 out of 19,000 seats.
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I believe club seats.
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Probably easier to enforce that way. They already have tighter security in the club level.
kind of Special person though, it's not like club level fans actually ever have an impact on the overall game experience.
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