It's us vs the rest of the country
Those were Family Size Cokes! I remember them being sold and being mixed all over the stands. I didn't notice too many families using them back in those days and I was just a kid then. One of those family sized mixed Cokes was spilled on me at the 1983 Eastern Final.
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Yeah, but as we know, if it isn't too difficult to get tickets, a lot of people will be in no hurry to buy, and wait until the last minute before ultimately (as often is the case) not going down to buy the tickets. It it is a hot ticket (and at 25k it would be much hotter) then people that think they might want to go, need to buy a lot earlier taking away the previous scenario I mentioned.
25K is PERFECT. Those that want to be there will be there. Those that sit on the fence, may be out of luck.
It's us vs the rest of the country
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What a ridiculous comment. You do understand that the Argonauts will be backed by a professional sports marketing organization for the first time in their history, don't you? Demand for Argos tickets will be promoted like never before. If they are successful, seasons tickets sales will go way up. Old attendance scenarios at Skydome will no longer be relevant. If the Argos become a hot ticket, then there is no difference between 25k and 27.5k. A hot ticket is a hot ticket.
The sky is not falling as I agree with Angelo for a change.
It's supply and demand, create a smaller and cozy venue, unlike we have had before, then all of a sudden it's the chic place to be here in the city of wannabees.
On top of which you can charge more for the tickets especially for the better seats.
I agree with Angelo and tom, create and build demand first by limiting the supply, then once the demand is there you can add more seats. The Argonauts don't just become a "hot ticket" because they're playing in BMO which will have only 4,000 less seats than the current set up at the dome and IMO Bell and Kilmer spending a random amount of money on marketing most likely won't bring fans in droves. There are a lot of issues that the Argonauts currently face, doing 1 or 2 things differently isn't the cure all.
I doubt it, but until it's confirmed who knows.
I presume there will be only the current opportunity to make the physical changes to the building, so whatever number of seats we get is likely it for the foreseeable future. If it has to be 27,600 under the current config, so be it. I'd prefer 25k, but another 2.6k is not a big deal. The facility manager also wants to maximize revenue ops for the soccer team, and we are getting what I expect will be a great facility. A few too many seats (and I do mean a few, not like the 20k too many at Rogers) is a small price to pay for that.
I think the key is they are professional sports marketers. This is important and stadium where seats may not always have plenty of good seats still available will help. Toronto FC would die in the dome they would never come close to creating the hype. They will share synergies as well and have connections. This appears to be a sustainable good thing which did not occur in the 1991/92 era.
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