There was some for $400 earlier edit- In the nosebleeds
Key-Tie4616
If the tickets were cheaper and more accessible, wouldn’t there be a lot of casual fans who don’t really care about the team?
I would’ve thought expensive tickets mean you go only if you’re a true diehard fan and make the most out of your experience and cheer like crazy.
Shoddy_Impact1226
Oh my God, such an insufferable take.
I’m going to repost something I posted earlier:
I hope you understand that having less money doesn’t make someone more of a fan.
I came from very little, and I’m fortunate enough to make enough money to occasionally attend games in very good seats.
I can assure you that I still care just as much as a decently paid adult as I did when I was a broke ass child.
And like… what about people that just go to a game for a social outing and don’t care about the Leafs at all? Are they not welcome? Should we question everyone that attempts to enter the arena and reject them if they don’t meet some “true fan” criteria?
There is *plenty* to hate the rich about, but please give up this tired narrative that only people in the upper bowl are real fans.
And in any event, while certain games might feel quiet and corporatey (mid-week game in November against a bad team), there was nothing corporatey about Wednesday’s crowd.
It was fucking good. End of story.
kpeds45
I thought it was the shit team construction and disappearing in the playoffs. If only we had cheaper tickets, all of that would be solved!
artwarrior
Back in Roman times, rich people and poor watched poor athletes compete. Then it turned into some rich people and less so watching rich athletes compete in modern times.
Now you have to be rich to watch rich people compete. ( cries in his Puppers).
moon_safari_
yup. exactly this. Fuck this system. European soccer controls it so the stadium is full of real fans because they know it contributes to a winning culture. fuck MLSE for what they’re doing to the team and the city.
AH0LE_
Imagine paying thousands to watch your team lose
torontoker13
That’s not why! The team is unreliable as it’s currently coached. Think about some of the much less talented teams in the past that have won cups with systems and proper coaching.
jgeema
Womp Womp
sirlucd
Hah! And these are the ones that are available. 85% of these lower bowl seats are owned by B2B packages(Business to business) – corps, law firms, hedge funds, etc. buy tickets together and split them for networking, meetings, entertaining business partners.
I’ve had the fortune of sitting in lower bowl a few times with my dad and these guys in suits show up in the 2nd period, yap the whole time, pay little attention to the game.
Jhool_de_nishaan
Y’all act like playoff tickets in Boston and New York are cheap lmao
JerryJigger
Jesus Christ, it’s not the fans.
AH0LE_
The only fans who can afford these tickets have Only fans lol
thedistrict33
It isn’t a tough place to play because our team is mediocre, and has been the entire Matthews era.
Giga1396
I’ll be lower bowl tomorrow and I’ll make sure it’s better GLG 🍁
Trick_Highway_645
First time looking up prices? 🤦🏽😂
deathcabforbooty69
I got face value tickets for the game, upper bowl, row 16, for $288 per. It’s a lot, no doubt, but it’s not out of line with what pro sports costs. NFL tickets and many NBA games are more than that
Frogpuppet
$400 for nosebleeds is a lot
aegon_the_dragon
Also, ticketmaster having a monopoly on ticket market is a factor in high ticket prices
sportsywebe
Incorrect. Look up Oilers and Canucks tickets, you’ll find they’re even more expensive than Leafs tickets…
malabericus
Hockey is a business.
What business would charge less when they still sellout at these prices?
I don’t blame the company at all.
Dash_Rendar425
This will stop when my FIL’s generation is gone. The people so desperate to relive their childhood and spend hundreds of dollars on a hockey ticket.
A corrupt league, a jaded fanbase, and a broken team…what could go wrong.
KnuckedLoose
If there’s a second Toronto team with a bit of competition and MLSE doesn’t have a monopoly, things could change.
Until then, “Get fucked regular fan”.
hobnob577
Every year, the people who don’t understand supply and demand come out of the woodworks to complain about this shit.
This is like saying “Why doesn’t McDonalds charge $1 for a cheeseburger. That way the people who are actually hungry could afford them”. There’s a market clearing price. They charge it. Get over it.
bknoreply
Yet another person whining about Leafs fans. Go back to the Sens sub.
And don’t give me that bullshit about fandom being determined by income level. Have you ever been to a Leafs game? It’s not like the 300’s are cheering any differently than people in the lower bowl.
Sorry, but the world doesn’t owe you everything someone else has. Leafs tickets aren’t a human right. If you want more out of life, make better decisions.
rjones416
Why does everyone always make it seem like only poor people can be real fans? Toronto has a lot of high income earners that can afford tickets and many of them are real fans too.
PondIsMyName
Fuck I’m old! I remember my dad’s regular tickets at the Gardens, we had 5th row reds in the visitors corner….$24. How do regular Joes with regular jobs even get to these games these days? I’ve been a fan since the Sittler Salming days and I’m WAY WAY priced out.
brownmagician
These are direct from the Leafs not secondary?
Ffs.
Im a corporate guy myself but J hate corporate guys as fans. They should be rowdy as fuck even if they’re corporate
Ok_Device1274
I dont mean to sound rude but i once had front row seats and man the players literally never looked at the crowd. They completely tune them out. I dont know whats with this whole new stance about the fans
muc3t
Just read that young fans in England can buy ticket to the FA Cup final between ManCity and ManUtd – two of the biggest soccer clubs on the planet – for £40 from which the club subsided £30 for under 16 fans. Fuck Ticketmasters and this system that pricing out fans
Summonabatch
We absolutely suck, so it’s not a fair comparison, but here are capitals tickets if I wanted to be in the 100s for Sunday’s game.
As someone who grew up watching soccer and following that culture, no fan should be priced out of watching their City’s team play. Sports is meant to bring all communities together, bring the City together. It’s not supposed to be a rich kids only club. I don’t care if Oilers prices are even higher, doesn’t make a difference. What’s wrong is wrong.
3402139317
For me, the prices don’t bother me. The only thing that stops me from buying a ticket is the alternative ways I could spend that money. For now I settle for watching at home.
Johnny-Edge
I paid 150 for tix in buffalo for Matthews’s 60th. Domi said it was the best crowd of the year, proving that I’m the exact asshole you want at games for 150 bucks.
GreatName
Fuck Joe Bowen for making this about the fans
ProfessionalAir882
Unfortunately the Leafs can’t play every game in Ottawa.
UnanimouslyAnonymous
How much are Boston tickets? I know Toronto has high ticket prices, but aren’t most playoff ticket prices high?
gravemind006
I actually looked this up earlier today to compare prices between Boston and Toronto figuring they are both in the playoffs against each other and are large or decently large hockey markets..
Cheaper in Boston. Nose bleeds were cheaper by $100. The one that blows my mind, behind the opponents net with a difference of 1 row they are over $400 more in Toronto.
I have heard mixed reviews on the crowd on Wednesday night from they were reactive, to too many suits, to it is not the crowds fault. Watching other series there is so much crowd noise and i personally thought Wednesday the crowd seemed dead until something happened. That works during the regular season but the playoffs they need that boost. That’s my opinion anyway.
Lumbergh_fucked_her
I was offered 100s for $1400 (pair) but had to decline. That’s a mortgage payment. Love my buds but it’s an easy pass at that “discount” price
Dubsified
Yup.
Bigstackertons
I’m a die hard leafs fan that used to be dead broke and was in maple leafs square for the devastating loss to the Bruins in the 3rd. Now I’m doing very well and go see a lot of leaf games in addition to play off games. I’m loud and chant go leafs go a lot. I wear a leaf jersey everytine I go. It’s not all duds that go. I earned my spot. I’m paying and going.
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There was some for $400 earlier edit- In the nosebleeds
If the tickets were cheaper and more accessible, wouldn’t there be a lot of casual fans who don’t really care about the team?
I would’ve thought expensive tickets mean you go only if you’re a true diehard fan and make the most out of your experience and cheer like crazy.
Oh my God, such an insufferable take.
I’m going to repost something I posted earlier:
I hope you understand that having less money doesn’t make someone more of a fan.
I came from very little, and I’m fortunate enough to make enough money to occasionally attend games in very good seats.
I can assure you that I still care just as much as a decently paid adult as I did when I was a broke ass child.
And like… what about people that just go to a game for a social outing and don’t care about the Leafs at all? Are they not welcome? Should we question everyone that attempts to enter the arena and reject them if they don’t meet some “true fan” criteria?
There is *plenty* to hate the rich about, but please give up this tired narrative that only people in the upper bowl are real fans.
And in any event, while certain games might feel quiet and corporatey (mid-week game in November against a bad team), there was nothing corporatey about Wednesday’s crowd.
It was fucking good. End of story.
I thought it was the shit team construction and disappearing in the playoffs. If only we had cheaper tickets, all of that would be solved!
Back in Roman times, rich people and poor watched poor athletes compete. Then it turned into some rich people and less so watching rich athletes compete in modern times.
Now you have to be rich to watch rich people compete. ( cries in his Puppers).
yup. exactly this. Fuck this system. European soccer controls it so the stadium is full of real fans because they know it contributes to a winning culture. fuck MLSE for what they’re doing to the team and the city.
Imagine paying thousands to watch your team lose
That’s not why!
The team is unreliable as it’s currently coached.
Think about some of the much less talented teams in the past that have won cups with systems and proper coaching.
Womp Womp
Hah! And these are the ones that are available. 85% of these lower bowl seats are owned by B2B packages(Business to business) – corps, law firms, hedge funds, etc. buy tickets together and split them for networking, meetings, entertaining business partners.
I’ve had the fortune of sitting in lower bowl a few times with my dad and these guys in suits show up in the 2nd period, yap the whole time, pay little attention to the game.
Y’all act like playoff tickets in Boston and New York are cheap lmao
Jesus Christ, it’s not the fans.
The only fans who can afford these tickets have Only fans lol
It isn’t a tough place to play because our team is mediocre, and has been the entire Matthews era.
I’ll be lower bowl tomorrow and I’ll make sure it’s better GLG 🍁
First time looking up prices? 🤦🏽😂
I got face value tickets for the game, upper bowl, row 16, for $288 per. It’s a lot, no doubt, but it’s not out of line with what pro sports costs. NFL tickets and many NBA games are more than that
$400 for nosebleeds is a lot
Also, ticketmaster having a monopoly on ticket market is a factor in high ticket prices
Incorrect. Look up Oilers and Canucks tickets, you’ll find they’re even more expensive than Leafs tickets…
Hockey is a business.
What business would charge less when they still sellout at these prices?
I don’t blame the company at all.
This will stop when my FIL’s generation is gone.
The people so desperate to relive their childhood and spend hundreds of dollars on a hockey ticket.
If your broke just say that
Canucks prices…
https://preview.redd.it/v3eiccx9lwwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60dc0dda1da8ad867280bcbaf0f3c6a511dea21c
Oilers prices….
https://preview.redd.it/j110mz2ilwwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ae91f35b21b54ee5ccd6b0afce1afeb8def446
A corrupt league, a jaded fanbase, and a broken team…what could go wrong.
If there’s a second Toronto team with a bit of competition and MLSE doesn’t have a monopoly, things could change.
Until then, “Get fucked regular fan”.
Every year, the people who don’t understand supply and demand come out of the woodworks to complain about this shit.
This is like saying “Why doesn’t McDonalds charge $1 for a cheeseburger. That way the people who are actually hungry could afford them”. There’s a market clearing price. They charge it. Get over it.
Yet another person whining about Leafs fans. Go back to the Sens sub.
And don’t give me that bullshit about fandom being determined by income level. Have you ever been to a Leafs game? It’s not like the 300’s are cheering any differently than people in the lower bowl.
Sorry, but the world doesn’t owe you everything someone else has. Leafs tickets aren’t a human right. If you want more out of life, make better decisions.
Why does everyone always make it seem like only poor people can be real fans? Toronto has a lot of high income earners that can afford tickets and many of them are real fans too.
Fuck I’m old! I remember my dad’s regular tickets at the Gardens, we had 5th row reds in the visitors corner….$24.
How do regular Joes with regular jobs even get to these games these days?
I’ve been a fan since the Sittler Salming days and I’m WAY WAY priced out.
These are direct from the Leafs not secondary?
Ffs.
Im a corporate guy myself but J hate corporate guys as fans. They should be rowdy as fuck even if they’re corporate
I dont mean to sound rude but i once had front row seats and man the players literally never looked at the crowd. They completely tune them out. I dont know whats with this whole new stance about the fans
Just read that young fans in England can buy ticket to the FA Cup final between ManCity and ManUtd – two of the biggest soccer clubs on the planet – for £40 from which the club subsided £30 for under 16 fans. Fuck Ticketmasters and this system that pricing out fans
We absolutely suck, so it’s not a fair comparison, but here are capitals tickets if I wanted to be in the 100s for Sunday’s game.
https://preview.redd.it/tqq7kgndrwwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d6f0d5135dee58bb3082f6ac27103e284f70142
Lol, not even good seats either
As someone who grew up watching soccer and following that culture, no fan should be priced out of watching their City’s team play. Sports is meant to bring all communities together, bring the City together. It’s not supposed to be a rich kids only club. I don’t care if Oilers prices are even higher, doesn’t make a difference. What’s wrong is wrong.
For me, the prices don’t bother me. The only thing that stops me from buying a ticket is the alternative ways I could spend that money. For now I settle for watching at home.
I paid 150 for tix in buffalo for Matthews’s 60th. Domi said it was the best crowd of the year, proving that I’m the exact asshole you want at games for 150 bucks.
Fuck Joe Bowen for making this about the fans
Unfortunately the Leafs can’t play every game in Ottawa.
How much are Boston tickets? I know Toronto has high ticket prices, but aren’t most playoff ticket prices high?
I actually looked this up earlier today to compare prices between Boston and Toronto figuring they are both in the playoffs against each other and are large or decently large hockey markets..
Cheaper in Boston. Nose bleeds were cheaper by $100. The one that blows my mind, behind the opponents net with a difference of 1 row they are over $400 more in Toronto.
I have heard mixed reviews on the crowd on Wednesday night from they were reactive, to too many suits, to it is not the crowds fault. Watching other series there is so much crowd noise and i personally thought Wednesday the crowd seemed dead until something happened. That works during the regular season but the playoffs they need that boost. That’s my opinion anyway.
I was offered 100s for $1400 (pair) but had to decline. That’s a mortgage payment. Love my buds but it’s an easy pass at that “discount” price
Yup.
I’m a die hard leafs fan that used to be dead broke and was in maple leafs square for the devastating loss to the Bruins in the 3rd. Now I’m doing very well and go see a lot of leaf games in addition to play off games. I’m loud and chant go leafs go a lot. I wear a leaf jersey everytine I go. It’s not all duds that go. I earned my spot. I’m paying and going.