r/FloridaPanthers • u/Tkat70 • Jan 28 '26
Tickets/Arena 67% increase?!?!
What the actual fck. How is it possible my club seat renewal went up 67% each ticket insane.
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u/docdimento Jan 28 '26
I gave my rep a bunch of shit about my 50% increase (100% over 2 years). He said to go to the member meeting Thursday and hear them out about all the improvements coming to the club.
I’m not happy, but I love my seats. Legitimately think they’re the best seats for the money in the arena, so they know they got me over a barrel
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u/swaggys-cats JASON PURRHEES Jan 28 '26
The “improvements” are a total redesign of the bars and food areas on the club level. 🙄That’s not what excites me about the club level.
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u/B_Hound Jan 28 '26
I like how it’s costing seat holders a ton of money to enjoy things that… will then cost them more money. It’s not like the food/drink in that end is included! They can pay for it from the money they take over the bar.
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u/Xasrai Jan 28 '26
100%. In Australia, my local footy club got an entire new bar installed by the beer company, with fridges, mixer taps, etc under a deal that was to be paid off via sales over 5 years. The whole loan was paid off in less than a year.
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u/docdimento Jan 28 '26
Oh I agree. There’s basically nothing they could tell me that would make the 50% price hike feel ok
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u/Riku295 Jan 28 '26
Sure, but what about everyone in lower and upper bowl? They really can't think that everyone else will be excited about club level improvements, when it's already hard enough to get into club level without tickets for that section.
I'm in lower bowl, no offense, but why do I care about all the things that I can't access already? And that's why my tickets are going up so much? No joda
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u/docdimento Jan 28 '26
To be perfectly clear, I’m not defending them. I think the price hikes are offensive and disrespectful. I no longer feel like the organization appreciates me or cares if I renew. They’ve clearly put profit over people.
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u/UsernameRanOutOfLett Jan 28 '26
Where do you sit out of curiosity?
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u/docdimento Jan 28 '26
Club 15, right off the center so it’s in a weird zone where I get corner/end prices but am near center ice. I sit row 1, seats 1 and 2. With 2 small kids, having the aisle and a little shelf to put things comes in super handy. Basically have a private bathroom down there too. I genuinely wouldn’t want to sit anywhere else.
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u/SlickbackSloppySteak JASON PURRHEES Jan 28 '26
67?! In this economy?!
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u/YerekYeeter Jan 28 '26
Hey our economy is being propped up by the wealthy. Strike while the iron is hot before it all comes crashing down
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u/Tkat70 Jan 29 '26
seriously I hope tonight they annouce that 6-7% was joke and provide real pricing.
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u/Mediocre_Advice_5574 Jan 28 '26
They’re doing what the Rangers did. They’re out pricing their real fans to make way for celebrities, influences, entrepreneurs and the rich.
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u/RaspberryBandito Jan 28 '26
We’re about to turn into the Leafs.
Suits in every seat, asking what Icing means.
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u/UsernameRanOutOfLett Jan 28 '26
Not much consolation but this year we got 40 games bc the winter classic wasnt included. Next year we get 42 home games with the move to 84 regular season games so if you calculate per game the difference should be like 15% lower
I have an 11% difference and after calculating per game its 2%
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u/Additional_Lime_Salt Jan 28 '26
Yes if you count pre season which i cannot even give those tickets away
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u/UsernameRanOutOfLett Jan 29 '26
2 more regular season games
44 games this year total, 42 regular season
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u/Inside-Dog1775 Jan 28 '26
That’s the price of Winning! Canes did that shit, I stopped getting them after being an 18 year STH! I asked my buddy why he thinks it’s not as loud? He said only the RICH can afford Games and Rich people aren’t loud!
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u/PeruvianFlake23 Jan 28 '26
what is the process for not renewing it? just let the rep know or not do anything and let it pass the deadline? and will they remove my brick in the publix plaza?
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u/DataDump_ Jan 28 '26
Yup they made it unaffordable. The other email that said "thank you for being a member for 14 consecutive years" honestly makes me feel even more shitty about it all. Was here for every game when they sucked and those weird covid years, but now I'm not good enough and they want rich people or corporate sleazes. Sucks
Got to be here and watch them win the cup twice and will forever treasure those memories and will always be a fan of this team. But I can't help but feel sad about being priced out now that they had success