Buying and reselling tickets for playoff hockey games has become a luxury that not many can afford.
With the reselling of tickets on websites like StubHub, getting a ticket for the Jets game has become close to impossible.
Tickets are being resold for prices up to $1,026 US per set, for the Jets first playoff game in two years.
Local Jets season ticket holder, Barry Nadolny, wouldn’t sell his ticket for any price.
“I don’t understand why someone would put a dollar value at a higher level than the excitement of the game. I love hockey and I go to a lot of games, and I do a lot of driving to get to see the Jets games and I’m not sure if I’d sell my ticket.”
Nadolny has tickets in a higher section, and didn’t pay much, but the resale value is still high.
“It’s a $68 dollar charge for each of these games in the first round. StubHub has three seats in my area and they’re starting from $229.95 US dollars. At the game I’m going to be sitting there thinking, which one of these people paid this much for this ticket?”
Although Nadolny knows prices can be high, he understands why StubHub has to work that way.
“They’re in the business of making money, and nothing else really seems to matter to them. They’ll sell you concert tickets, any kind of ticket, anywhere at any time and they’ll make a profit. That’s their reason for existence. I’m certainly not a customer, and there are some games, places, and things I’d like to get and see and do, but I’m not going to do that.”
For game two, tickets on StubHub including fees are topping out at $1,143.60 US per ticket, which is $1,441.87 Canadian.
