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05-06-2003, 08:12 PM
Penguins slash ticket prices
May. 6, 2003. 02:42 PM
PITTSBURGH (CP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have lowered ticket prices at Mellon Arena for the 2003-04 NHL season.
Season ticket-holders will benefit most from the new prices. More than 6,900 seats — 40 per cent of the arena's capacity — will be available for $30 US or less per game on a full season-ticket basis.
In the mid-range D level, which includes 2,399 seats, the price per game for a full season-ticket plan drops from $39 last season to $30 in 2003-04, a reduction of 23.1 per cent.
In the F level balcony, which includes 1,112 seats, the price per game for a full season ticket falls from $28 to $20, a reduction of 28.6 per cent.
"Our goal is to make Penguins hockey affordable to as many of our fans as possible," owner and star player Mario Lemieux said in a statement Tuesday. "The fans have voiced a concern about ticket prices. We've heard them loud and clear.
"We think we're heading in the right direction, both on and off the ice."
The most expensive season ticket will be a $65.50 a seat, down from $68.
Prices for individual games will be announced this summer.
Pittsburgh failed to make the playoffs after a 27-44-6-5 season.
The Penguins have struggled recently after making the playoffs every year from 1991 to 2001 and winning two Stanley Cups. Financial restrictions forced them to dump their top-salaried players to keep Lemieux's ownership group solvent. The team emerged from bankruptcy in 1999 when Lemieux's group bought them.
May. 6, 2003. 02:42 PM
PITTSBURGH (CP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have lowered ticket prices at Mellon Arena for the 2003-04 NHL season.
Season ticket-holders will benefit most from the new prices. More than 6,900 seats — 40 per cent of the arena's capacity — will be available for $30 US or less per game on a full season-ticket basis.
In the mid-range D level, which includes 2,399 seats, the price per game for a full season-ticket plan drops from $39 last season to $30 in 2003-04, a reduction of 23.1 per cent.
In the F level balcony, which includes 1,112 seats, the price per game for a full season ticket falls from $28 to $20, a reduction of 28.6 per cent.
"Our goal is to make Penguins hockey affordable to as many of our fans as possible," owner and star player Mario Lemieux said in a statement Tuesday. "The fans have voiced a concern about ticket prices. We've heard them loud and clear.
"We think we're heading in the right direction, both on and off the ice."
The most expensive season ticket will be a $65.50 a seat, down from $68.
Prices for individual games will be announced this summer.
Pittsburgh failed to make the playoffs after a 27-44-6-5 season.
The Penguins have struggled recently after making the playoffs every year from 1991 to 2001 and winning two Stanley Cups. Financial restrictions forced them to dump their top-salaried players to keep Lemieux's ownership group solvent. The team emerged from bankruptcy in 1999 when Lemieux's group bought them.