I Suspect We'll Hear More Of These

by SamFels on Jun 17, 2009 7:47 PM CDT

A friend of the blog and Indian John Bloome passed along a story to me today. He's a season ticket holder in 329, and apparently there are new concessions stands or something being built there, and his seats are being removed. He was offered lesser seats for the same price, or the wonderful opportunity of canceling his tickets. He thinks they're doing the same thing on the opposite side of the arena as well. What do people know about this? I fear the day when we will all be replaced by suits and corporate schmucks is closer than I thought.

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Section 329, row 12. I’ve heard nothing about my seats going bye-bye. What row was your buddy in?

by AirTrafficAJ on Jun 17, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions

First Post

I actually read this site every day, but never post… Rows 4-7 are impacted by this change.

by 329Fan on Jun 17, 2009 11:08 PM CDT reply actions

Wow

I’m in 329 row 10 and I hadn’t heard anything either. That’s really weird. At least it gave me the excuse for my first post as well

by Big_Will on Jun 18, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions

4-7? thats odd, they are going to put something out front, seems like that would block the seats in 8 and back

by calvin12 on Jun 17, 2009 11:47 PM CDT reply actions

hopefully that’s where they’re building the rotisserie for BBQing Tommy Hawk.

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by Forklift14 on Jun 18, 2009 7:42 AM CDT reply actions

Unfortunately the Hawks are a business first and a hockey team second. I have no idea how bad their financials were in the lean years, so I don’t know how necessary all of this would be to help make up for it if that were the case. But for the most part I’m in favor of anything they can do that will make them money without affecting my enjoyment of the game. This, however, doesn’t fall under that category.

by hawksfan21 on Jun 18, 2009 10:11 AM CDT reply actions

we’ve been in 329, rows 4-5 (2-and-2) and we got the phone call last week, tho we heard the rumors of this for months. They are gonna build some sort of walk-up open bar area for people to stand and watch the game. Sounds like it affects rows 4-8 or so, but not the rows above that area in 329.

We were given the option of moving either to 3rd row or 5th row in the sections next to 329, depending on aisle pref, so we chose to stick next to the aisle like before. So not much of a difference. My concern is how far up in this “open” area can people stand…will standing people affect the views of the 329 seats above this area, or the fans in the sections next to this area that are trying to look over. We shall see.

by Hockey Joe on Jun 18, 2009 1:05 PM CDT reply actions

My deal was not as sweet

You are in seats 1 + 2 right? I am 9&10 in row 4, I was only offered 328, middle of row, row 6 – which is actually a completely different perspective from where I was (further away and behind the net as opposed to the corner), my complaint is that I was only given the option for lesser seats – and I share your concern about standing fans and traffic to the open bar. Kills me because I went on my own from a shared plan at the start of last year and slipped on the senority pole in the process. I guess these things happen – talk about bad luck for us, I am requesting to move up to the cheaper seats in whatever section I can get closest to row 8 – I cannot justify the price jump for two stinking rows. I get the feeling we may be luckier than those in row 3 + 8 though.

by 329Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:07 PM CDT reply actions

I posed the question of why respond to an attendance record by removing seats and was met with that is basically out of there control (not sure I believe that). I really question why they chose 329 though, I loved those seats, I thought it was one of the best locations in the place.

by 329Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions

All is well in the end

After getting ahold of someone a bit further up the Hawks org chart, they were able to provide me with seats of comparable value. In the end, the Hawks organization stepped up and provided good service. I feel much better about their commitment to their long time fans.

by 329Fan on Jun 18, 2009 5:47 PM CDT reply actions