“The Saint John Sea Dogs Foundation has announced that the organization’s 50/50 ticket pricing structure will revert back to levels established last season for the duration of the 2010-11 campaign (incl. all exhibition and playoff games),” reads a Sea Dogs press release. “Fans will once again be able to purchase one ticket for $2, five tickets for $5, and thirty tickets for $10 beginning this Saturday night when Saint John hosts Acadie-Bathurst in QMJHL pre-season action.”
The Sea Dogs released this statement on Friday about the increase in pricing:
The Sea Dogs Foundation is pleased to announce that 50/50 jackpots are expected to be significantly larger during the upcoming hockey season, with a modest pricing adjustment set to exponentially increase the prize money awarded to winning ticket buyers.
Throughout the Sea Dogs' exhibition schedule, regular season, and 2011 playoff run, single 50/50 tickets will be sold by the Shriners at various locations inside Harbour Station for $5 apiece. Fans may also purchase a set of three tickets for $10 or a group of ten for $20.
“Our aim in adjusting the price structure this past weekend was to attempt to increase the size of fifty-fifty jackpots, which would have benefitted the charitable organizations that these draws support as well as the winning ticket holder,” Sea Dogs President Wayne Long said on Monday morning in the release. “However, upon discussing the matter with several fans as well as our foundation’s board members, we have decided to revert back to last season’s prices effective immediately. We look forward to another great season of fifty-fifty draws at Harbour Station, and we hope fans will be pleased with our decision to roll back ticket prices to their previous levels.”
The team’s website and official Twitter page clearly stated several times that the increase was put in place to make an attempt to raise more money for the charity organizations it helps support.
According to a report by a fan on Twitter, the 50/50 was unusually low at Saturday’s pre-season game at Harbour Station – even with the exhibition sized crowd.
A sound and sensible decision to abandon the price increases which will allow 'Average Joe' fan to be able to play the $2 & $5 option...Thanks Wayne for the great leadership in this regard....Looking forward to another outstanding season of Seadogs hockey.
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