So, the bus ride will cost more depending on where you bought your ticket?

"ummmm, yeah, I, uhhhh. I'm sitting in the nosebleed seats."

To that end, they've hired Lars. Lars "helps" people get on the shuttle...

...and makes sure they "stay on" until they reach the game.

"The service will run either $20 or $30 depending on whether or not an upper level or lower level ticket is purchased."

What the? how farking out of touch are you that you are first, going to charge more than 5 bucks for this (per family) and you're charging for a service to watch the Coyotes??

Just move the damn team to Canada already.. jesus, this is embarrassing.

great idea to do it from the college campus.

Hop on the bus, go to the game, drink some beers.

Sounds like a great idea. a little pricey tho. Should be free with ticket in hand and a few bucks without or something like that.

They driving people down from Canada?

$20-$30 a ticket?

the idea is to increase ticket sales, guys, not make all your revenue from buses

kindms: great idea to do it from the college campus.

Hop on the bus, go to the game, drink some beers.

Sounds like a great idea. a little pricey tho. Should be free with ticket in hand and a few bucks without or something like that.

I agree with this.

It's a good general idea but not very well thought out. I didn't RTFA, but as a poor college student, I'm not going to pay 20 dollars(assuming this is price for upper level seats) for a ticket and 30 dollars for a bus ride. Compare it to Philadelphia: on week nights I get tickets for 25 dollars and I can take the subway both ways for 2.75(or 50 cents if you get the NAMCO tokens from an arcade).

College kids shouldn't be depended on for anything that costs money, they should be depended on to get drunk/stoned and watch the games at home, which would help get a better TV contract. For as nice of an arena as it is, it's built in the wrong location.

How much is the shuttle to Hamilton?

It's the FARKING DESERT..! There shouldn't be hockey there, anyway.

/all hockey should be banned south of the 39th parallel

Okay this makes more sense now. (new window)

$20/$30 is the price of the ticket and shuttle service is included.

20 bucks? Isn't the average 300 level ticket their 15?

wouldn't it be cheaper just to take a cab to your $9 all you can eat and drink lower bowl tickets?
whole idea probably started with the notion that the city of Glendale gets all the money from parking, and isn't willing to offer a reduced rental rate to keep the team
Bettman better be driving the bus personally to begin taking ownership of his mistakes, although him driving off the road and crashing the bus all the time might scare away customers

Yeah, with the ticket included it's a great deal, Otherwise, it would be boneheaded.

Damn, those are cheap tickets.

Good luck with that! Oh yeah, and talk about cheapo tickets...dang.

/Tried to go to a Coyotes game last year when I was visiting.
//Left Casa Grande at 3:30pm, got to the arena at 7:30pm.
///Move them to Canada already.
////Go Wild...err...MILD!

limpbalzak: Okay this makes more sense now. (new window)

$20/$30 is the price of the ticket and shuttle service is included.

OK, that makes a hell of a lot more sense.

I'm still on board with moving the team to Canada.

limpbalzak: Okay this makes more sense now. (new window)

$20/$30 is the price of the ticket and shuttle service is included.

ah.

lots of bars here do that. of course, the tickets are all in the nosebleeds, but hey.

They should do that for the Islanders too.

Run a shuttle service from midtown Manhattan, and that would solve a lot of their attendance problems right there.

It's asinine to have a pro sports franchise in a metro area more reliant on mass-transit systems than anywhere else in the country, and make it virtually inaccessible by any method but car.

I don't understand why none of Charles' Wang's Lightouse/arena plans involve a LIRR station next to the arena, the lack of which is their single biggest problem, IMHO.

And a picture of the Coyotes Express

LessO2: And a picture of the Coyotes Express

Here's a shot of the interior on its way to the game

Tsunami Ditka: I'm still on board with moving the team to Canada.

The NHL is never going to let a team move into Canada. Not when they could charge $300-$400 million as an expansion fee and split that amongst themselves instead once the economy turns around.

The Coyotes aren't long for Phoenix but they are going to Vegas, Kansas City, Houston, hell maybe even Portland before Canada.

limpbalzak: Here's a shot of the interior on its way to the game

Took me a second to get that, good job.

20 or 30 for a ticket and a ride is a sweet deal

I wish Rangers tickets were remotely close to that price.

I'm always amazed when watching other market teams the deals some of those teams have going

I think it was the LA Kings who had a $30 ticket and you got a beer and a hotdog. Compared to $60+ for shiatty Rangers tickets (if u can get them) plus $10 for a beer.

Almost cheaper to go to away games.

limpbalzak: LessO2: And a picture of the Coyotes Express

Here's a shot of the interior on its way to the game

At least their fan looks happy.

ElwoodCuse: Tsunami Ditka: I'm still on board with moving the team to Canada.

The NHL is never going to let a team move into Canada. Not when they could charge $300-$400 million as an expansion fee and split that amongst themselves instead once the economy turns around.

The Coyotes aren't long for Phoenix but they are going to Vegas, Kansas City, Houston, hell maybe even Portland before Canada.

I think they will if the owner of the team goes through the right channels. Buy the team, wait, try and draw fans, declare it hopeless and move the team, paying territorial rights fees as agreed to by the BoG.

In short, they'll let anyone but Batsille do it.

The shuttle crew:



/too soon?

limpbalzak: LessO2: And a picture of the Coyotes Express

Here's a shot of the interior on its way to the game


Is that desertgeek?

It is not enough that the refs have been bribed to let the Coyotes win? That every team they play is told to take it easy on them?

If you want to point a finger at the group that killed Phoenix hockey, throw it at the imbeciles that decided to put the frickin' stadium out in Glendale. The team enjoyed a modest bit of success when they were still located in downtown Phoenix. But nobody in the east valley wants to drive 50 minutes to go see a bunch of no-name players get owned by whomever they're playing. You know, except the visiting fans.

I'm kinda blown away that bus service to the game is a novel concept.

ElwoodCuse: The NHL is never going to let a team move into Canada.

In other news, the NHL conceded another team in southern Ontario is inevitable. Link (new window)

whereisian: ElwoodCuse: The NHL is never going to let a team move into Canada.

In other news, the NHL conceded another team in southern Ontario is inevitable. Link (new window)

No, Dave Shoalts of the Globe and Mail claimed that another team in southern Ontario is "inevitable." Bill Daly merely said that it was a possibility that the league was looking into.

Seriously, check out the significant mismatch between headline and the actual quotes from Daly. Of course, Shoalts has long been known for this sort of thing. He's pushing an agenda.

Anyway, I agree with ElwoodCuse. If another team goes to Ontario, it will likely be by expansion rather than relocation. And I suspect that it won't go to Hamilton, because of the proximity to Buffalo. But the GTA or other more westerly locations in southern Ontario (Kitchener/Waterloo, London, etc.) are possibilities.

whereisian: ElwoodCuse: The NHL is never going to let a team move into Canada.

In other news, the NHL conceded another team in southern Ontario is inevitable. Link (new window)

It doesn't say inevitable, just that there wouldn't be any opposition to it. Now whether to NHL Board of Governors ever approves is a completely different story.

How about if they move the Leafs to Houston, then Toronto can get an expansion franchise that's actually an NHL-quality team.

Doc Daneeka: Seriously, check out the significant mismatch between headline and the actual quotes from Daly. Of course, Shoalts has long been known for this sort of thing. He's pushing an agenda.

Given how forthcoming and truthful the league has been in the past, I'd buy the argument that this is a tacit admission.

The sad part is the Coyotes aren't playing bad hockey right now.

abmoraz: limpbalzak: LessO2: And a picture of the Coyotes Express

Here's a shot of the interior on its way to the game


Is that desertgeek?

No, I live close enough to the arena not to whine about driving to games.

Anyway, I'm going to try to speak about this calmly while being royally pissed about the ref making a terrible hooking call on us which directly led to 2 Montreal goals and a Coyotes loss.

It's this simple- you've got a team who needs to bring people in, but are playing in a state that is just behind California on the list of "States who are on economic life support." What do you do? You make it as easy and convenient as possible to put butts in seats.

This is something that I've been thinking they should do since before last season. The 2 pickup locations are good locations- they're both in areas where getting there isn't the easiest. And $30 for a lower level seat!? The cheapest lower level seat is $60 (I would know, I've sat on the lower level ends for the Detroit and Chicago visits already this season...I was 5 rows from the glass for the Chicago game). That's a hell of a deal.

And...
cydereal: The sad part is the Coyotes aren't playing bad hockey right now.

Darn right.