Why revenue sources are SO important...

[blackthorne]

You all must understand why a new Winnipeg NHL team will have to squeeze every dollar it can from fans...

When the NHL lockout is over I can foresee Mark Chipman saying something like "Based on what salaries would be for a Winnipeg team, we just wouldn't be able to be profitable based on 15,000 tickets sold for every game while giving fans affordable ticket prices".

Since I'm anti-Chipman (for many valid reasons), I assume he's already got his big "speech" planned for why we will not be able to successfully house a team in Winnipeg again.

In my opinion, everyone (esp. the general public and exec's at True North) must be made aware of the vast number of revenue streams that can come from an NHL team in the 21st century.

You see, 15,015 tickets and 50 suites is just the beginning. Granted, it is where the "bulk" of the profits come from, but in many ways it's just the tip of the iceberg.

And ambitious owners of a new Winnipeg NHL team MUST have the vision to make the "rest of the iceberg" a reality...

Just to refresh your memory:

- Pay-per-view games on MTS TV
- Pay-per-view games at SilverCity Polo Park/St. Vital
- Pay-per-view games via webcast on the official Jets site
- Pay-per-view games at the IMAX theatre
- A "Classic Jets" Pay-per-view channel on MTS T.V. that shows old Jet games from 1972-1996
- A "Jets Booster Club", available to anyone on the planet (avail. for a small fee- the details of which were posted in a previous rant before the 'reboot')
- A "classic Jets" webcast feature avail. on their new website

I know I'm missing some, but you get the idea. You can SEE where I'm going with this... a new Winnipeg NHL team is a... well let's face it- it's basically free money for the people involved- IF run and marketed properly by ambitious owners with VISION.

Everyone benefits. Everyone wins.

[joelzillmanwpg]

Pay-per-view would only work on MTS TV. No chance of people ever flooding Portage Place to catch a Jets game on the IMAX. It isn't economically feasible. I don't think too many people would venture into Silver City, unless the Jets were on a playoff run.

[USApegger]

I think the cost to broadcast at Imax would be prohibitive although it would be cool to see a game on such a huge screen

[Nuck]

So the only way a team can survive in Winnipeg is if the owner is able to use the fans as his own personal doormat, selling them a bunch of useless crap to maximize revenues? Fans shouldn't feel like they have a gun to their head, and if they aren't willing to spend their hard earned money on team merchandise they will lose their team.

[USApegger]

Nuck said:

So the only way a team can survive in Winnipeg is if the owner is able to use the fans as his own personal doormat, selling them a bunch of useless crap to maximize revenues? Fans shouldn't feel like they have a gun to their head, and if they aren't willing to spend their hard earned money on team merchandise they will lose their team.

I don't believe that was the point that Blackthorne was making, it was simply that the owners have to be a creative as other owners are in maximizing there revenue streams. What may be useless crap to you or I might be great for someone else

[joelzillmanwpg]

Electro said:

I hear tons of ppl. do it in Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton.

I also saw a WWE ppv last month @ SilverCity Polo Park and it was PACKED... and tix were $30 !

Keep in mind, that's WWE. The PPV you saw was Wrestlemania, I would assume. The Jets play 82 games a year, but there are only a handful of Wrestling PPV's. I could see your idea working in the Playoffs, but not during the season. Peggers just don't have the disposable income to shell out money for Jets games at Silver City. Calgary and Vancouver, I could see it happening, since they are much richer cities, and more populated to boot...

[blackthorne]

Peggers just don't have the disposable income to shell out money for Jets games at Silver City.

Give me a break. If someone can't get tickets to a Jets game (either cause they're sold out or they can't afford it, or it's a ROAD game) you're telling me they wouldn't be interested in watching a pay-per-view Jets game on the HUGE SilverCity screen w/ some buddies/co-workers or family for maybe $14.95?

[USApegger]

BlackThorne_TheSuperior said:

Give me a break. If someone can't get tickets to a Jets game (either cause they're sold out or they can't afford it, or it's a ROAD game) you're telling me they wouldn't be interested in watching a pay-per-view Jets game on the HUGE SilverCity screen w/ some buddies/co-workers or family for maybe $14.95?

Maybe, if they sold beer

[TytotheG]

I would rather watch it in my home then go sit with a bunch of kids watching the game at Silver City, playoff games (maybe...) PPV would work for me, plus u can't smoke pot at Silver City, I'm baked like all the time so I just don't see this situation working out for me.

[jason]

I would rather watch it in my home then go sit with a bunch of kids watching the game at Silver City

Yeah. Kids are the worst.

[blackthorne]

bump!