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Post by WpgJets2008 on Nov 30, 2010 17:21:34 GMT -5
What I have heard (and this is second hand so I am not saying it is a fact or anything - merely mentioning it to see if anyone has considered it) is that the height of the luxury boxes would be reduced and they would be pushed back slightly. This would allows for an extra row or two at the top of the lower bowl. Apparently there have been plans drawn up for this (again, not saying it is true). Interesting though. At least these seats would be high revenue seats. Anyone think this would be possible? In a short answer: No. I haven't seen those plans, nor does it really make too much sense to take away space from the most expensive seats in the house. It'll never happen and the cost VS doing it would more than likely not work. Remember that those two rows of seats in the suites are also about 6' higher than the row directly in front of it, maybe even higher. So how would fans access them from the lower bowl? They can't obstruct existing seats to do so and they can't ask the suite to "open up" and let the other fans through their box. So I don't believe this is feasible. But I was wondering how many seats or suites you could get if you put a double decker system like the press box in, but only across on the other side. Clearly, that would be about 12 suites per level, or 24 in total which at say $50,000 a pop would bring in an extra $1,200,000 per season. (Some would have some obstructed views due to the steel columns that are at floor level that cross over the ice surface.) But if you could say get 6 rows deep that could be 100 to 120 seats per row. So that would be around 600 to 720 extra seats at about $40 per. That's $960,000 to $1,152,000 per season extra. Which is almost the same as the suites. But suites would cost far less to build than 6 rows of seats. But getting food and liquour service to those 24 suites wouldn't be easy. Seat holders would just shlep their way down to the upper concourse to get theirs. And bathrooms for either would just be the upper concourse ones too. Chris |
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Post by allthisgold on Nov 30, 2010 21:40:33 GMT -5
Sounds good guys. However I think the person who I spoke to meant that the extra row would be right behind the last row of the lower bowl. If you raised the floor of the existing boxes a foot or two and moved the boxes a few feet back then it may be possible. I agree that this would seem rather expensive for the benefit.
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Post by pegger5 on Nov 30, 2010 22:06:47 GMT -5
Why not just add an extra ring of boxes at the same level of the new lower press box? This is where the real revenue would come from.. and the same cost as blowing out the cement to move back the main lower boxes...
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Post by bromine on Jun 2, 2011 22:10:24 GMT -5
Bumping an old thread. If the response from the Winnipeg community exceeds TNSE's expectations, I bet they would consider expanding to the same extent as Darren talked about in this thread. More suites seems like a no-brainer if the waiting list for suites gets extremely long.
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Post by kj79 on Jun 2, 2011 22:16:29 GMT -5
What about building a platform off the the upper deck for the cameras? Currently they are just below suit level and take up about 15 quality seats. 15x114=1710/game, 1710x41=70110/reg. season. As mentioned before closing one or two of the zamboni like entrances could add another 20-75 quality seats.
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