Winter Classic- Tickets WILL NOT be available to general public.
UPDATE: Apparently there will be NO public sale of tickets for this game.
No tickets to the public expected...corporate sponsors get first dibs then going to season ticket holders of the Red Wings, GR Griffins, Plymouth Whalers (plus Leafs, Marlies, and Sting) second as a way to boost their season ticket sales. Each of those can purchase up to 4 tickets.
Plus, you'll have to buy a GLI ticket for every Classic ticket.
Alumni game information not published yet.
source:http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/tmr/comments...
"According to an email Josh Howard received from the Grand Rapids Griffins, there will be no public sale of Winter Classic tickets:
As we enter our beautiful summer months, we are looking forward to our 17th Season this year. We have some exciting events coming up this year including the Winter Classic Game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. There will be no public sale for this event and the Griffins are one of the only places you can purchase tickets to this historic event. Tickets will be made available to many of our ticket plan holders"
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$89 for the cheapest ticket. Wow, there goes my hopes of getting a cheap seat.
http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2012/06/winter_classic_ticket_prices_r.html
Still no announcemnent on when they will actually go on sale. Details from MLive are below.
A graphic posted on DetroitRedWings.com indicates that ticket prices for the 2013 NHL Winter Classic between the Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor will be priced between $89 and $279.
EDIT: Prices for GLI/Comerica Events are much cheaper.
It costs you 89 dollars to watch the game and never see the puck...hells yeah
Yeah, I'm thinking I'll just go to the alumni game at Comerica and watch the WC at home on TV.
Michigan will most likely be playing the same day anyway. Toronto may have a huge attendance due to all the Michigan and MSU fans watching football.
There are probably as many sports fans in this area who don't give two shits about either us or Sparty as there are diehard fans. Rest assured, this will go off without a hitch.
I'll eat a lemon if you can't find a $20 single seat when walking down Hoover on January 1st.
Man I really doubt that is going to happen with the number of Wings fans in this area and the rapid Toronto fans just across the river. This thing will be legitamately sold out for months before the game and I'll glady eat a lemon if you are right.
Don't forget the NHL is paying Michigan $3 million to lease Michigan Stadium for the event. U-M, of course, had to do no such thing when they hosted The Big Chill. If the NHL were to sell 100,000 tickets at $30 a piece, they would only break even. I'm not sure how much they're paying for Comerica Park for a week, too, though the Great Lakes Invitational should help offset some of those expenses.
That said, tickets are a lot steeper than I thought they would be. I wonder how this compares to previous Winter Classic ticket prices. I hope the Great Lakes Invitational ticket prices are reasonable. I think I'll be passing on the WC and going to the GLI instead.
EDIT: Just saw they posted the seating price options for the GLI on the Red Wings website, too. Tickets are MUCH cheaper... $18-38.
at the Chill were even less expensive than that. Looking at my ticket on the wall, I sat in section 39 row 89 for $15 face.
Who were you buying tickets from? We got ours for $15 and if we had bought 15 tickets total, we would have gotten them for $10 each. And I was very happy with my seats.
The Wings have a tough enough time selling out the Joe during the playoffs for prices cheaper than these.
I bet Dave Brandon looks at these prices as says, "hmmmm....."
That is what I am thinking too. Only 115,000 tickets to split between two of the NHL's biggest fanbases in a location that is prime for both.
Detroit wins more, at least recently, but Toronto has the most loyal (and frustrated/angry/monied) fans in the league. They are nationally based and are a presence at any Leafs game anywhere. The allotment to Toronto won't meet half their demand making stubhub sellers rejoice with happiness everywhere.
To put it in perspective, every game in Toronto is sold out every year. The idea of not selling out playoff games (if they every actually competed in the playoffs) is unimaginable.
You might not like the Leafs, you might not like their fanbase (the most intelligent in the league, btw) but you can't argue with their loyalty to the franchise and their support of the (too often mismanaged/failing) team. Game sells out easy with Leaf fans who will all sit around after and talk about how the Leafs would be awesome if Ken Holland ran their operation.
this is perfect.
The Wings sell out constantly, the corporate seats in the lower bowl just go empty. There's a big difference
Seriously this is a state that got a fifth of the population (of the entire state) out for a Stanley Cup parade. Do you honestly think there's even a remote chance that this will not sell out?
My position is still screw Dave Brandon for selling away our world record. Good riddance. Money drives everything
Yeah, screw Dave Brandon for getting $3 million and having Michigan Stadium on national t.v.
How about this: he didn't actually sell out any world record because the world record will, in fact, still be held by Michigan Stadium. And even if he had, there's nothing in his job description about protecting meaningless records so a few fans could feel better about themselves... there is, however, something about making lots of money for the AD and increasing our brand exposure. And this will, incidentally, because unlike our football games this event draws a lot of interest overseas.
I see no way they break the ND football game record. I think they will easily surpass The Big Chill, but I don't see them beating Under the Lights.
Plus, once they expand the stadium again they'll just break the record again, so who really cares? Michigan Stadium gets to have an event, the local economy gets money, and Michigan's athletic department gets $3 million. Think about what they'll be able to do with that in the future
anyone have info on when they are thinking of doing the expansion
AND SCREW HIM FOR GOING BACK IN TIME AND LETTING THE LIONS PLAY HERE
AND SCREW HIM FOR LETTING NORTH KOREA BUILD A 200,000 SEAT STADIUM
AND SCREW HIM FOR HURTING MY UNEARNED SENSE OF PRIDE OVER THE SIZE OF A CROWD AT A HOCKEY GAME
I think this game has the potential for tickets to go under face. With 100,000 + seats available and the way there trying to sell the tickets I definatley could see some tickets on the market for < $50.
Toronto fans alone will drive the secondary market up to 4 digits
"...season ticket holders of the Red Wings, GR Griffins, Plymouth Whalers (plus Leafs, Marlies, and Sting) second as a way to boost their season ticket sales."
So Michigan Stadium is being used to promote the Plymouth Whalers and Sarnia Sting season ticket sales, but not to promote the University of Michigan hockey team's ticket sales? Of course I'm fine with the Red Wings, Maple Leafs, and Griffins season ticket holders getting priority--I would expect nothing less--but what is so special about the Sarnia Sting fans that they get to sit in our stadium while the Michigan hockey fans don't?
the exact same thing. All the other teams at Comerica park season ticket holders get a shot at Winter Classic tickets, but the college teams don't? Even though one of those teams is from the school the stadium belongs to?
Maybe it's just me, but I really especially don't like the idea of Major Junior being given an advantage over Michigan in our own damn stadium. I know they're not directly playing there or anything and maybe I'm being way too sensitive about it, but it really grinds my gears that OHL fans will be allowed to buy tickets to Michigan Stadium where Michigan fans won't be.
If they required people to buy Michigan tickets, MSU and Western would complain. It's better to treat the GLI as a seperate event within the spectrum of the Winter Festival than get into a pissing match between local schools. The university was very handsomely compensated... there is no way the OHL teams are getting anywhere near $3 million out of this, they probably won't do $30k.
Of course MSU and Western would complain. My point is they should be complaining anyway, along with Michigan fans.
A university-owned stadium is being used for the benefit of the front office of the Plymouth Whalers and Sarnia Sting hockey teams. Every season-ticket holder of those teams is being given a gift that will possibly end up being worth several hundred dollars (if your estimate of the secondary market is correct). What distinguishes the fans of the Plymouth Whalers and Sarnia Sting from the fans of Michigan, Michigan State and Western Michigan? What distinguishes the front offices of the Plymouth Whalers and Sarnia Sting from the athletic departments of Michigan State and Western Michigan?
Why is Michigan Stadium being used to benefit the OHL, but not the NCAA? You would think that if they could only choose one of those two leagues, they would choose the NCAA programs. The fans of the Sarnia Sting have done nothing to make Michigan Stadium a desirable place for the NHL to play this game. They have done nothing to benefit hockey in the State of Michigan. They are getting a gift from the NHL, and for what?
This is, of course, especially infuriating given the fact that both the Plymouth Whalers and Sarnia Sting have recently signed away players committed to Michigan and Michigan State, so the Whalers and Sting obviously see themselves as competitors to the University of Michigan hockey team for talent.
According to the press release issued by the Red Wings earlier this week:
"Ticketing information for these events as well as the 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic (Detroit vs. Toronto – January 1 at Michigan Stadium) is being distributed to members of the Red Wings Season Ticket Holder Family this week. Information on purchasing 2012-13 Red Wings® Season Tickets and thereby gaining exclusive access to 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic and 2012 Hockeytown Winter Festival seats can be obtained by calling 313-396-7575. Information regarding public on sales for all 2013 NHL Bridgestone Winter Classic and 2012 Hockeytown Winter Festival events will be available later this summer. For the latest news, visit DetroitRedWings.com/2013WinterClassic"
As for having to buy tickets to other events to get Winter Classic tickets (e.g. GLI tickets), I was looking up previous Winter Classic ticket sales and came across stories of the same scam, er... deal. One person claimed to have paid close to $700 for two tickets to the event because they also had to buy tickets to the alumni game and AHL game, not to mention the ticket convenience fees. I read they didn't do that last year. Can't wait for the torch & pitchfork if they do pull that stunt again.
My guess...and this is a total guess, not based off any inside info...is if you want the best seats at the Big House, you'll pony up extra money in the form of buying tickets to the GLI and related Winter Festival activities. So those who want to buy the $279 tickets would have to pay the extra, while those buying the $89 seats would not. That would negate the difference in stadium size problem as they're only asking a portion of the fans to buy tickets to the other events, not everyone.
this will sell out. It would sell out if it were the Wings and Ducks with no hope of any Duck fans being at the game. With the Leafs, it guarantees very high demand.