Gone & Forgotten : Family-Friendly $ Hockey Night (Montreal Gazette & Team Marketing Report)

Put this in the departemnt of the forgotten. Going to a Hockey game was once affordable family entertainment. Not any more. Read this from the Montreal Gazette:

".....from Team Marketing Report which monitors ticket prices in major North American pro sports. Its fan cost index puts the cost of a family night at the Bell Centre at $377.70 (all figures in Canadian currency).

The family cost, which includes four average price tickets, four of the famed Forum hot dogs, four small soft drinks, two small draft Molsons, parking for one car, two programs and two adult-size hats, is about $5 more than the Bruins and $165 more than a similar package in Phoenix. The NHL average is $293.36...."

NHL Ticket Prices at a Glance

Cost for a family of four - in Canadian dollars - for four tickets, four hot dogs, four small soft drinks, two small draft beers, parking for one car, two programs and two adult-sized hats:

Most expensive: Canadiens, $377.70; Bruins, $372.58;

Devils, $372.46; Flyers, $369.43; Wild, $357.09.

Least expensive: Coyotes, $206.45; Sabres, $212.90; Blues, $219.83; Ducks, $239.59; Penguins, $246.62.

NHL average: $293.36

Highest average ticket price: Canucks, $67.02; Canadiens, $64.59; Bruins, $64.16; Flyers, $63.27; Devils, $62.14.

NHL average: $49.03

Team Marketing Report

See: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=e35ce4cf-4f04-40a4-afe6-b68f07730e4a&p=2