The MN Wild Home Opener is always one of the biggest games of the season, and subsequently one of the hardest to get good tickets to. This year will be no exception, in fact it may even be harder than usual considering the sports scheduling phenomenon that occurred. All 4 of the big Fall sports teams in Minnesota are playing big games at home starting the weekend preceding the Wild's Home Opener, my prediction is that several will make it a long weekend in the Twin Cities and buy tickets to multiple events and turn the first weekend in October into a mini-vacation.
The Sports madness kicks off with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team taking on rivals the Wisconsin Badgers at the new TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday October 3rd, then the Twins play their last home game in the Metrodome (ever) on Sunday October 4th, then Monday the Vikings take on the Green Bay Packers and to round off the "weekend" the Wild play their home opener against the Ducks on Tuesday October 6th.
I know that there are still Wild Tickets out there for the home opener, but if my prediction is right and people decide to make the weekend a fall break the seats won't last, so I would Buy your home opener tickets soon!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
2009-2010 Minnesota Wild Schedule Announced
Yesterday the 2009-2010 Minnesota Wild Schedule was announced. MN Wild tickets immediately went on sale and many local ticket brokers are already posting Wild tickets on their websites.
The Wild Schedule will be an interesting one, with the home opener being played against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday October 6 at 8:00. The Wild will also meet the Colorado Avalanche at home early in the season and will play the New York Rangers, the Vancouver Canucks and the Dallas Stars all at home almost consecutively about a month into the season.
New Wild Head Coach Todd Richards has promised several changes to how the Wild play hockey and seems to be holding true to his promise with changes in the roster and a new approach to play-making. Wild fans will be out in hoards early to get a look at all of the new players and the new coach, so if you were asking my advice I would suggest buying Minnesota Wild Tickets early before they sell out or the prices go up.
The Wild Schedule will be an interesting one, with the home opener being played against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday October 6 at 8:00. The Wild will also meet the Colorado Avalanche at home early in the season and will play the New York Rangers, the Vancouver Canucks and the Dallas Stars all at home almost consecutively about a month into the season.
New Wild Head Coach Todd Richards has promised several changes to how the Wild play hockey and seems to be holding true to his promise with changes in the roster and a new approach to play-making. Wild fans will be out in hoards early to get a look at all of the new players and the new coach, so if you were asking my advice I would suggest buying Minnesota Wild Tickets early before they sell out or the prices go up.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Gaborik Goes and Ticket Prices?
It has been quite the last few days in NHL news. The Draft last week shook teams up and re-arranged a thing or two. On the home front, Marian Gaborik's contract with the Minnesota Wild ran-out yesterday and he went into Free Agency, signing with the New York Rangers. Emotions about this loss seem to be very mixed. Some say that we should have held onto Gaborik that he was "the Wild" and as our star player we shouldn't have let him go even if he isn't healthy enough to play. This argument bases itself on Gaborik's name recognition, that even though he wasn't performing like he used to, the fans that aren't really hard-core associate Wild Hockey with him and losing him means we may lose some of those ticket sales.
However, the opposing argument says that getting rid of Gaborik even if we didn't trade him off was the best thing the Wild could do for ticket sales. By having the cap space that he took up to offer to other players, the Wild now has a real shot and cleaning up the roster and getting a team that is competitive. This argument also says that the "fair-weather" fans will come to games regardless because if they aren't glomming on to Gaborik they will find the someone else to turn into the "new-hot-Wild-player" and all will be good.
Either way, tickets are going to start to move as the season quickly approaches and one thing is for sure, when the Wild plays the Rangers there will be interesting things to be said when Gaborik's name gets called.
However, the opposing argument says that getting rid of Gaborik even if we didn't trade him off was the best thing the Wild could do for ticket sales. By having the cap space that he took up to offer to other players, the Wild now has a real shot and cleaning up the roster and getting a team that is competitive. This argument also says that the "fair-weather" fans will come to games regardless because if they aren't glomming on to Gaborik they will find the someone else to turn into the "new-hot-Wild-player" and all will be good.
Either way, tickets are going to start to move as the season quickly approaches and one thing is for sure, when the Wild plays the Rangers there will be interesting things to be said when Gaborik's name gets called.
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