Minnesota Wild Prices vs Minnesota State High School Hockey Prices

The local news station has been covering the hype of the Minnesota State High School Hockey tournament over at the Xcel Energy Center. Channel 45 is broadcasting all the games and their parent channel, KSTP Channel 5, did a leading news story comparing Minnesota Wild Ticket prices vs. High School Hockey ticket prices. The high school hockey ticket news story concluded that demand for the High School game was actually greater than for the Wild.

Actually, I am surprised at how low Minnesota Wild ticket prices have been lately. I can only explain it by saying the team isn’t playing extremely hot and I think fans get Wild overload by the time March rolls around. High School Hockey is just one weekend of games so there are fewer tickets available and thus demand is higher. Besides that, the Xcel Energy Center doesn’t sell single game tickets like ticket brokers do so fans are willing to pay more for just the game they want and to get the tickets ahead of time as opposed to waiting before the game to pick-up tickets.

The other day I asked my Magic 8 ball: “Will Wild ticket prices go up?” The answer was: “unclear, try again later.” Just like the Wild playoff future.

Limited Wild Home Games in March

Hockey Tickets Minnesota, a Minnesota Wild ticket broker site, pointed out the fact that there are only 4 Wild home games the entire month of March. That isn't very many opportunities for the team of 18,000 to show up at the Xcel Energy Center. The broker site states that since there are so few games, the Wild ticket demand will be high and thus we can conclude that Wild ticket prices will be high as well.

I agree, but on one condition - the Minnesota Wild win consecutive road games and keep close in the NHL playoff chase. If the Wild go on a losing streak, no one is going to pay big bucks to see the team at home even if there are only a few last opportunities. If the Wild can pull off big wins on the road in the next month and keep close in the playoff chase, you can bet Minnesota Wild ticket prices will go up. Moral of the story - it's a gamble on prices. I would recommend buying tickets as soon as you see a winning streak coming on because you can guarantee prices will go up as the home games gets closer, but if the Wild are losing, I would wait until the morning before the game for the best Wild ticket price

Wild Ticket Prices Comment

WhitneyLemke left a comment on my Wild Tickets blog regarding tickets for her boyfriend – she wanted my advice on what other home games would be exciting for a holiday gift – here it is: if you don’t want to pay for the Red Wings game, then I would recommend the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday January 15th or the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on Wednesday February 4th. Both will be exciting games and are more affordable tickets.

I have been burned buying tickets on craigslist before, Whitney, so I don’t recommend it. I had a good ‘ol bait and switch problem and one of my buddies got tickets that never worked (it was embarrassing to show up to the game and not get in). I know it’s more expensive to use a local ticket company like Ticket King (they have an office right by the Xcel that I have been in before), but they *guarantee* their tickets and that’s a good thing, especially for a gift.

Good luck with your quest for Minnesota Wild Tickets – I do agree they will make a great gift!

Wild Tickets gaining popularity

Friday’s Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks game will cost you a pretty penny if you haven’t already bought Minnesota Wild tickets. Tickets are going for twice face value. It’s no wonder; these two teams are hard hitting rivals and currently are separated by just one point in the Northwest Division. The Xcel Energy Center will be rocking Friday night.

This will be the last chance to see the Wild for awhile at the X. The next home game is 12 days later on December 17th vs. the Calgary Flames. If you can hold out until then, tickets are cheaper, but trust me – the game won’t be as exciting as the Wild Canucks game.

Wild Ticket Price Update

I was checking out the local Minnesota Wild ticket market and this is what I found for the upcoming pre and post Thanksgiving Wild home games. These are some of the hottest games of the year as far as fan support goes so I am not surprised to see that there aren’t too many tickets left.

Wednesday Nov 26th Stars @ Wild
Less than 20 seats left – cheapest ticket $90 . . . HOT GAME
Best ticket value: Section 104, Row 2 $120/each - call Ticket King and offer $100, if they say “deal”, you got a steal – otherwise go with the 115, 13’s at $90/each.

Friday Nov 28th Lightning @ Wild
More than 60 seats left – cheapest ticket $65
Best ticket value: Row 1 of the upper level $70/each, great view, affordable price


Price information from Ticket King – I know local reporters like Charley Walters check their ticket site to see how in demand certain games are. I am no Charley Walters, but I thought I would give you a Wild ticket market snap shot.

Minnesota Wild raise season ticket prices

Just as expected, the Minnesota Wild raised season ticket prices. The new cost of a Minnesota Wild Season ticket is:

Lower Level, side of arena $86 (was $82 – increase of 5%)
Lower Level, corner of arena $75 (was $71 – increase of 6%)
Lower Level, behind the net $65 (was $60 – increase of 8%)
Upper Level, side of arena $38 (was $35 – increase of 9%)
Upper Level, behind the net $18 (was $16 – increase of 12.5%)

The increase of between 5 and 10 percent was what most Minnesota Wild fans expected and was what we predicted on our Wild tickets blog poll.

Interestingly enough, Club-level seats will stay at $85 for the side sections of the Xcel Energy Center and $75 for the end sections behind the nets. The 2008-09 season will be the final season of a three year term for Club level ticket holders so you can bet those seats will go up in the 2009-10 Wild season.

Single-game ticket prices will be announced later so check back often!

Minnesota Wild Ticket Prices

I read in the paper that the Minnesota Wild is expected to announce new Minnesota Wild ticket prices in the next week or so. Check back to this Minnesota Wild Ticket blog for the latest changes! Based on my ticket prices poll, it looks like most people are guessing between 6% and 10%. That would put an upper level side ticket at around $48. The Wild ticket prices have went up each year, let’s just hope they don’t gouge us for too much money – it’s not like the Wild are Stanley Cup Champions or anything