Could the draft make tickets more appealing?

The NHL draft is this Friday and although the MN Wild has the number 12 draft pick for the first round Wild fans are looking for some big changes on the roster. New Head Coach Todd Richards promised that he was going to drastically alter Wild Hockey, opting for a more fast-paced "up-tempo" game. In order to do that they Wild Roster is going to have to be shaken up and some major play-makers will need to emerge.


I wonder if this more high-energy throw them to the boards approach to hockey will entice fans to come to more games and ultimately raise demand for tickets? One thing is for sure, the buzz surrounding what the Wild will do with Gaborik before he becomes a free agent on July 1st is getting juicy. With rumors flying that Gaborik has purchased a house in Vancouver, could one of the most popular Wild players being headed north to play for the Canucks?

I guess fans will just have to wait and see what comes out of this weekend and early next week, but I think we can expect more changes from Todd Richards...

Will Minnesota Wild Ticket Sales be Affected by Regime Change?

Will Minnesota Wild Ticket Sales be affected by Regime Change? That is the question lingering on the minds of the Minnesota Wild ticket staff after the announcement of new GM Chuck Fletcher and new head coach Todd Richards. Both additions to the Wild are know for their fast paced aggressive offense focused ideology.

The question is, will that fast pace bring in fans game after game or will the new bodies in the organization take time to meld and become successful? The Wild are lucky to have a history of loyal followers, selling out the Xcel Energy Center since the beginning of the Wild Franchise. But will Wild Fans continue to scoop up Minnesota Wild Tickets if the team is not competitive next year? And by competitive I mean PLAYOFF MATERIAL.

Time will tell if the Wild GM and Wild Coach change builds fan support and sells Wild tickets or cools things off in the “State of Hockey” as the Fletcher/Richards duo rebuilds the organization to their standards.

Ticket King Twitters

I just noticed that my favorite Minnesota Ticket broker, Ticket king, has added a feature to their website. It looks as though, Ticket King is going to use Twitter to announce when they have lowered ticket prices on Minnesota Wild Tickets as well as tickets to all other events. I recommend that you sign up because it sure beats having to continuously go to Ticket King's main website to monitor their prices on the tickets that you are interested in. Simply go to the Ticket King website and sign up. It only took me 3 minutes!

As a side note, is anyone else sick of not having a Minnesota Wild Coach yet?

Minnesota Wild miss NHL Playoffs

The Minnesota Wild didn’t make the NHL Playoffs this year so there will be no chance to buy Wild Playoff tickets. Interestingly enough, Ticketmaster sent me an email on Sunday at 9am to remind me to buy my Wild Playoff tickets Monday morning at 10am.

Talk about a kick in the gut.

I am sure it was an automated email, but someone should have switched it off. The Wild aren’t going to the playoffs, there should be no playoff tickets for sale and I didn’t want to think about it when I opened my email. All I have to say is: Game Over.

Minnesota Wild Ticket Prices for Remaining Xcel Energy Center Home Games

After tonight’s Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks game, there are only THREE Minnesota Wild home games left. THREE! The Wild are still in the NHL Playoff hunt so fans should be paying attention to every single game.

Minnesota Wild ticket prices are pretty reasonable for the final couple of games, but if the games become playoff deciders, you can bet the prices will only go up! I would buy Wild tickets now because I doubt the prices will get any lower. I looked at prices for Minnesota Wild Tickets on Hockey Tickets Minnesota.com and here is what I found:


The puck drops at 7pm for:

Wild vs Flames Fri 4/3 (tickets start at $69/each)
Wild vs Stars Tue 4/7 (tickets start at $39/each - CHEAP!)
Wild vs Predators Fri 4/10 (tickets start at $54/each)

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