With the average price of an NBA or NHL ticket around $50, fans may be saying goodbye to the majors and sticking close to home with minor-league sports.
With the average price of an NBA or NHL ticket around $50, fans may be saying goodbye to the majors and sticking close to home with minor-league sports.
At least that seems to be the case in Erie, Pa., where the high cost of attending Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) games has some fans looking at spending money closer to home — like at Erie Otters (OHL) games in Tulio Arena, where center-ice season tickets cost $230 a year. Still, like virtually every other sports team, the Otters are hurting a little: lower sponsorship sales aren’t made up by any increases in ticket sales.