As I am sure everyone knows The 2011 Winter Classic is being played at Heinz Field between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, does it get any better? Easily the most exciting event to come to this city ever. Anyone who is not excited for this is not alive. However all the talk I have heard since the official announcement is "What's going on with the tickets?"
Tom McMillan was on the fan Thursday to breakdown exactly how the tickets are being distributed. According to McMillan the NHL has control over all 65,000 tickets, initially, then they give them out as they see fit. So the Penguins and Capitals front offices have to beg for all the tickets they get. Which seems kind of dumb. It seems to me the Penguins should get 80% of the tickets the Caps should get 15% and the Steelers should get 5% for their trouble. In Gary Bettman's infinite wisdom(sarcasm) he has given 30,000 to the Pens, about 19,000 of which are going to season ticket holders. The Capitals are going to be given between 15,000 and 20,000 tickets, yes a team that can't sellout its 18,000 seat arena is going to be given maybe 20,000 seats to an "away" game. The Steelers are getting about 1,000, that seems about fair. The NHL is keeping the rest to give to sponsors, about 14,000 tickets. This is all according to Tom McMillan the Penguins VP of communications.
I think it will be interesting what the NHL does when the Capitals have to give back about 8,000 unused tickets, cause they couldn't sell them. Also the Penguins might win more games at Heinz Field than the Steelers this year.
No matter what your thoughts are of the ticket situation, it will be one of the most entertaining hockey games ever. The atmosphere at Heinz Field that day will be amazing. I am most looking forward to walking down the rotunda after the game, with a mixture of 30,000 Pens fans and 20,000 Caps fans. It will be a great day for hockey.
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