Avs Season-Ticket Price Increases Have Some Steaming, But Fact Is They Still Have It Good Compared To Others

But, yeah, it'll cost more (and in some cases a LOT more) starting in playoffs

I want to say right up front: I’ve never paid to attend an Avalanche home game. Not once. I’ve always gotten in for free when I’ve seen them at home. starting in 1995. So, I’m the last person on earth who should be having an opinion on anything when it comes to ticket-buyers’ experiences to games - and especially to season-ticket holders.

But, yeah, I’ll chime in anyway. That’s what I do.

So, Avalanche season-ticket holders this week got a letter that detailed the new prices moving forward through next season. Those new prices will start in this year’s playoffs - assuming the Avs get that far. Some season-ticket holders I’ve talked to are pretty upset about it, saying it’s a bad case of sticker shock. They only have until March 15 to decide on locking in for this year’s playoffs - and for the next regular season.

Let’s start by showing what last season’s playoff prices were for season-ticket holders:

2022 AVALANCHE SEASON-TICKET PLAYOFF PRICING STRUCTURE

Now, let’s look over the pricing for season-ticket holders for this year’s Avalanche playoffs - yes, assuming they make it:

As you can see, prices have gone up. For round 1, the lower-level side seat you had last year for $94 is now $120. The Club Level Center seat you had for $120 last year will cost $167. The lower-level side seat you had in Round 2 last year for $108? Yeah that’s going up to $160. The Club Level Center seat you got for $138 in Round 2 last year? That’ll be $232 this year.

And so on. As you can see, the prices really take a jump in Rounds 3 and 4, from last year’s pricing. The Club Lexus glass seat that cost $605 per game in the Stanley Cup final between the Avs and Lightning last year? That same seat will cost a whopping $1,589 this year.

We’ll get to next year’s regular-season ticket pricing in a minute, but after talking to a couple people around KSE about these new pricing structures: One reason for the huge jump, especially starting in Rounds 2-4, is to better combat the secondary/resale ticket market. Fact is, maybe people could have and probably did resell their Stanley Cup final tickets last year for quite a profit.