For the first time since the start of its inaugural season in January, the PWHL will be making its debut at the Bell Centre — home of the Montreal Canadiens and the biggest hockey arena in North America.
General tickets for the April 20th game between Montreal and Toronto went on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET and sold out in under 20 minutes, setting the league up to break the world record for largest attendance for a professional women’s hockey match.
For the first time since the start of its inaugural season in January, the PWHL will be making its debut at the Bell Centre — home of the Montreal Canadiens and the biggest hockey arena in North America.
ET and sold out in under 20 minutes, setting the league up to break the world record for largest attendance for a professional women’s hockey match.
Pre-sale tickets were also snapped up in the past few days, with Tuesday’s batch selling out within hours.
Tickets are now cropping up on popular reseller platforms at significant markups and are selling almost as fast as they’re appearing.
The league’s current attendance record is held by Toronto, which hosted Montreal at the Scotiabank Arena in February in front of 19,285 fans.
But Heidi Van Regan, a PWHL fan club founder, says that doesn’t satisfy the public’s appetite.
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But I will say that if those “ad breaks” turn into actual ads, I probably won’t be watching it for long. Sporting ads specifically are awful and usually consist of gambling ads. I enjoy the PWHL, but not that much.
Secondly, I have to wonder how many of those tickets were “sold” from “Ticketmaster (sales division)” to “Ticketmaster (scalping division)”. I guess actual attendance figures will show the answer.
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For the first time since the start of its inaugural season in January, the PWHL will be making its debut at the Bell Centre — home of the Montreal Canadiens and the biggest hockey arena in North America.
ET and sold out in under 20 minutes, setting the league up to break the world record for largest attendance for a professional women’s hockey match.
Pre-sale tickets were also snapped up in the past few days, with Tuesday’s batch selling out within hours.
Tickets are now cropping up on popular reseller platforms at significant markups and are selling almost as fast as they’re appearing.
The league’s current attendance record is held by Toronto, which hosted Montreal at the Scotiabank Arena in February in front of 19,285 fans.
But Heidi Van Regan, a PWHL fan club founder, says that doesn’t satisfy the public’s appetite.
The original article contains 653 words, the summary contains 133 words. Saved 80%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
They stream their games live on YouTube. My wife has been watching them despite no interest in hockey prior. It’s fun to watch.
Us, too!
But I will say that if those “ad breaks” turn into actual ads, I probably won’t be watching it for long. Sporting ads specifically are awful and usually consist of gambling ads. I enjoy the PWHL, but not that much.
I love so many of the rules. The penalty-kill jailbreak is wild, and the 3-2-1 points breakdown for teams is absolutely fantastic.
First off, fantastic!
Secondly, I have to wonder how many of those tickets were “sold” from “Ticketmaster (sales division)” to “Ticketmaster (scalping division)”. I guess actual attendance figures will show the answer.
I think either way the fact that, suddenly, the tickets are entirely bought out in 20 minutes means there’s a lot of desire for going to the games.