Casino Decision Day

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@Hycomp

I think most of you are missing the biggest point of a new arena, as was a big selling point of Heinz and PNC, luxury boxes or their equivalent. Companies and firms pay huge amounts of money up front for those things. One luxury box for a season is more than a ton of season tickets bought by the average Joe. Last I heard (as I haven’tlived in the Pittsburgh area for 1 1/2 years now) is that there is no place to put luxury boxes in the Igloo. Pittsburgh is a relatively small market for the average fan base but has a decent number of deep pocketed company’s and firms that will shell out loot for luxury amenities. A half full arena with a sold out supply of luxury boxes will bring in more money than a full regular seating arena with no luxury boxes. As for the references for Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden, those venues are located in areas with huge fan bases where ticket prices were huge which is the only reason they could survive.

ummmm if you read this whole thread you would know i talked about luxury boxes especially since i wrote LUXURY BOXES in all caps.