WINNIPEG — It didn’t take long for Winnipeggers to snap up playoff tickets Tuesday morning.
Tickets for Game 3 (April 20) and Game 4 (April 22) went on sale 10 a.m. Less than 1,000 were available because most season ticket holders bought playoff tickets earlier.
People trying to buy tickets online got the message that none were available by 10:01 a.m.
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Fans wanting to dodge the Internet ticket rush gathered outside the MTS Centre as early as 6 a.m. Tuesday.
“I was laying in bed awake at 4 a.m., just excited,” one fan told Global News, clutching his six tickets to the second home game. “I haven’t even told my friends I got them yet. I’m going to surprise them.”
Michael Young, the proud new owner of a 1st row seat, put out the call on twitter this morning for fellow fans to join him in a stick salute on Airforce Way. Players, including Dustin Byfuglien honked as they drove by his gesture, heading to catch their plane to California.
Young paid $345.00 for a single ticket for the second home game.
“I hadn’t told my wife yet,” he says about shelling out the cash.
If you didn’t get your hands on any seats Tuesday there may be small numbers released on game days. The cheapest ticket on stubhub.com was $760 at 10:30 a.m. Selling tickets for more than face value is illegal in Manitoba.
The first two games of the series will be played in Anaheim.
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