Nothing. Their website threw an error just where I’d expect the reference number to appear. But the seats I picked are showing as taken. If no one from AC gets back to me this week, I’ll just let AmEx sort it.
Progress, I guess. The AmEx website shows the charges as having a ticket number and the travel insurance company processed it correctly. Still haven't been able to get through to AC. I may just have to make a trip to the airport to get this resolved.
I don't think it's the ISU, as we've seen much cheaper tickets for events in Europe, and Worlds in Boston were also cheaper. I think it's the cost of venues in Canada. Tickets for London 2013 were $1200, and Montreal is twice as much which isn't surprising given that the London venue is an OHL arena, and Montreal is an NHL arena. Skate Canada must have felt they needed the larger venue for worlds this year given the impact of the Fanyu's, and so went with the larger NHL arena.
The host fed, not the ISU, controls ticket pricing, but yes, the event is on the hook for covering ISU expenses, which include all expenses for ISU officials (airfaire, local ground transportation, lodging, meals and a per diem), plus a set number of tickets for ISU guests (not a direct expense, but a lost revenue opportunity). Other expenses that are the responsibility of the host fed include hospitality (meals) and local transportation to and from the event for athletes, everything related to the arena (including setting up the K&C, security, medical staff, flowers, etc.), and providing the host broadcast feed, which can be a significant expense. There's also marketing, cost of volunteers and sweepers (branded gear, meals, transportation, etc.), cost of the practice rink if separate, Zamboni, and other items such as legal and accounting. It is a multi-million $ event.
Tickets for Boston Worlds were much higher than comparable seats at Nats. IIRC, the premium seats - 1st 2 rows - were about $2000. Most of the lower bowl, along the center/long axis, was $1300. The sections in the corners were $700. Last year at Nats, the non-premium lower bowl seats were $575 and this year they are either $555 or $420.
This year, the cheapest seats at Nats are $295. Looks like club and 2nd/upper level in the first 5 or 6 rows. I paid $400 for my 21st row seat in the lower bowl, near the center, in Kansas City 3 years ago.
All the tickets at level 6 for both days were sold out within 30 minutes
All the tickets at level 6 for both days were sold out within 30 minutes
I don't understand why they didn't make the better level 3 seats available from the start. You'd think that someone would be able to figure these things out.
Because they want to push people to the more expensive seats, and they also want the bowl to be full for TV.
On the Montreal Worlds website under FAQ it now says tickets to go out in January 2020.
What schedules are you looking for? Practice schedules will be released once the size of the fields are known. Competition schedule here: https://montreal2020.com/event-info/event-schedule/
