$50 SRO upper level tickets available for VGK vs Winnipeg Tuesday, according to Pogoseat text alert. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Send Text Alerts Pitching $50 Standing Room Only Tickets For Tuesday’s Playoff Game 1

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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer

On the eve of the Vegas Golden Knights’ first playoff game since 2021, the team’s ticket sales vendor informed fans who signed up for the text alert service that there are a “very limited number of $50 upper level standing room tickets” for Tuesday’s Game 1 matchup between the VGK and Winnipeg Jets.

The Knights typically sell out T-Mobile Arena’s 17,367 fixed seats, but the NHL team can sell another 1,000 plus standing room only tickets in spaces like the upper level, Hyde lounge and castle level between the lower and upper bowls.

For Tuesday’s game, the company hired by the Golden Knights to send the ticket alerts, Pogoseat, told fans in bold letters and an exclamation mark that there are no fees.

Golden Knights fans include rocker Vince Neil and Circa owner/all-around sports fan Derek Stevens. Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz.com reported the average secondary market ticket price for VGK vs Jets Game 1 was $421 — 10th highest of the 16 NHL playoff teams, according to TicketIQ, a secondary market fee-free ticket reseller. VGK first round average secondary market ticket prices through their six seasons:

Source: TicketIQ

The Golden Knights’ AXS ticket site had tickets starting at $75, plus fees, for Tuesday’s game.

LVSportsBiz.com is predicting an announced attendance in the 18,400 range for tomorrow’s Game 1.

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The Golden Knights have a team pet — and it’s no dog like a golden retriever.

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Reminder: Tuesday’s game is 6:30 PM, while Thursday’s Game 2 is 7 PM.

The T-Mobile Arena doors will open 90 minutes before puck drop during the Stanley Cup playoffs, compared to 75 minutes during the regular season.

Before the game on the arena plaza Tuesday, there will be temporary tattoos and beard dyes/hair styling, while the rally towels will be back on each seat.

Golden Knights fans were into Game 1 from the start. Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com

 

 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.