Tickets for Edmonton World Cup Qualifying Series.

[Cblake]

4 minutes ago, Aird25 said:

Why in the world were there no tickets for sale, when there are so many left to sell?

They were sorting out a lot of group sales requests. Lots of demand , by the end of the week it will be a sellout. 

[ShralpShralpShral]

3 hours ago, red card said:

Better way to make money is simply charge higher prices. US charged up to US$500 for coming Mexico match. It would also reduce the number of tourists attending the match.

Toronto is used to it given Raptors & Leafs pricing for run of the mill regular season games. 

I couldn't be more disgusted by what I just read.

[EJsens1]

3 hours ago, Aird25 said:

Why in the world were there no tickets for sale, when there are so many left to sell?

Yeah I went to check and this is all that appeared 

[narduch]

3 minutes ago, EJsens1 said:

Yeah I went to check and this is all that appeared 

They stopped selling the 2 match packs. This is what the Costa Rica game is currently showing. 

 

[RS]

5 minutes ago, EJsens1 said:

Yeah I went to check and this is all that appeared 

You can only buy the individual games now, not the two-match packs.

[Cblake]

I do kind of wonder if the one end zone will be a slow burn in terms of sales. It is quite far from the back line with at least the distance of a CFL end zone between it. At $22 buck I think it will fill up over time though.

[Bertuzzi44]

I have an extra pair of tickets in Section P for the Costa Rica match if anyone needs some. I will sell them at cost.

Cheers

[chalms04]

👀👀

[narduch]

4 minutes ago, chalms04 said:

👀👀

That's actually not too bad.

[Cblake]

6 minutes ago, chalms04 said:

👀👀

I’ll take that. That’s not too bad at all, actually quite comfortable considering what it could be. 

[dyslexic nam]

Yeah, on the bell curve of possible November weather in Edmonton, I think I would lock in 0 degrees right now.  

[MtlMario]

Not cold enough. 😀

[Admin]

I don't care how cold it is, I just don't want wind.

There are only three temperatures.

 

Not Cold
Cold
Fucking Cold.   

Fucking cold is just cold with wind.

[Bdog]

3 hours ago, MtlMario said:

Not cold enough. 😀

I’m actually curious what the ideal temperature we should hope for is, where they’ll be frozen but the lads will be relatively comfortable. 

[grigorio]

46 minutes ago, Bdog said:

I’m actually curious what the ideal temperature we should hope for is, where they’ll be frozen but the lads will be relatively comfortable. 

Being an expert in Canadian winter:

• Anything colder than -10 and everyone loses. 
• Anything between -10 and -5 is ideal for maximum Central American pain and just tolerable enough for Canadians.
• -5 to 0 is at risk of not being advantageous or drastic enough. Once you get running 0 doesn't seem that bad. 

Any sort of light snow is bonus to be distracting for those not familiar with it. 

Edited October 28, 2021 by grigorio

[EJsens1]

46 minutes ago, grigorio said:

Being an expert in Canadian winter:

• Anything colder than -10 and everyone loses. 
• Anything between -10 and -5 is ideal for maximum Central American pain and just tolerable enough for Canadians.
• -5 to 0 is at risk of not being advantageous or drastic enough. Once you get running 0 doesn't seem that bad. 

Any sort of light snow is bonus to be distracting for those not familiar with it. 

Yeah this is pretty much spot on.  The one good thing is when it is colder, people spend less time on their phones, taking off their gloves and shit.  I’ve been to a couple cold outdoor hockey games and it is funny to see.  

Edited October 28, 2021 by EJsens1

[red card]

18 hours ago, ShralpShralpShral said:

I couldn't be more disgusted by what I just read.

It's what all pro teams of the 4 major team sports do in North America. It's what US Soccer & FMF do. If Canada makes Qatar, then it's time to value the product closer to what the US Soccer/FMF prices their offerings.

It's one of the steps for CSA to become run like a business rather than a typical poorly run Canadian sport org crying poverty every time. Latest example being Rugby Canada: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-rugby-canada-expects-to-feel-the-pinch-after-failing-to-qualify-for/?cmpid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

If you don't want this, then you can't complain about not having youth camps, friendlies, 25+ player call ups, more & hirgher higher quality team staff and anything else that needs funding from the CSA.

 

Edited October 28, 2021 by red card

[frmr]

A light sprinkling of snow would be great for optics. A sold out 55k stadium watching Canada play scintillating football in the snow. Pure magic.

[EdmPhonzieFan]

I am so pumped up for Phonzie coming home, bought 8 tickets to bring family and friends to both games, it is going to be amazing. Looking forward to seeing everyone coming to my hometown. Cheers to everyone making the trek. 

[Cblake]

3 minutes ago, EdmPhonzieFan said:

I am so pumped up for Phonzie coming home, bought 8 tickets to bring family and friends to both games, it is going to be amazing. Looking forward to seeing everyone coming to my hometown. Cheers to everyone making the trek. 

With the west upper deck and end zone sections finally being open we are starting to see them move. I do not expect them to sell at the same pace everything else so its great to see people like you picking up a bunch. I do still see a sellout by kickoff though.

[Markus]

I just got off the fence and booked flight and hotels today. Coming for both games. Just need to purchase that winter coat now 

[Unnamed Trialist]

14 hours ago, grigorio said:

Being an expert in Canadian winter:

• Anything colder than -10 and everyone loses. 
• Anything between -10 and -5 is ideal for maximum Central American pain and just tolerable enough for Canadians.
• -5 to 0 is at risk of not being advantageous or drastic enough. Once you get running 0 doesn't seem that bad. 

Any sort of light snow is bonus to be distracting for those not familiar with it. 

I've seen Spanish teams go to Russia to play CSKA or Zenit on a final group stage, Bate Borisov in Belarus, or a knock-out match, and they are not comfortable at all. Scotland at 6 degrees and drizzling is fine, 1-3 degrees, anything near zero, is not. The mere fact of light snow, even if not really affecting play or making things colder, also bugs these teams. It is sort of like snow, oh hell. 

Last year there was a major snowstorm in central Spain and matches were cancelled, and plenty of players from Castille or the Pyrenees are perfectly used to it, but no matter. They don't want to be there. 

If we play the matches at anything under 3 degrees they won't like it. If they go out two days before to train, and see those temperatures, they won't want to be in Edmonton, it'll be "let's survive this and get out". So regardless you have to boss them, even if you dislike those temperatures too. You have to boss them to let them know you are fine. Even if you are also wearing gloves like they are.

[rob.notenboom]

43 minutes ago, Markus said:

I just got off the fence and booked flight and hotels today. Coming for both games. Just need to purchase that winter coat now 

Of course I have to ask … 😁

 

Are you coming to the Nov 11th meetup then? (8:30 local time)

[Cheeta]

11 hours ago, MtlMario said:

Not cold enough. 😀

I actually have fond memories of playing in the sub-zero cold, either too early in the spring or too late in the fall, everyone galloping around in touques puffing vapor like they were clydesdales.  However... I do not have fond memories of heading a frozen ball or marvelling afterwards at the hexagonal pattern of broken blood vessels on my thigh from blocking a shot.

Here's to the lads taking the pitch at Commonwealth next month.  Better you than me, pal.

 

 

[Cblake]

Will the pregame on the 16th be downtown I assume before we all jump on the LRT to trek out to the stadium? I am landing at 9:30 am from Toronto on the day of the Mexico game.