The Islanders' interesting promo

by James Mirtle on Aug 18, 2008 1:43 PM CDT Comment 11 comments

Each time the Islanders win a game in the four-game Victory Plan package, you will get to come back and watch another select game - on us! For example if the Isles defeat the Sidney Crosby-led Pittsburgh Penguins on November 26, you get to return to the Nassau Coliseum on December 16 to see Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals for FREE.
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I'm all for anything that puts more fans in the seats on Long Island, although given wins may be hard to come by, these 2-for-1 offers are a bit of a gamble.

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What does this say about the organization's confidence in the team's chances to win these selected games?

by Koz on Aug 18, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is a risk-free proposition for the Islanders.

by Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 2:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

For the fan's sake, I hope the team wins every one of these games.

by Anshu on Aug 18, 2008 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If the Islanders have to offer a wacky 2-1 gamble on games against the league's marquee players, how will they ever unload tickets to games against snoozers like Boston and Florida?

by Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 4:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Pretty stupid to give free tickets to A.O.'s game. If it was free tix for Carolina or Nashville game it would be ok but Ovechkin Capitals???

I think Isles should sign Brett Favre...

by Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 5:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This organization is absolute joke. Gordon looked like the cat that swallowed the canary at his presser. Good luck, bro. They fire a top notch coach and keep an ex-backup goalie with a big mouth as the GM. Wang deserves what he's getting here. Too bad the fans have to put up with this crap. Thank goodness the Rangers and Devils are close by.Maybe KC's lights are looking brighter or perhaps JB can ride in on the white horse and ride it to Canada.

by archleester on Aug 18, 2008 5:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it's worth pointing out that Nov. 26 is a Wednesday and Dec. 16 is a Tuesday.

by Ryan on Aug 18, 2008 7:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"Sorry, man, I have no interest in going to see Alex Ovechkin play, I don't like to be out late on a Tuesday."

/not a hockey fan

by Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Islanders have had incredible attendance problems, and even more so on weekdays. A lot of NHL teams have trouble drawing on those Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday night games so it makes sense you'd do promotions with them.

Even with Ovechkin there, I bet Washington's not much of a draw at Nassau.

by James Mirtle on Aug 18, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hockey fan or not, their money all spends the same and counts toward revenues. Beggars can't be choosers.

Is the arena hard to get to in the evenings on workdays? I know some of the California fans have to run a traffic obstacle course to get to their arenas by 7:00 pm or so, and even then they are frequently late just because of the traffic jams.

by Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 5:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"Pretty stupid to give free tickets to A.O.'s game. If it was free tix for Carolina or Nashville game it would be ok but Ovechkin Capitals???"

I suspect the free tickets are supposed to be a reward, not a punishment.

I don't see what's so wrong about this. They have problems selling tickets and have since long before they fired Ted Nolan. Clearly business as usual isn't sufficing, so why not try something different?

by MikeP on Aug 19, 2008 5:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs