Come one come all to the first ever Washington Capitals convention. Click here for all details. This will be a fun time for all and I hope it grows in scope and the amount of time we can program for our fans. Go Caps!
Tags: Hockey, NHL, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals
I am disappointed about this turn of events. It feels very Dan Snyder like to charge $40 for an event and activities that used to be free as a season ticket holder.
Quick! Hurry up and pay for things that have been given away for free in the past!
looks great and its a wonderful idea-if i am in town i will attend
Seems like at $130 for a family of four (2 adults/2 kids), in this economy, it’s going to price a lot of families out of the event. The fanfest last year at the end of development camp was essentially the same thing, but on a smaller scale, and the cost for a family of four for that was $1, which was the price to park all day in Ballston.
Last year was a great event, it’s a pity this one costs too much for a lot of people
Ted,
This sounds like a great event, already purchased our tickets. Once again you prove your the best professional sports team owner there is, thanks!
Dear Ted,
In theory this sounds like a great idea but it seems priced out of a good amount of fans pockets especially with the very short notice on buying tickets and the limited information many of us have had to bug our ticket reps about.
I was hoping for another event like last year at Kettler that was a blast for myself and some fellow fans I brought. Hopefully the convention can be refined in future years but not at the expense of the great events the Caps were known to have provided to their fans for free in the past (equipment sale, and development camp activities).
This is such a treat! We’re looking forward to attending.
Ted,
Can you explain the decision to charge a relatively high price for this event. The Red Wings are doing a similar event for $5 while a family of four will spend 130 bucks in tickets and then parking and food to attend the Caps version.
It’s an awful big investment and does not seem family friendly at all.
thanks
chirs
I have to admit to being a bit conflicted about this. I love the idea, and while I would prefer no admission charge (particularly for STHs who fork over enough during the years), I can accept that an event of this magnitude costs a lot to do well. What sticks in my craw, though, is the $350 ticket that guarantees the holder can jump to the head of the autograph lines. I can’t help envisioning these spoiled rich kids prancing around, once again having it confirmed that they are better than ordinary folk. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m having a real hard time seeing what purpose these special tickets serve.
Ted I’m a little scared we have not got a big gun yet to help Mike Green on defense. I hope you have something planned>
Any info on the STH event? Will the convention impact that at all?
Not sure how I feel about this. I’m a Cubs fan, but I always thought the idea of a convention was a cheesy way to pull revenue out idiots who spent their lives crunching stats on slide rules in their parents’ basement. I wasn’t a big fan when Mac brought it to the Blackhawks, and I’m even less impressed now that the Caps are doing it. Even less, I hate the fact that I’m now going to have to fork over $40 to go to the equipment sale.
Great…
This seems quite ridiculous. I can think of better things to spend my money on…and I’m a season ticket holder of 5 years now. I miss the old days when the Capitals organization valued their season ticket holders instead of trying to squeeze every drop of money out of them.
Last year was bad enough. Planning the event at Six Flags for a day during the work week and before 5pm…was asinine.
I hope next year you think more about your fans instead of lining your pockets.
Lump me into the disappointed crowd too. I understand that these kinds of things are not easy nor cheap to pull off. Furthermore, with the increase in popularity of the Capitals over the past year, an event like this is expected to draw a huge crowd, even with a $40 price tag for admission.
But the only event at the convention that I’m even remotely interested in is the equipment sale. The idea of paying $40 to fight with the dealers who will seek to hoard as much equipment as possible is as unappealing as it could possibly be. Add in the fact that we’re expected to travel to P.G. County (I grew up less than 2 miles as the crow flies from there and know what a crummy and dangerous neighborhood that is) and I’ll pass thank you very much.
I’ll attend the Maryland-Rutgers game that day in College Park and not think twice about the First Ever Caps Convention.
I’m going to take a wait-and-see approach with this. It sounds like a neat event in the media release, but $40 for one person–never mind a family–is no small chunk of change for a one-day event. Doubly so in these times.
However, curiosity has gotten the better of me, and since it’s just me, $40 is tolerable. Not great–tolerable. The fun part, as ever, will be getting there. I won’t be forking over for parking, but taking Metro down there means getting off the Green Line (yikes) at Southern Avenue (yikes), and waiting for a 30-minute bus. In September. In my outfit. YIKES. Note to self: bring Gatorade.
You have my curiosity, and at this point you have my money and my time. I hope this event is worth all of the above.
You’re really expecting a family to spend over $100 to attend this? Wow.