Tickets to the sold-out game at the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship final are being resold for thousands of dollars.
Game 4 of the PWHL Finals between Minnesota and Boston is proving to be in high demand, not only filling up the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, but also due to the high resale value of tickets.
Fans will have to shell out a substantial amount of money to get tickets to the 6,500-seat arena, New England Sports Network reported. Resale Prices range from $1,665 to $3,746, with prices increasing towards the lower end.
“Tickets to the PWHL finals are selling for up to $3,746,” NESN wrote on Facebook. “It’s a great testament to the growth of women’s hockey.”
However, at the time of writing, three tickets were StubHub They are astronomically priced at $4,903 each, with other tickets ranging from $1,000 to $2,000.
Local restaurateurs told The Blaze-News that not only has there been a clear increase in demand, but the games have had a huge economic impact on the location, with much fanfare throughout the city.
“Weeknight and Sunday games will increase revenue by more than 100%.”
“I heard we sold out again today, so there’s clearly a demand,” bar owner Scott Plass said. “But on the flip side, every time we sell out, the streets, city garages and restaurants are filled with mostly unique customers and morale is boosted tremendously! Go women’s hockey!” Plass continued.
Plus Cobblestones of Lowellopened in 1994. The owner said that in his 30 years of operation, he has seen fan reactions to all of the minor league affiliates, including the Red Sox’s Single-A Lowell Spinners and the Lowell Rock Monsters (now the Lowell Devils), the AHL affiliate of the former New Jersey Devils.
“We’ve been here since 1994 and we’re here for all the professional teams that have played here for over 30 years!” Plass said, adding that he’ll definitely be watching Wednesday night’s final on TV.
As for the impact on the local economy, Plass can only speak for his own business, but said that in addition to the chaos in town caused by the aforementioned sellouts, recent games have seen a big increase in revenue.
“I can only speak on a micro level, but weeknight and Sunday games increase our revenue by more than 100 percent,” he said.
And it wasn’t just New England that saw big support: Game 5 in Minnesota also reportedly drew roughly twice as many fans into the arena.
Boston.com Approximately 13,000 fans were reported at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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