Comments on: Wide Open Observations of Opening Night (at Home)

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:10:34 +0000

As to club seats, it is my understanding that money used to purchase club seats goes to Pollin, not the Caps. So Caps fans should purchase tickets in the lower bowl and the upper bowl before spending money on club seats. So if they must remain empty, so be it.

By: gkpk

gkpk — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:27:10 +0000

Nice Blog. Got a feel for the event. Warm weather, fans supporting and wanting to show they are Capitals fans by shopping for and buying product. Good size crowd, nicely populated by the media plus bonus Opening night win.

By: Grooven

Grooven — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:46:02 +0000

Who is this team? Are they for real? Can we keep them around?
That was a fun game. I definitely like what I’ve seen from this team and I hope it’s not some start-of-the-season fluke.
Been a long time since there’s been that kind of overwhelmingly pro-Capitals support.

By: JayB

JayB — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:17:52 +0000

For the past three hockey seasons, as well as the current hockey season, any fan can go onto Ticketmaster.com and order club level seats to any game at any point in the season. The ticket price is $90 plus charges (cheaper than lower level center tickets). It is simply beyond me why everyone continues to perpetuate the fallacy that the club seats in Verizon Center are not available for purchase to all.

By: pepper

pepper — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:15:48 +0000

That was the most fun I’ve had at a Caps game in a long time. I felt like I was part of something special, perhaps even revolutionary in DC-area sport. In some ways I hardly recognized the old barn and the neighborhood surrounding it, and that was a real good thing.
It was totally worth the trip down from NYC for me. It was an evening to remember (and kind of a Sunday morning to forget).
Can’t wait to come down again for the Pens game.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:18:21 +0000

The folks in the red wigs/dresses/running shoes were most likely our local hashers ending or en route on the annual red dress run. Wonder if they attended the game? (probably not, the beer is too expensive – but tempting none the less)
http://www.whitehousehash.com/rdr/

By: norske

norske — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:03:31 +0000

And were all eight Swedes working for the same media outlet? I know you have an agenda, but sometimes you stretch it in silly ways. Comparing the Post with the WashTimes? Fair. Comparing the Post with the entire nation of Sweden? Silly.

By: beth

beth — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:01:32 +0000

What a night! Great game, excitement, and company (although I can only speak from my own persective)! Hope that you and your “hockey-mad” friends enjoyed your post-game celebration. It was, most definitively, a night to remember…

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:38:34 +0000

I would have to agree with you on the club seats. I have sat in just about every level and section in the arena and I would have to say without a doubt that it is the best place to watch the game. If they opened up those seats for purchase, I would most certainly buy them for every single game I attended.

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:20:03 +0000

“none of them seemed to be moving 9 percent faster than me.”
Classic
Good to hear things going so well in Caps land.