Taylor Swift has landed in Vancouver and everyone is feeling the impact, even the Vancouver Canucks.
The pop megastar has three concerts coming up and two of them happen to land on the same day as Canucks games. While some of the Swifties on the team, like Nils Höglander, are surely disappointed they’ll miss the show, it’s had an interesting impact that some Canucks fans will be happy to hear about.
Ticket prices for the game tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets and on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Lighting have dropped.
While the Blue Jackets aren’t the most exciting opponent, the fact it’s a Friday night usually means prices don’t come down too far. This game was in the “Regular+” tier in Canucks season ticket packages, the second lowest offered.
However, with Swift in town, prices for tonight’s game have fallen quite a bit. If you’re looking for a pair of seats, you can find them for just over $70 each on the resale market after taxes and fees.
Standard tickets to the game are still available for $94 each.
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The next Friday night game is on January 3 when the Nashville Predators visit and the cheapest seat for that one is currently $142, although it is a much more exciting opponent.
There is another game in the same tier on a Friday night in March against the Minnesota Wild and the cheapest ticket is $102.50 right now.
The Canucks game on Sunday isn’t immune to the impact of Swift’s concert either. Despite being against the Tampa Bay Lightning, a relatively exciting opponent with one of the world’s best players in Nikita Kucherov, and being on a weekend, tickets are still far below expected. This was considered a “Premium” game by the Canucks.
The cheapest pair of seats right now will cost you $79.95 each after fees and taxes. That will get you into the upper bowl in the corner where the Canucks defend twice.
There are a ton of tickets available to the game for under $90.
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The next time the Canucks host an early game on a Sunday is when they host the Detroit Red Wings on February 2. That is also a “Premium” game and the cheapest ticket is currently $131.
Of course, these prices are all drastically lower than Swift’s concert which even has Canucks players worried about the cost.