Comments on: Ted Leonsis Addresses Lockout In Season-Ticket Holder Email

By: BigMacMark

BigMacMark — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:01:00 +0000

Ted,

We have spoken before. I used to work in Dan Snyder’s
skybox as a bartender and he treated me poorly. You in turn invited me to
your booth and were a great host and stand-up guy. I really like you as
an owner, philanthropist and person. I cannot however support the team if
a single game is cancelled off the regular schedule. It seems that
money and revenue are what motivates the players and the owners in this
standoff and I understand it is a business but I want you to know that I will not
contribute revenue to the NHL and the Washington Capitals if you cannot agree
on terms and you sacrifice the quality of the season over a financial
dispute. I can’t imagine if the Capitals finally get a Stanley Cup and
there is an asterisk because of a shortened season. Please do what you
can to resolve your differences now. If you do not you will lose this fan
and my revenue (about 10 games a year live plus all home playoff games and I
watch every single game on TV) for at least one year, maybe longer.
Thought you might want to know where one fan stands.

Thanks,

Mark Maguire

By: this guy

this guy — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:07:00 +0000

so did terrible TED direct any info to single game ticket holders?

By: Mike Y

Mike Y — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:04:00 +0000

How can the Buffalo Sabres offer their STH’s 4% interest on the funds they hold yet the Caps only offer 1%? My season tickets have almost doubled in less than 3 years. Baseball lost me as a fan during their last lockout. Football almost lost me but started the season before any real damage was done. NBA – could care less. NHL – 4 times in 20 years? Come on! The owners give these enormous contracts and the cry the system is not fair? Hard to believe. Frankly, I hope the players don’t cave BEFORE the Winter Classic. Just when the NHL is starting to build a bigger fan base (and by the looks of $3.3 BILLION DOLLARS in revenue that seems to be a fact) the owners and Commissioner lockout the players (AGAIN). No matter, the owners and players have at least a week to get a deal done so the season starts as scheduled. If not, consider me gone as well. And that also means no buying merchandise, NHL package on TV, etc. Money and time better spent elsewhere.

By: Not Again, Ted!

Not Again, Ted! — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:29:00 +0000

Pathetic, Ted – Just Pathetic. If this is how you run your business, I’m not interested in purchasing your product.

By: Mike L

Mike L — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:59:00 +0000

The young guns are getting another year older. I hope this team gets lapped by the Hurricanes this year and a few thousand empty seats double as STH each night.

By: NovaCath

NovaCath — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:03:00 +0000

He is one of the owners on the committee. He had the ability to actually do something to have gotten a new CBA before tonight. The CBA expires tonight and NO meetings are scheduled for today and I am supposed to believe him when he says that he wants to see us soon. He better start praying that his cash cow, Ovechkin, doesn’t get injured if he plays in Russia and he better be voting to allow players to participate in the next Olympics.

By: JEFF

JEFF — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:11:00 +0000

You and your colleagues are making me a Don Fehr fan, something I thought would never happen. I actually expected a little more leadership from you, but you seem to have ceded the leader’s mantle to Ed Snider and the other hawks in ownership. I have been a Caps season ticket holder since 1974, but you and your friends are surely testing me now.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:10:00 +0000

Ted you and the other greedy pathetic owners should be ashamed of yourself – once again you havent learned your lesson. Did you like seeing the Verizon Center 1/3rd full in 2005? Bunch of billionaires squabbling with millionaires playing a kids game while you keep the rest of us and our money held hostage. I didnt see you mention in your letter any option that I can get a refund on all the money Ive spent so far on this years seasons tickets. 1 percent interest? Pretty insultng. Id rather use my money on the Nationals. ll give you until opening night – if no hockey – I want my money back you lose a 10 year season ticket holder and you and your team can go take a hike. You can fill my seat with that supposed 3,000 fan waiting list. Its football and baseball season too -do you think most Americns are going to really care there is no hockey -they didnt in 04-05. Your going to destroy all thats been built up in the NHLs favor the last few years – for what?.

By: Bettman Must Go!

Bettman Must Go! — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 03:43:00 +0000

Rock The Lock(out)!

By: Bettman Must Go!

Bettman Must Go! — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 03:42:00 +0000

And by the way, gee thanks for the 1% APR kickback/bribe. My math may be off but I think that amounts to something like a whopping…..$4, based on my $5000 season ticket account! Maybe I can buy 1/2 a puck in the pro shop! Here’s an idea, how about you give the season ticket holders 24% off my rate, and maybe give me another 24% refund in 7 years? Sounds fair to me. Don’t mind that little detail we refer to as my season ticket contract.