DUCKS NOT LAYING GOLDEN EGGS: TEAM TO RAISE TICKET PRICES

          The Mighty Ducks announced they will raise ticket
     prices next season, "the fifth consecutive season the Ducks
     have raised ticket prices in some capacity," according to
     Cammy Clark of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER.  While Anaheim
     Sports President Tony Tavares called the "least-successful
     season" in team history "disappointing," he "made no
     apologies" for the ticket hike.  Tavares: "I don't see as
     there's any choice but to raise ticket prices.  We are, and
     league-wide we are experiencing the substantial double-digit
     inflation for the average salary in the NHL.  The money's
     got to come from somewhere. ... We have been conservative I
     think in what our ticket prices have been" (ORANGE COUNTY
     REGISTER, 4/14).  In Orange County, columnist Randy Youngman
     wrote it was "particularly galling" that Tavares "was so
     nonchalant and unapologetic in revealing the ... price hike.
     ... It's typical Disney arrogance" (O.C. REGISTER, 4/15).