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Penguins Have Sold Out All Suites, Loge Boxes
For Consol Energy Center's Inaugural Season |
The Penguins have sold out all 66 suites and all 32 loge boxes for the inaugural season of the Consol Energy Center in '10-11. The team has established a waiting list for the suites and boxes similar to the team's season-ticket waiting list (
Penguins). In Pittsburgh, Tricia Lafferty reports the suites "sold at a rapid pace considering they went on sale in March, and were gone within two months." Penguins President David Morehouse said that the "demand for these premium seats had been high even before" the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. While other professional sports teams are "having a hard time selling seats at their new venues, the Penguins haven't run into that problem." Morehouse said, "It's because we're priced right for our market, and we understand our fans and business. And we have a great product for our future." Lafferty notes the suites at Consol Energy Center cost about 20-30% more than those at Mellon Arena. A 12-person suite at the new arena ranges from $110,000-150,000 annually, while the 18-person suites sold for $195,000. The loge boxes consist of eight seats that "sit in the bowl" (
Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 7/30). Also in Pittsburgh, Shelly Anderson noted all suites also are sold out for the '09-10 season, the Penguins' last at Mellon Arena. The loge boxes at the new arena are a premium seating option that "has no equivalent at Mellon Arena" (
POSTGAZETTE.com, 7/29).
