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In DC, Dan Steinberg noted the Capitals’ latest season-ticket price increase is the ninth time prices have “gone up in the past 10 seasons, and it comes a year after tickets went up” by an average of 8%. The “best non-premium seats” -- center ice in the lower level -- are going from $165-$170 a game, an increase of 3%. The “highest-priced VIP seats” are going from $450-455, an increase of about 1%. The Capitals “did not raise ticket prices" after the lockout-shortened ‘12-13 season. At least some tickets have “gone up in every other year over the past decade, although not every price point saw an increase in every season, and some seats actually declined in price in certain years” (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 2/21).

DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT: In St. Paul, Jace Frederick noted former NBAer Kevin Garnett “reportedly hoped to buy an ownership stake” in the T’Wolves when he was acquired by late President of Basketball Operations Flip Saunders in February ‘15. But “everything changed" when team Owner Glen Taylor suddenly decided to "move in a new direction.” Sam Mitchell took over for Saunders as coach when he began cancer treatments at the beginning of the '15-16 season. Taylor then fired Mitchell on the last day of the regular season. Garnett retired in September '16. Garnett said, “How they was doing Sam, how they fired Sam on the day of a game, you don’t do that. You don’t do that. And you know what? There’s certain things that I was taught in this league -- professionalism, loyalty” (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 2/21).

GOING, GOING, GONE: In Orlando, Alicia DelGallo notes Orlando City SC’s March 5 season opener against NYCFC sold out yesterday “shortly after single-game tickets went on sale.” The opening-game sellout was “expected as limited tickets went on sale to the public.” Season-ticket holders “accounted for 18,000 of the 25,500 seats in the new downtown stadium, while five-game ticket packages, group sales and other presale options filled the majority of the remaining seats” prior to yesterday (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2/22).

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