Hi Fellow 300 Level Season Ticket Holders,
We are the lucky ones. We have season tickets! That said, many of us in the lower rows have slightly obstructed views of the goals because of the heightened guardrails in entryways AND the wire mesh filling. This is also an issue in the 200 level; however, the wire mesh was replaced with plexiglass almost immediately after the MTS Centre openned. The 300 level was kept in tact because of the relatively few events that require the upperbowl to be used.
Fast forward to 2011 and we have an NHL team again! The 300 level will be in full use, and because of this, I am asking True North offer us the same consideration they gave the 200 level by replacing wire mesh with plexiglass!
I counted 490 seats where a net in obstructed. That is 8% of all upperbowl seats. Nearly 50% of all upperbowl seats have an "ice obstruction" (albeit much less severe) because of the wire mesh and guardrails.
If this is a concern to you, please let Linzy Jones, Jim Ludlow, Robert Thorsten, John Olfert, Jeff Mager, Bill Hibbard, Mike Labay and / or your ticket rep know! Please do so in a polite, considerate email.
Their email addresses are:
ljones@truenorth.mb.ca
jludlow@truenorth.mb.ca
rthorsten@truenorth.mb.ca
jolfert@truenorth.mb.ca
jmager@truenorth.mb.ca
bhibbard@truenorth.mb.ca
mlabay@truenorth.mb.ca
You can also send in snail mail (might have more impact as many emails get ignored) to
TRUE NORTH SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LTD.
260 Hargrave Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 5S5
Thanks, and see you all at the rink in fall!
** Nearly 50% of the seats in the upperbowl have some type of "ice" obstruction, HOWEVER, 490 seats have a more severe "view of goal" obstruction. The red dots on the Seating Map below shows the seats with a severe "goal obstruction" whereby you would possibly not be able to see the puck slide in the net ***
Example of a seat in Sec 319, row 3: