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Went to the BWK Game lastnight and watched them grab their 10th game win streak! Crowd was ok … around 3500 ppl and the game was very entertaining.  
What puzzles me is WHERE IS EVERYBODY????  
 
I don't remember a 10 game in streak in a long time! The team has some high draft picks coming up in this years NHL draft and a fresh new coach behind the bench who is getting things done!  
 
Its affordable entertainment!!!

Paw Patrol at tonight’s game for the kids.

Maybe people are annoyed with how they are being treated as fans.  
 
This years bobblehead night, they didn’t even hand out bobbleheads at the game. If you had a winning card they were to be picked up at a store in the mall the next day. What about out of town fans? I know people that drive 3 hours round trip to watch games. Some of these people have had season tickets for 15+ years. You advertise a bobblehead night and they may or may not actually get one before they sold out. (They advertise 3000 fans have a chance to win the bobblehead but actually only have 1400 available..)  
 
I like what other teams in the league do. Season ticket holders get first dibs with the promotions at games and then the remaining goes to the rest of the fans. It would be an incentive to buy season tickets increasing attendance and make the season ticket fans feel appreciated.  
 
Regardless if you are a season ticket holder: any promotions done should be available to pick up at the same game.

Was at that game and lucky enough to get a purple card. The redemption wasn’t just the next day, it just started the next day at TELUS In the mall. I believe it was also their promotion as their logo is on my bobblehead I got. I picked mine up 4 days later.  
 
My father in law is a season ticket holder and they have done a bobblehead for ticket holders.  
They’ve also done it a few different ways. Personally, I don’t need or care about a bobblehead so if people want to stand in line for 2 hours, let them. There’s lots of people that care and lots that don’t.  
 
It’s not about a $5 bobblehead. It’s about the fact these kids are playing great hockey and to come out to 3000 fans (or less) has to be a downer or perhaps they’re just getting used to it by now which is too bad.

There were other things going on in the city... like Multicultural Fest.

$50 of gas to get into the city + wear and tear on our car, $60 for a small family to get into the game and then $60 to $100 for food. It’s something that we could do only very rarely. So not really affordable for average working people. It likely costs lots to put these games on though and Brandon is fortunate that they have this facility and team.

It’s $112 for our family of 4 to buy tickets to a WK game. Add on drink and snack for each of us is another $40 minimum . At $156 or more for a game we can only afford to go once in a while. Definitely not every home game. So we choose which games that we go to... teddy bear toss, bobblehead night, player card night, team poster night, etc.

I don’t believe that only the games in Brandon are seeing smaller crowds, as the rural areas depopulate there are less local players on local teams, and putting the cost of travel into things does affect turnout.  
Even the cost of being a member on a team is getting to the point that many parents have to think twice about having kids in hockey, plus there is a change in demographics which affects the interest in hockey and curling as well.  
Glad there have been comments posted about the costs, because to likely the majority of people this applies. Two percent increases in wages make it pretty hard to keep in the game, and there are only so many places to cut back, outings are one of the easiest to cut back on.  
On a sarcastic note, isn’t it a wonderful economy we are living in.

Just as a tip you can more often than not find tickets for sale on ebrandon for season ticket holders that cannot attend. Also see vouchers for sale. If you do plan on attending a few games, you can purchase the voucher packs which do make the tickets cheaper.  
 
We save money and bring in our own drinks and snacks.

Never thought you would be allowed to bring in your own drinks and snacks to Westoba Place. But I’m not one to do that at the movie theatre either. The few times a year we go to a movie I pay the ridiculously inflated prices they charge for food.

I've never seen any signage saying you cannot bring in food/drinks? I see people walking in with coffee from Tim's or McD all the time and they are never stopped.

Could always buy a groceries and gas coupon at any Coop gas station if you can’t find tickets on Ebrandon, it is a bit cheaper than the box office

likely a limit to what they will allow in. They might stop you if your trying to bring in a full takeout meal from McD or other places. Bringing in small snacks likely won't be an issue.  
 
You don't need to have a full meal when at the game, eat before coming either.  
 
Wheat King ticket prices are already the lowest in the league when you look at other teams. There's always going to be costs for a family outing.

Right. But if we are driving into the city for the evening then we will need a proper sit down healthy meal in a restaurant = expensive, before the game. If we eat at home it would be too early.