Seasom Ticket Holder about to go on a rant. And i apologize in advance for sounding entitled or whiny, but i also dont reallt care šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø. I cant be the only one thinking this….

How I believe the Red Wings Front Office decided on Holiday Gifts this season:

"Look, we know we're performing well below expectations this season and the wheels are well off the wagon…we can't lie, the team regressed more in the last 6 months than a polar ice cap has in the last 15 years.

But we're really happy you all give us a ridiculous amount of money for season tickets to pad Chris Illitch's pocket even more than the beer prices in the arena or a $5.55 "pizza" that rivals a grade school lunchroom (not the french bread).

So in honor of this all, here's a Christmas gift for you all….a roll up bag with our logo on it! Now you can think about how much you spent on us this season when you unroll this and put some of those expensive groceries in this awkwardly shaped bag!"

I don't expect much, but when you hear and see what others in the league are recognized with (I've been to a Preds game when they handed theirs out and I remember in my several beers that I was quite jealous), you can't help but wonder why one of the most storied franchises in Hockey is so subpar in recognizing those who invest their hard earned money into their organization? I'd be pretty happy taking what I pay in a season and buying a SxS or a new Quad. Hell…maybe a boat again.

They even quit giving out concession credits…but what they've cut while the price increases is a whole different discussion.

Maybe I'm just an ungrateful asshole…but a bag, a crappy towel and water bottle last year, 2 coffee tumblers 2 years back (honestly best in recent years and still use them, though the lids are wonky now)….is this what we're worth?

Signed,
A Lifelong Frustrated fan that will still continue to cheer for the wings and boo Booooosoooo at every game who is angry because he cares.

26 comments

  2. This looks like a body bag for the corpse of my hopes and dreams as a lifelong Red Wings fan rn.

  4. Screen printed graphic on a bag that looks like is given away for school field trips. Thatā€™s awful

  9. Chris has been phoning it in since his dad passed. This is nothing more than a business to him.

  10. Zooming in on the quality hereā€¦looks like a $5 AliExpress piece of trash. Holy cow.Ā 

  16. I wanna say it was in 2019 or 2021 that they gave us a really nice OGIO duffel bag that had our guaranteed bobbleheads in. Iā€™ve had tickets since 2008 and this will be my last season. Time to use that money to see what other arenas look like.

  17. Do you get an annual gift in addition to the xmas gift or is this the same as your “annual gift”? I’m a Capitals ticketholder and we get one thing per year, and it’s on the *nicer* side but usually not *nice,* if that makes sense – a cheap throw, a tumbler, a quarter-zip, a puck with a sticker on it, a varsity-style spring jacket.

    Keep in mind the cost of the ticketholder gift comes out of your payment. It’s a “gift” in that they worked it into the business model so you didn’t have to think about it when you paid for it. I get more value out of the annual signing event and other STH events (if you have those), but if you’d be willing to pay an extra $10 per month to get a nicer annual gift then your account manager would probably take that feedback.

  19. 2 years ago I got a beach towel, last year was screen printed lunch box. These are ALWAYS cheap shit.

  20. I also got this and admittedly got excited by the brown pleather and expected the whole bag to be that, but the black part is terrible quality and the logo is just screened/heat pressed on. Very disappointing, especially considering we donā€™t really get anything else as a season ticket holder.

  21. Overall, the fan engagement from this team is one of the pieces of the organization that’s worse than the on-ice product, and it’s been like this for years.

    Between a team store that’s inaccessible to people unless they’re physically at the area (phone calls just don’t seem to get picked up anymore), No online presence beyond the Fanatics NHLshop, and Barely worth mentioning perks for season ticket holders at any level. It’s pretty clear that they aren’t interested in treating fans well.

    Lots of other teams do a great job of rewarding people who show support over the years, provide opportunities for engagement, and otherwise make their products easily accessible (which, if Chris is really just in this for the money, why not do that?). It’s frustrating watching teams like Dallas, St. Louis, Boston, Nashville, etc. to really watch the franchises go out of their way to make fans feel like they’re an integral part of the team. To the Red Wings, we’re nothing more than enough numbers on a balance sheet.

  22. Better than the Lions. The last 20 years they have mailed out a Christmas ornament to all season ticket holders. This year if you want the ornament you have to PICK IT UP. And do they make it convenient by being able to do this on a gameday? No, you have to register for a pick up time during the week.

  23. Red Wing staff that handle season tickets are a joke so hearing something like this isn’t surprising. Worst part is they really don’t care because there are 100 people behind you who will pay and not complain. Just the way business is going now a days its not about the customer its about profit and that’s it.

  25. Doesn’t shock me. Clearly the front office culture is to absolutely squeeze every single ounce of profit possible from cost. To the tune of absolutely pumping out half baked garbage like this. The fact that they treat their season ticket holders like this though is such a slap to the face.

    Went to the grateful dead wings night for the 2nd year in a row. The ones from last year were not anything amazing. Sublimated jersey, what do you expect. My god though this year’s jerseys? The material is much thinner, fits like shit, and the sizings are a fucking joke. I am normally a medium or large in t shirts. In reebok premier jerseys I’m a medium or small (with a tshirt). I had to choose a fucking 2XL to fit with a LIGHT hoodie. Can’t even imagine what dudes bigger did. So yea. Fuck Chris Ilitch and his cheap ass team of penny pinchers. Nearly $300 for two tickets just to get some jerseys that maybe cost them less than $10 a piece to get done.

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