well in case you need an excuse to not spend your money in one of the worst states in America.
irishdancer89
Seems weird but who knows. I googled it and it’s only Canadian news sites writing about it too which seems weird.
green-gazelle
This happens often and the Panthers aren’t the only team to do it.
darwilli
Tampa Bay restricted any non Florida resident from purchasing playoff tickets in 2015. So it’s not totally unprecedented.
What this means is the secondary market is going to explode and they’ll still be Leafs fans there.
mafsfan54
Solution: have an American buy the tickets 🤷🏻♀️
qawsedrf12
tampa did it, nothing new here
Montgunnery
Nashville has done this for years. Among other franchises
Pleasant_Statement26
Most teams do this, even within the state. Not really newsworthy
Murky-Smoke
If they didn’t make it a bit more difficult for Canadians to buy tickets, it would be like the Leafs playing 7 straight home games.
It’s totally understandable.
Having said that, enough Canadians are Florida residents, that I don’t think it’s gonna matter all that much.
Duckzgo
Anaheim did this also when Anaheim played Vancouver in the playoffs years ago. To think this is just a state issue because you don’t like that particular state is just a dumb assessment.
bigdaddybolg
So you need a us credit card. Well let’s.see. typical snowbird from Canada. Likely has a us card. Sooooo. What is this actually.going.to do?
NufeeFlatlander
There are a lot of Canadians that live in Florida or that snowbird there. It’s not uncommon to see large contingents of fans cheering for the opposing team at a Florida or Tampa games, particularly for teams like the Leafs or the Habs.
teedlenumb
Boss was one of the early season ticket holders for the Knights and they booted him after a year
136AngryBees
This happens almost every year I feel like. Kind of dumb, but also I get it. You want your house packed with your fans
slightlybearish
Well first it’s misleading. Unless by “locals” they mean anyone in the U.S.
Spocks-Nephew
Resale unaffected. Non issue.
imaybeacatIRl
So it’ll be 60% Maple Leaf fans instead of 80%.
Ultivia
This is normal. I remember when the blues played the bruins we were barred from buying each others tickets until a few days before the game. You can find em re-sale if you’re traveling for a game. Its gonna be pricy as shit but welcome to the 2nd round I guess.
amach9
This just means that people will be making $$$ buying tickets and then reselling to Canadians
Stonetoothed
I mean Iv heard of teams doing that for state to state let alone other countries. Pretty sure the nationals stopped selling tickets to Philly fans at one point when we were referring to their ballpark as Citizens Bank South. Won’t matter there’s going to be tickets on second hand sites anyways so if your a leafs fan who wants to travel to Florida for a game I’m sure you’ll be able to find what you need
jdwazzu61
Pretty common for post season tickets in most sports. Teams like hanging their local fans at games and demand is high. It won’t stop resellers but it could protect and extra face value tickets or official reseller tickets on TM from being sold to someone without a local address.
Locals should be able to support their team without the wealthy out of town fans snagging all the tickets.
sandysanBAR
They do it every year, its no longer a surprise. It is what it is.
If you wear non panthers attire in the boxes, they will ask you to remove it.
They just do not want the optics of being overrun by the visiting teams fan base. I don’t like it but like I said it aint new and playing the 2round playoff drought breaking leafs, being overrun by leaf fans would be a very real possibility.
There’s always the secondary market.
jwt6577
Fine with it.
Ok-Reputation-2266
This has been going on for years. Pretty much every team does it.
LoCh0_xX
Happens all the time in sports, not just hockey. Even in college I’ve heard of rivalry games being limited to just season ticket holders
Chewed420
It’s not like general public can get tickets easy from ticketmaster anyways. This will just help resellers milk (no pun intended Maple Leafs jerseys) the Toronto fans.
Leftkarma23801
I feel like you should allow your fans to have first dibs
Judge_Rhinohold
Americans will buy all the tickets and list them on Stubhub, etc. Leafs fans will buy them there and they’ll still be way cheaper than the home games.
waste_yoot
It’s absolute bullshit for a reason that no one has mentioned yet.
The division is literally built so that sorry ass Florida teams can take advantage of Canadian snowbirds.
Florida/Tampa Bay have zero business being in a geographical division that has Canadian teams in it. We should have new York, or philly, Washington.
So it’s thanks for filling the seats during the regular season Canadians, but you can fuck off come playoffs???
hogfl
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scalpers are so happy right now!
mrfunderhill
Florida being a loving, welcoming, inclusive environment would have surprised me more.
ahoypolloi_
Cowards
Santa_Claus77
Can’t we as Americans just buy the tickets and gift them to the Canadians? I personally think the restriction is stupid, but that’s just my opinion.
bsbrandon_98
Other franchises other than Florida have been doing it for years, i don’t see the issue and i’m Canadian. Just get a american to buy the tickets if you are really that keen on going
A flight to florida and ticket will cost the same as a leafs home game anyways
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well in case you need an excuse to not spend your money in one of the worst states in America.
Seems weird but who knows. I googled it and it’s only Canadian news sites writing about it too which seems weird.
This happens often and the Panthers aren’t the only team to do it.
Tampa Bay restricted any non Florida resident from purchasing playoff tickets in 2015. So it’s not totally unprecedented.
What this means is the secondary market is going to explode and they’ll still be Leafs fans there.
Solution: have an American buy the tickets 🤷🏻♀️
tampa did it, nothing new here
Nashville has done this for years. Among other franchises
Most teams do this, even within the state. Not really newsworthy
If they didn’t make it a bit more difficult for Canadians to buy tickets, it would be like the Leafs playing 7 straight home games.
It’s totally understandable.
Having said that, enough Canadians are Florida residents, that I don’t think it’s gonna matter all that much.
Anaheim did this also when Anaheim played Vancouver in the playoffs years ago. To think this is just a state issue because you don’t like that particular state is just a dumb assessment.
So you need a us credit card. Well let’s.see. typical snowbird from Canada. Likely has a us card. Sooooo. What is this actually.going.to do?
There are a lot of Canadians that live in Florida or that snowbird there. It’s not uncommon to see large contingents of fans cheering for the opposing team at a Florida or Tampa games, particularly for teams like the Leafs or the Habs.
Boss was one of the early season ticket holders for the Knights and they booted him after a year
This happens almost every year I feel like. Kind of dumb, but also I get it. You want your house packed with your fans
Well first it’s misleading. Unless by “locals” they mean anyone in the U.S.
Resale unaffected. Non issue.
So it’ll be 60% Maple Leaf fans instead of 80%.
This is normal.
I remember when the blues played the bruins we were barred from buying each others tickets until a few days before the game. You can find em re-sale if you’re traveling for a game. Its gonna be pricy as shit but welcome to the 2nd round I guess.
This just means that people will be making $$$ buying tickets and then reselling to Canadians
I mean Iv heard of teams doing that for state to state let alone other countries. Pretty sure the nationals stopped selling tickets to Philly fans at one point when we were referring to their ballpark as Citizens Bank South. Won’t matter there’s going to be tickets on second hand sites anyways so if your a leafs fan who wants to travel to Florida for a game I’m sure you’ll be able to find what you need
Pretty common for post season tickets in most sports. Teams like hanging their local fans at games and demand is high. It won’t stop resellers but it could protect and extra face value tickets or official reseller tickets on TM from being sold to someone without a local address.
Locals should be able to support their team without the wealthy out of town fans snagging all the tickets.
They do it every year, its no longer a surprise. It is what it is.
If you wear non panthers attire in the boxes, they will ask you to remove it.
They just do not want the optics of being overrun by the visiting teams fan base. I don’t like it but like I said it aint new and playing the 2round playoff drought breaking leafs, being overrun by leaf fans would be a very real possibility.
There’s always the secondary market.
Fine with it.
This has been going on for years. Pretty much every team does it.
Happens all the time in sports, not just hockey. Even in college I’ve heard of rivalry games being limited to just season ticket holders
It’s not like general public can get tickets easy from ticketmaster anyways. This will just help resellers milk (no pun intended Maple Leafs jerseys) the Toronto fans.
I feel like you should allow your fans to have first dibs
Americans will buy all the tickets and list them on Stubhub, etc. Leafs fans will buy them there and they’ll still be way cheaper than the home games.
It’s absolute bullshit for a reason that no one has mentioned yet.
The division is literally built so that sorry ass Florida teams can take advantage of Canadian snowbirds.
Florida/Tampa Bay have zero business being in a geographical division that has Canadian teams in it. We should have new York, or philly, Washington.
So it’s thanks for filling the seats during the regular season Canadians, but you can fuck off come playoffs???
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scalpers are so happy right now!
Florida being a loving, welcoming, inclusive environment would have surprised me more.
Cowards
Can’t we as Americans just buy the tickets and gift them to the Canadians? I personally think the restriction is stupid, but that’s just my opinion.
Other franchises other than Florida have been doing it for years, i don’t see the issue and i’m Canadian. Just get a american to buy the tickets if you are really that keen on going
A flight to florida and ticket will cost the same as a leafs home game anyways