Red Wings Season Tickets

Hockeytown, USA, rejoice! The NHL is back, and soon you'll have the opportunity to purchase Red Wings season tickets once more. That is certainly good news for the hockey-hungry folks in the Detroit, Michigan area, who have proven time and again that they are some of the most dedicated and faithful fans in all of sports. The Red Wings are one of only two NHL teams to have an average of more than 20,000 people in attendance for all of their home games during the 2003-04 season. In fact, during that campaign the team sold filled the Joe Louis Arena beyond capacity, selling over 800,000 total combined tickets for their 41 games on home ice games. They love their hockey in the motor city, and after what must have seemed like an eternity, the beloved sport is finally back from its lengthy layoff and ready to skate again!

Red Wings Season Tickets & The Lockout

September 15, 2004 was a fateful day for those hoping to buy Detroit Red Wings season tickets for the 2004-05 season. That was the day that commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league's 30 franchises would lock out players until a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was reached. That wound up taking far longer than anyone could have expected. Fans watched on as one-by-one the landmark's of their sport faded away, first the All-Star Game and then the Draft, until finally the entire season is cancelled in February. It is only the second time the 112-year history of the Stanley Cup that the trophy is not awarded. After months of excruciating negotiations, however, a new deal is finally reached on July 13, 2005. The new CBA establishes a salary cap, but more importantly, it paves the way for the Red Wings and all of the other NHL players to return to the ice for the 2005-06 season.