Vancouver Canucks playoff tickets selling for at least $500 for first home game

If you’re hoping to snag yourself a couple of tickets to the Vancouver Canucks first playoff game in the city since 2015, it seems like it’s going to cost you a pretty penny.

Tickets to the first home game in the first series went on sale to the general public Monday at 10 a.m.

Just minutes later, the cheapest tickets hopeful playoff goers could buy were $484.62 — right up at the very last row of the upper bowl.

Not all seats had sold out by 11 a.m., but those that were available were commanding a massive price.

One ticket in the lower bowl, second front row, was going for $1,092.24.

The race for golden tickets comes after the Canucks clinched their spots in the Stanley Cup Playoffs this Easter weekend.

After failing to clinch on home ice despite two opportunities, it was actually the San Jose Sharks that punched the Canucks’ ticket to the post-season, beating the St. Louis Blues 4-0 on Saturday evening. 

They become the seventh team to secure their place to compete for the Stanley Cup.

The Canucks had missed the playoffs seven of the past eight seasons, with their one make coming in the 2020 playoffs that were held during the COVID-19 pandemic. A playoff game has not been hosted at Rogers Arena in nine years.

The Canucks made a remarkable turnaround this year — their first full season under new head coach Rick Tocchet. With their spot secured, the Canucks will now turn to ensuring home-ice advantage — at least for the first round. Though Vancouver relinquished the top seed in the Western Conference to the Dallas Stars and now sit third, they remain atop the Pacific Division, four points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers.