By: Orange Power

Orange Power — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:49:28 +0000

First Major Blunder by The Thunder!
New Orleans/ Oklahoma City Hornets season ticket holders get no preference in ticket lottery! What a mistake!
The first season the Hornets were in OKC my family bought season tickets for our immediate family (4). That season we also had two birthday parties with 20-30 people at Hornets games. Near the end of the season we bought “group tickets” to one game (30) and distributed them to extended family and friends, some of which bought season tickets in year two. The second Hornets season in OKC we again bought four upper level season tickets for the kids (ages 17-25) and 2 club-level seats for my wife and myself, as well as 25 of the 12 or 15 (I don’t remember exactly what they were) game mini-plans and sold those tickets to extended family and friends so we could all attend games together. We also again bought two birthday party packages the second season. When the Ford Center tax vote came around we were very vocal in our support for the tax. My entire family was very, very excited about the NBA coming permanently to OKC. But not anymore. We have been left out. Because our select-a-seat appointment is not until Monday September 15th it is obvious that we will not have any opportunity to buy even 1 season ticket. In my opinion, families like us that packed the Ford Center every night for 2 years had as much to do with bringing the NBA here permanently as did Clay Bennett and PBC. The Thunder are blaming the Hornets for not sharing their ticket information, however I called my Hornets ticket rep. in New Orleans and he claims he is receiving 20-30 calls a day from his OKC customers wanting to know why the Hornets would do this to the fans that supported them so faithfully for 2 years. He says that the Thunders claims are completely untrue, that the Hornets offered the information to the Thunder and that the Thunder “never even got back to us”. Needless to say we are heartbroken. I am a life-long resident of Oklahoma City and I would never wish anything bad on the Thunder for that reason, but they have lost what would have been a very loyal family of fans. I will not root against them, but also will not root for them. As far as I’m concerned they don’t exist. How could this lottery have been fair when already, days before our select-a-seat appointment the “ticket brokers” (crooks) are advertising hundreds of tickets at 3-5 times the face value. Thanks a lot Thunder, so nice of you to take care of the fans that got you here in the first place. I have already made preliminary arrangements for our family to travel to Dallas to see our HORNETS.

By: FORTIER48

FORTIER48 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:21:31 +0000

BOO HOO !!!!!!! GO CRY IT TO YOUR MOMMY, YOU GUYS WOULDN’T SUPPORT YOUR EX TEAM.

By: Boomer Sooner

Boomer Sooner — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:24:21 +0000

Jealous much?

By: Sonics fan

Sonics fan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:41:43 +0000

Good luck selling tickets two years down the road in OKC. What a stupid move

By: Thunder Fan

Thunder Fan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:59:07 +0000

As soon as they go on sale I’m going to get a pair of season tickets also. I can’t wait either.

By: Marty Viramontez

Marty Viramontez — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:55:26 +0000