The Calgary Flames’ final regular-season game at the Saddledome sold out fast on Monday, leaving some fans staring at an empty queue and resale sites already buzzing with steep prices.
Jordan Jullian was among the hopeful buyers who had every intention of being there for the finale. She set an alarm, jumped into the line 30 minutes before single-game tickets went on sale, and still came up empty.
“I was one minute in (and) all the tickets were sold,” she told Global News.
For Jullian, the speed of the sellout was hard to process.
“I was actually in shock. I refreshed it a few times. I’m like, no way, this is like the Era’s Tour all over again.”
The game carries extra weight because the 2026-2027 NHL season will be the Flames’ last at the Saddledome, the building that opened in 1983. After that, the team will move into Scotia Place the following season.
That new $1.2 billion venue is planned for the corner of 12 Avenue and Olympic Way S.E. and is expected to hold 18,400 fans for hockey and up to 20,000 for concerts. It will also feature a 1,000-seat community arena, an indoor and outdoor plaza, and a 450-stall parkade.
Steve Edgar, director of game operations and strategy for the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, said the finale was always going to draw heavy interest.
“It’s not just about one game. We’ve got so many great opportunities here for fans to come in (and) share their stories with us,” he said.
The demand has already spilled into the resale market, where third-party listings are appearing at prices from $500 to nearly $1,500. Julie Matthews, a consumer protection expert, said that kind of frenzy can make buyers easier targets for scams.
“It’s creating that emotion, that urgency and that demand,” she said.
“It makes people maybe do a little bit less research than maybe they normally would.”
Unless the Flames reach the NHL playoffs, their final game at the Saddledome - and their last game of the regular season - will be played April 10 against the Vancouver Canucks.
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