On Monday, the Jokers started ticket sales for the first Mestis matches to be played at Veikkaus Arena. The sales were immediately hard.
The Jokers previously played in the League and KHL games at Ilmala Arena. On October 24, the team will return to the familiar arena. Kimmo Haapala
The Jokers will return to the Arena in Ilmala, Helsinki on October 24. In the first game, Jokp is against.
The club started selling loose tickets to the first three home games of the Veikkaus Arena on Monday at 12 noon.
Demand for the opening game is high.
-On Tuesday morning, the situation was that we had sold about 7,600 tickets to the Jokp game. Our next goal is to sell more than 8,200 tickets, which is Mestis’s viewer record and for the Joker, says the club chairman Mikko Saarni.
Tampere people in Nekka
The Jokers will play nine home matches this season at Veikkaus Arena, which was previously known as the Hartwall Arena. Tomi Natri / All Over Press
On October 24, the first Tampere local game of Tampere will also be played, where Tappara hosts Ilves. In this way, the country’s big arenas compete on who will get more viewers in the puck that night, and in that competition Helsinki intends to succeed.
– The goal is to sell the hall full. It is our ambitious goal and we do our best to make the hall full, Saarni thinks.
Will the Jokers deliberately organize the Jokers in the Great Arena at the same time as the local game of Tampere?
– Let’s say this happened very well that the games hit the same day, the chairman replies.
– It would be great if we had more viewers than in Tampere. It would be time to restore the viewer power to Helsinki, says Saarni.
The Veikkaus Arena can accommodate more spectators in the hockey match than in the Nokia Arena.
Show for the people
Mikko Saarni wants to sell the Veikkaus Arena full on October 24. Tomi Natri / AOP
The Jokers play two matches in Ilmala until the end of the regular season. The remaining 11 regular season matches will be done in the Helsinki Ice Hall.
The Veikkaus Arena will allow you to build a better match.
-The JOKP match brings ceremony and additional elements to the match. It is possible at the Veikkaus Arena, the building is in good shape in every way.
The Jokers last performed in the Arena in Pasila, Helsinki, in February 2022.
The hall was owned by Russian-Finnish for a long time, but in February, the hall was acquired by Trevia’s Kynälä Ky.
The practical operation of the hall is run by Live Nation Finland, a major event company, which signed a 20-year contract with the arena company.
Valtonen will remain
Tomek Valtonen’s position is stable, even though the Jokers are in the losing streak. Pasi Liesimaa
The Jokers should pick up athletically as the team has lost four games in the tube. The organization wants to rise to the league, and the winner of the Mestis will be able to eliminate the weakest of the main team in the spring.
The Jokers are not panic. Head coach Tomek Valtonen’s position is not at stake.
– The position of Valtonen and the other coaching team is stable. We will not make changes after less than ten games played. This is a place to learn for our organization. Not always things in this business go downwind, Saarni piles.