Blackhawks Continue To See Red Ink

from Mellissa Harris of the Chicago Tribune, Season ticket prices will increase by an average of 20 percent this fall, which is projected to rocket them from the second-cheapest in the National Hockey League three seasons ago to among the 10 most expensive, according to the team. And fans should expect ?more modest? increases in the future, team owner Rocky Wirtz said. Wirtz first revealed that the team was not profitable in private. ?It?s going to take four (or) five years before we can actually get back in the black,? Wirtz said at an April 19 forum at the Economic Club of Chicago, according to a transcript. ?And right now we?re still supporting the Blackhawks with our other Wirtz organizations.? In a follow-up interview this week, Wirtz said that the Blackhawks ran out of cash several times last season. Each time, he received a memo, known as an internal capital call, in which the team requested money from Wirtz Corp., the Blackhawks? parent company, to cover operating expenses. And at the end of the season, Wirtz said he double-checked that the playoffs did not cover those losses; the franchise remained in the red, the team?s accountant told him. more thanks to a KK reader for the pointer

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