MLSE prioritizing season ticket holders as arena capacity cut to 50%

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Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment will reportedly prioritize season ticket holders for Raptors and Maple Leafs games as it paves a path forward in the midst of Ontario’s new COVID-19 capacity restrictions for Scotiabank Arena.

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Earlier this week, the province announced a reduced capacity to 50% at live sporting events and concerts.

All non-season ticket holders will have their tickets refunded, a spokesperson for MLSE wrote in an email, as reported by si.com.

“Similar to the 2021 Raptors pre-season games where capacity restrictions were in place, the membership bases for both teams will be divided into two groups to ensure equitable access to games,” MLSE wrote. “That process will begin with (the next) Raptors (home) game, where ticket allocation among members will be determined randomly, and each group of members will receive tickets based on alternate games between now and mid-January.”

Ticket holders will be contacted in January when the next phase of games will be reallocated based on public health measures.

MLSE earlier this week introduced ‘Operation Mask Up (or out). It requires all attendees to “strictly adhere to all mask-wearing protocols or risk ejection from the building.”