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Seattle launches season-ticket campaign for new NHL team

20 of February 2018

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 file photo, movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer stands on the sidelines before an NFL divisional football AFC playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Jacksonville Jaguars in Pittsburgh. Fans longing for a professional hockey team in Seattle will soon be able to put down some money for season tickets. Billionaire David Bonderman and filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer are leading the effort to bring a team to Seattle. The group submitted its expansion application with the National Hockey League last week. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File),FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 file photo, movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer stands on the sidelines before an NFL divisional football AFC playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Jacksonville Jaguars in Pittsburgh. Fans longing for a professional hockey team in Seattle will soon be able to put down some money for season tickets. Billionaire David Bonderman and filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer are leading the effort to bring a team to Seattle. The group submitted its expansion application with the National Hockey League last week. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Fans longing for a professional hockey team in Seattle will soon be able to put down some money for season tickets. Mayor Jenny Durkan and a group trying to bring an NHL team to the city said Tuesday that people can make refundable deposits for season tickets beginning March 1. Billionaire David Bonderman and filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer are leading the effort to bring a team to Seattle.

SEATTLE (AP) — Fans longing for a professional hockey team in Seattle will soon be able to put down some money for season tickets.

Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Oak View Group, which is trying to bring an NHL team to the city, announced Tuesday that people can make refundable deposits for season tickets at NHLSeattle.com beginning March 1.

The deposits run $500 per ticket for season tickets or $1,000 per ticket for club season tickets, which are center ice, lower-level tickets.

Billionaire David Bonderman and filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer are leading the effort to bring a team to Seattle. The group submitted its expansion application with the National Hockey League last week.