Kings Become Latest NHL Team To Go To Paperless Ticketing For '17-18 Season

The NHL Kings are going with paperless ticketing for the ‘17-18 season, though the club will “still offer a paper-ticket option for a fee,” according to Curtis Zupke of the L.A. TIMES. The paper ticket option involves a “$100 fee ($40 for the playoffs) covering the season.” Kings VP/Communications & Broadcasting Mike Altieri indicated that the team “encouraged fans to go paperless last season but also produced a commemorative paper ticket because of their 50th anniversary year.” Some season-ticket holders “renewed for this season with the paper option thinking it would be a special, non-generic ticket and were disappointed.” Altieri noted that season-ticket holders get a “membership card with their seat account data and a team store discount.” The Canadiens came under fire earlier this offseason for going paperless and charging for paper tickets (L.A. TIMES, 9/2).