WHA Ticket Voucher Jets Vs Oilers May 20, 1979 LAST WHA GAME
Item History & Price
Own a piece of genuine hockey history!!!
I was a season ticket holder for the Winnipeg Jets from 1976 until the end of their first season in the NHL. If I couldn't go to a game and couldn't sell my ticket or give it away, I just kept it. All of them. About 45 in total. All mint and all unused. The time has come to part with them.
This was the final WHA game ever. The last game of the Avco Cup, where the Jets defeated the Oilers. Gretzky's... last game in the WHA.
As you can see from the photo, this is not the stub from the game itself. It is, however, much more rare than a stub from that game, but it requires an explanation.
Today, teams don't print up playoff tickets until late in the season and only do so if the team is in contention.
That's not the way the Jets did it back then. There were only 2 playoff series, with a maximum of 8 home games. What they did is print up "voucher tickets" that were included with the season ticket packages. They looked exactly like the real tickets. These "voucher tickets" could then be used at the box office to purchase your season ticket seat for the appropriate playoff game. The "voucher tickets" were just labelled either Series A or Series B and Voucher 1/2/3/4.
So, for 1978/79, these were the "voucher tickets" that the season ticket holders received with their tickets:
Series A / Voucher 1 and 2 (vs Quebec I used these.)
Series A / Voucher 3 and 4 (vs Quebec but not played since the Jets swept them in 4.)
Series B / Voucher 1 and 2 (vs Edmonton I used these.)
Series B / Voucher 3 and 4 (vs Edmonton Voucher 3 was for the final Avco Cup game. Voucher 4 was not needed.)
So, what I have here is the Series B / Voucher 3 and 4 "voucher ticket". I firmly believe that this is a true one of a kind item. It's very likely the only one that exists in the world. In order for someone to have one, they:
1. Would have to have been a Jets season ticket holder.
2. Would have to make the decision not to go to the Avco Cup clinching / Final WHA game ever.
3. Would not have given or sold the voucher to friends or family.
4. Would have kept the "voucher ticket" safe and sound for more than 40 years.
The odds of another one of these existing are astronomical.
So, that's the explanation. Not the actual ticket, but something much more rare. If you collect World Hockey Association memorabilia or even Gretzky memorabilia, this is your chance to own something that no one else in the world has. How often can you say that?
I have other significant unused game stubs, including Mark Messier games as a Racer and a Stinger. Message me if you're looking for a specific game and I'll see if I have it.
I also have tickets for a number of "phantom games". Games that were either rescheduled or dropped entirely because a franchise folded. These are likely among the rarest of all tickets because there would have been no box office sales, only season ticket holder sales. Most people would have just thrown these out.
I was a season ticket holder for the Winnipeg Jets from 1976 until the end of their first season in the NHL. If I couldn't go to a game and couldn't sell my ticket or give it away, I just kept it. All of them. About 45 in total. All mint and all unused. The time has come to part with them.
This was the final WHA game ever. The last game of the Avco Cup, where the Jets defeated the Oilers. Gretzky's... last game in the WHA.
As you can see from the photo, this is not the stub from the game itself. It is, however, much more rare than a stub from that game, but it requires an explanation.
Today, teams don't print up playoff tickets until late in the season and only do so if the team is in contention.
That's not the way the Jets did it back then. There were only 2 playoff series, with a maximum of 8 home games. What they did is print up "voucher tickets" that were included with the season ticket packages. They looked exactly like the real tickets. These "voucher tickets" could then be used at the box office to purchase your season ticket seat for the appropriate playoff game. The "voucher tickets" were just labelled either Series A or Series B and Voucher 1/2/3/4.
So, for 1978/79, these were the "voucher tickets" that the season ticket holders received with their tickets:
Series A / Voucher 1 and 2 (vs Quebec I used these.)
Series A / Voucher 3 and 4 (vs Quebec but not played since the Jets swept them in 4.)
Series B / Voucher 1 and 2 (vs Edmonton I used these.)
Series B / Voucher 3 and 4 (vs Edmonton Voucher 3 was for the final Avco Cup game. Voucher 4 was not needed.)
So, what I have here is the Series B / Voucher 3 and 4 "voucher ticket". I firmly believe that this is a true one of a kind item. It's very likely the only one that exists in the world. In order for someone to have one, they:
1. Would have to have been a Jets season ticket holder.
2. Would have to make the decision not to go to the Avco Cup clinching / Final WHA game ever.
3. Would not have given or sold the voucher to friends or family.
4. Would have kept the "voucher ticket" safe and sound for more than 40 years.
The odds of another one of these existing are astronomical.
So, that's the explanation. Not the actual ticket, but something much more rare. If you collect World Hockey Association memorabilia or even Gretzky memorabilia, this is your chance to own something that no one else in the world has. How often can you say that?
I have other significant unused game stubs, including Mark Messier games as a Racer and a Stinger. Message me if you're looking for a specific game and I'll see if I have it.
I also have tickets for a number of "phantom games". Games that were either rescheduled or dropped entirely because a franchise folded. These are likely among the rarest of all tickets because there would have been no box office sales, only season ticket holder sales. Most people would have just thrown these out.
