The piss heads in block 20 were all wearing 'Amber Energy' hospitality lanyards so there's a company not to use. They were well past acceptably drunk and happy to swear repeatedly at anyone who questioned them. After the two of them fell over I think they were moved not ejected as I spotted some of them in the bar later. I appreciate the club has to look after its sponsors but these guys were just spoiling it for everyone else and too drunk to realise
I’m sorry but this has to be one of the most idiotic posts on this thread and clearly illustrates the dangers of spreading misinformation on social media.
Amber Energy are the sponsors of the corporate lounge. Have you not seen the big logos that cover the windows? All of the match night temporary lanyards are printed with their logo (quite rightly) as they spend a lot of money as the sponsor. Comments like yours above are both ill-informed and dangerous as people will just take your comments as read and jump on the band wagon. Amber energy are in no way responsible for anyone that happens to wear a lanyard or drink in the bar. For the record, I do not work for Amber energy or know anyone that works there.
As regards many other comments about the sponsors, I want to clarify a couple of points.
Firstly, my wife and I are corporate season ticket holders and have been since 2015. We are passionate hockey fans and have followed the team home and away during this period. We have a couple of pints on match night. There are many others like ourselves who also bring family members. My mother in law is in her 80’s and is now a season ticket holder as is my son. We couldn’t advocate more about hockey being a family sport and I have brought many friends and their families to games who have gone on to become regular fans and in some cases season ticket holders. We sit in block 19 surrounded by a number of other sponsors (all with families and children in tow). But it is important to realise that there is no ‘sponsors’ block. When the rink was built the management took the decision to let sponsors sit anywhere in the rink, so they are spread all over the place.
Secondly, and more importantly, it is important to distinguish between regular corporate sponsors who attend every week and those that hire the far end of the Amber Energy lounge for a private functions. These are sometimes regular sponsors but can also be a work do. It is these latter that tend to be where a lot of heavy drinking non hockey fans attend. This Saturday was a case in point. I have never seen the Amber Energy lounge so full nor with so many drunk, non hockey types who were not interested in the game. Lots of bad language too. I and lots of other corporate season tickets holders didn’t use the lounge after the first period because of the atmosphere there. Whoever they were, they put a lot of people off. For reference, the seats at top of block 20 tend to be used for these private functions.
I think it is disingenuous to point the finger at sponsors as a whole. As with anything it is a small minority.
As regards mask wearing, I don’t think it is just newbies that are guilty of this. Many of our long standing fans fall foul of being lax with the rules. I could pick out a large number of familiar faces on TV on the Premier Sports coverage of the recent Scottish Double header who were sat there without their masks on.
I agree with a lot of the comments on here about the security. The firm currently used is new and was changed during the first lockdown. It would seem from many peoples comments on this thread that they are not doing what people are expecting them to do.