This shift will challenge older folks who have a hard time online. One example:

Allen Schultz, 55, said he spent three hours trying to solve the NHL app before he gave up. He admits he’s tech-challenged. He offered to pay a convenience fee for tangible tickets to be mailed to his house. He volunteered to drive from St. Charles to the Enterprise Center to pick up what he had purchased online. He said he was told there was no option to receive hard-copy tickets before the day of the game, and that he would need to arrive early enough on the day of the game to pick up his hard-copy tickets from will call if he chose to avoid the mobile route. That would mean waiting in line at the box office, then waiting in line to enter the game. So much for his pregame meal at Maggie O’Brien’s.

Schultz will not receive a fancy new credit-card-like pass reserved for season ticket holders. He usually attends about five games a year. He’s not sure he will go to more than one now. The Blues eventually sent him tickets via text message. He has not yet figured out how to share them with his friends who are driving into town that night.

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