Blues season ticket holders receive replica championship rings

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Attending every St. Louis Blues home game apparently isn't the only perk of being a season ticket holder.
On Monday and Tuesday, Blues full season ticket holders were invited to Enterprise Center to receive their very own replica Stanley Cup championship ring from the 2019 season.

In addition, attendees at the invite-only event could take a photo with the Stanley Cup and the team's championship banner, which was lowered from the rafters for personal photo opportunities for the first time.
An estimated 4,000 season ticket holders were expected to attend the event over a two-day period, which would have been held earlier if not for the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We are extremely excited to finally present championship replica rings to our incredibly supportive season ticket holders," said Melissa Gale, the Blues' Senior Director of Ticketing, Premium and Suite Services. "After waiting more than 50 years to win a championship and another two because of the pandemic, our fans have waited long enough to get their very own piece of Blues history."
The rings were modeled after the Blues' championship ring, which were presented to the players in October 2019. The replica ring features the same blue, gold and silver used on the player rings and includes a large Blue Note and Stanley Cup on top, an image of the Archgrounds and the team's parade on one side and an image of a player hoisting the Cup on the other.
"I think the ring is beautiful," said Michael Maggio, who has been a Blues season ticket holder since 1994. Maggio has tickets in Section 303. "Anything that symbolizes the fact that we won our first Stanley Cup is beautiful. We're part of that championship club now and that's all I ever wanted."

In addition, season ticket holders of 30 years or more were invited to attend a private town hall session with Phil Pritchard, the Keeper of the Cup. For nearly an hour, Pritchard shared his own personal stories of traveling with the most coveted trophy in sports and took questions from fans.
Nathan Marquart is a third generation season ticket holder who was in attendance Monday. His parents have had Blues tickets for more than 50 years, and those were passed down by his grandfather, who originally purchased season tickets in the expansion 1967-68 season. Marquart and his girlfriend, Nicole Hartmann, picked up their replica rings on Monday.
"It's surreal," Marquart said. "Right away, the Blue Note sticks out to you, and I love the player on the side hoisting the Cup as a salute to the fans. It shows we have a big community here where the fans get to be part of it, just like the players do. There was something different in 2019… the excitement level, you could tell it was different, from the players to the fans in the crowd, everyone was into it that year.
"(Having a ring), that's something I can't even put into words."