Jets whiteout parties slapped with higher ticket prices, smaller crowd size

This year's whiteout parties are going to cost you more green.

The Winnipeg Jets will charge $10 for a ticket to get into the downtown street party during the NHL team's home playoff games, which will again see Donald Street closed down between Portage and Graham avenues.

There will be 5,000 tickets for each party, which will include food and alcohol vendors and Jets merchandise.

This year there will also be a Party in the Plaza, near the statue of Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk in True North Square, kitty-corner to the Jets' arena, Canada Life Centre.

That one will cost $20 and it's limited to 1,000 people.

WATCH | Kevin Donnelly talks about the reason for ticket prices :

"We know it's important for Winnipeg fans to have a rallying point and this show of support is vitally important to us, to the team, to the city and to our country," said Kevin Donnelly, senior vice-president of venues and entertainment for True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the NHL team.

"We know the entire hockey world watches these events and marvels at the incredible atmosphere that our fans create both inside and outside of our rink."

Half of the proceeds from the street party tickets will go to local agencies focused on homelessness, mental health and addictions. The plaza party is separate, hosted by Hargrave Street Market, and a portion of those proceeds will also be donated, though it was not stated how much.

Donnelly said it is necessary to have some control over the crowd size and charging admission helps.

"Having a fluid number like we did before really put immense pressure on all our partners, including neighbours downtown," he said at a news conference Friday.

In 2018, fans in white flooded down Donald