We don’t know, because he’s not talking…via Bloomberg (the news service, not the D.H.) with a hat tip to MetsBlog -
The New York Mets sold out the luxury suites in their new stadium for as much as $500,000 a year, avoiding the financial crisis, said Dave Howard, the team’s executive vice president for business operations.
Mets season-ticket holders also are renewing at “extremely high” rates — even with price increases — for the team’s first season at Citi Field next year, Howard said.
The renewal rate of season-ticket holders has been “extremely high,” Howard said. The top ticket price at Citi Field is $495 compared with $117 at Shea. Half the seats will be $50 or less, with 80 percent under $100.
The New York Yankees are also moving into a new ballpark next season that with more premium seats and 56 luxury suites, almost triple the amount at their old stadium. The top ticket price is $2,500 a game.
Yankees Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost didn’t return calls seeking comment.
Could it be possible that the Yankees are suffering from luxury suite envy at the moment? Maybe…
2 Responses to “Hey, Lonn, Got Tickets?”
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October 10th, 2008 at 7:59 am
you know what? good. this is one aspect of the organization that I just find any argument in the favor of what they are doing to the fans here.
and good for Dickie V. Wednesday night, he was on Michael Kay’s radio show blasting the Yankees front office for what they were doing to the ticket prices, and affordability for people and failies to be able to make it to games in the current stretch of economic blegh thats going on.
and michael kay just sat there like a sheep and said “no, no… they have every right to run the business as they please. if they have someone who will buy the $2500 box ticket, they shouldnt get what the market price for that ticket is?”
its disgusting. and yeah, i get that line about how there are going to be however many thousands of tickets available per game under $25 or whatever, but do they realize that because there are so many people trying to squeeze in to get those tickets, thats almost impossible?
October 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Think about what you are saying: there are so many people who want the tickets, that getting seats for $25 will be impossible. If that’s the case, then the Yankees are grossly underselling those tickets and should be commended for eschewing greater profit.
I always find it amusing when people decry the damage being done to the fans because of rising ticket prices. Usually, those will be the same people who demand that the Yankees spend a fortune on every free agent. Also, if you take the smallest effort, you can still affordably go to any baseball game. Instead, all of the analysis usually involves the mythical family of four sitting behind the dugout for the biggest game of the year, while gorging themselves on food and merchandise (instead of simply purchasing those things outside for much less).