Mets Sell Tickets Via Online Auction
Via the AP -
The New York Mets are employing a unique method of selling remaining tickets for the first official game at Citi Field — by auction.
Tickets are being auctioned through 5 p.m. Wednesday for the April 13 game against the San Diego Padres. Fans can bid for two or four tickets for the 7:10 p.m. game. Multiple bids are not allowed.
Mets spokeswoman Danielle Parillo said Monday that 100 tickets were available in the online auction for the 42,000-seat ballpark. Tickets have a list price of $525 (Delta Club Gold), $315 (Delta Club Silver), $280 (Ebbets Club) and $210 (Metropolitan Box), and 11 locations were listed.
As of 10:30 p.m. Monday, the minimum bids for each section were $610, $510, $340 and $310. The Mets are waiving delivery and Ticketmaster service charge fees.
I could see having an auction with the minimum bids being under face value…but, over it? Man, if I were a fan of the Mets, I’d be a little ticked at this one. Basically, the Mets are scalping their own tickets here, no?
In any event, would the Yankees ever try something like this? Well, since the Yankees can’t even sell all their tickets at face value this season, I doubt it. But, it would be nice to see them offer an auction with the minimum bids being under face value. And, it just may be their best shot at unloading some of those high-priced and unsold tickets.
Los Metropolitanos are making a mistake. The Wilpons lost 300 to 500 million in the Madoff scam, so are they trying to make it up this way for the ballclub? Who knows, but the Mets are making a mistake,no doubt.Now is not the time with this economic downturn the country is in. I don’t think the Yanks should attempt anything like this when they can’t move the most expensive seats. Quite frankly, the Yankees should lower prices for these big tickets seats next year if anything. It’s a simple case of supply and demand, with price simply being too high in the current economic climate. The problem with auctioning the unsold tickets below face is that the Yankees would most certainly tick off the folks who bought the tickets at full price.