Comments on: Plenty of good seats still available

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:44:56 +0000

Pete, it’s been a great season so far, but after leaving Sundays game, a classic, it was still not the same walking out and looking at the oldballpark ready to be torn down. The seat prices only make it worse.the Yankee brass should be operating for the fans not money, the new park isn’t for real fans, the people who go just for the game, they should never have switched.

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:15:18 +0000

Sox games in August might have some of the premium left. The Yankees also did away with those mini plans they used to have which included games like those.

It’s like the Mets series at Citi. The Mets held onto blocks of seats to try and package those seats up in mini plans and then released them in lottery format. I tried to get some, missed the first lottery, there were still more left so they did a second lottery, I got field box seats, but there were still more they released to the public. They just held a boat load back.

By: Jerry-NJ

Jerry-NJ — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:12:28 +0000

I think it’s all about perception… so many stories at the beginning of the season were about the ticket prices, that became the easy talking point.

I got an email today from the Yankees about the Red Sox series in August – can those games really not be sold out?

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:07:41 +0000

Trisha, seriously it stinks. I for one have my seats, but haven’t been able to go to some games like Sunday. I gave them to my coffee guy instead of listing them on stubhub or something because I know he would love to go.

The Economy is the central issue and fans are placing the blame on the Yankees to vent frustration. It’s like saying though that Tex or Arod doesn’t deserve $20 mill a year. What athlete really does? But when things are going well….

By: trisha - OPPC lifetime member

trisha - OPPC lifetime member — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:59:15 +0000

john again, it turns out to be a dog chasing its tail. The recession is not the Yankees’ fault but they are being forced to deal with the ramifications.

Were it not for the recession, corporations would own all of those high-priced seats that continue to go begging.

Were it not for the recession, corporate sponsors would still be pumping BIG BIG BIG money into the Stadium to have their names plastered around the Stadium – something many had done every year until the feds had to bail them out and as a result they were no longer able to spend their bucks that way.

If it were not for the lack of that previous corporate sponsorship the Yankees wouldn’t have had to up the seat prices so dramatically in an effort to make up for that lost revenue.

And so it goes. Rather than take in nothing, the Yankees tried to find a way to price down some of the seats and allow more people to attend while still bringing in some revenue.

Psst. Nobody told the Yankee organization the country would be in the toilet when they opened the new Stadium.

IT’S LIFE.

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:53:36 +0000

Haiku-man so you are complaining about what it cost to entertain clients which is just classic when people are complaining about getting the true fans in the seats?

Like I said the tickets in the infield box behind homeplate today, right behind the Legends are $100 a piece on stubhub. If you were sitting right behind homeplate at the old stadium that is no more expensive.

I have also gone to NYY Steak and that is no more expensive than any premium steakhosue in the city.

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:50:17 +0000

trisha, agree completely. And the Yankees are even having the guys there when they walk in to some games now !!! I just don’t get the arguement crying about the premium seats and then in the same breath complaining about not affording any seats there. What? So you can’t shell out $50 for decent seats, but will complain that you don’t get a shot at the ones behind home. We’d all love those to be $25, but such is life.

My real fear with the Yankees is them pricing people out of the game completely which I don’t think they have done. And their loss of touch with the fan base which I think is an issue. But like Pete has highlighted, Yankees being at the turnstiles, them pulling in season ticket holders to voice complaints, getting out in the community, it seems like they are making an effort to change those things so that is good.

By: haiku-man

haiku-man — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:46:51 +0000

I DON’T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT SEATS I’m talking about or the cost of the food,lobster,prime rib,it wasn’t cheap!
Yankees won,food was great,view good,clients had a great time.
I closed the deal,expense report turned in,waiting for reimbursement,done! Corporation made a lot of money on that outing.

It was a corporate sponsored event,they aren’t cheap!

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:45:52 +0000

You really can’t fault Tiger, it’s what you read. It’s been written about time and time again so people are like brainwashed into it. As with anything you really have to look at it.

And as a fan since my tickets didn’t really change in price, I am more than fine paying what I do to go and getting tickets from StubHub at a discount as long as they put money back into the product. I would rather pay a little more to see CC, Burnett and Tex play than watch this team without them or watch a team like the Mets depleted squad.

By: trisha - OPPC lifetime member

trisha - OPPC lifetime member — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:44:02 +0000

By the way, those seats are all cheaper than what I paid for Opening Day when Javy Vasquez was on the team (that’s how long ago that was.)

John, I have a feeling that the people doing the complaining wouldn’t go to a game if Jeter stood at the turnstile and gave them free tickets. It’s just something to whine about – and it lacks teeth.