I should have mentioned this in my item today on Mets and Yankees ticket prices, but . . . check this out:
A good seat in Row K at Yankee Stadium's lower level went for about $90 (as part of a season ticket plan) in 2005.
It went for about $100 in 2006.
It went for about $125 in 2007.
It will go for about $250 in 2008.
Stop the madness!
Here is the link for Ducks tickets.
Comments (4)
The Ducks are a great affordable night out for the family, I haven't been to Yankee Stadium in about three years just not worth it for me any longer.
No need to go to The Stadium when you can stay at home and choose between Sterling/Waldman or Kay and YES announcers. A true listening delight!
I know you don't want to know this but in 1969, I paid for 2 sets of box seats (which wound up in rightfield) for the World Series after buying the playoffs vs. the Braves also. Those seats for the biggest games of the season cost $15 apiece, but regular season box seats cost $3.50.
In 1972 I wound up in the loge section for the World Series at night in very cold weather and I don't think I paid more than $17.50 for those seats which I believe still cost $2.75 in the regular season. Yet in those days most teams would be very, very happy if they drew one million in paid attendances during the regular season and the Yankees stunk then and weren't drawing more than 5-6,000 per night game and maybe 10-15,000 per day games.
Now if a team doesnt draw over 2 million, they claim they lose money. I don't see it.
To be precise, the 1969 Yankees had a record of 80-81 and drew 1,067,996 to old Yankee Stadium. This averages out to 13,350 good enough for 4th in the 12 team American League (which consistently drew less fans than the National League in that era).
Don Fehr has said the two constants in baseball are there is never enough pitching and owners are claiming to be losing money. Yet Forbes magazine says 29 of the 30 teams are making money, the lone exception is the Yankees (and I'm sure they make up for that with YES network).