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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
I can't speak to Fenway, but Wrigley sold out even when the Cubs sucks. Tourists could fill half the seats. And don't discount good will- the Red Sox name and image are very valuable- do they want fans to think of them the way Thurgreed speaks of the Yankees above? The tickets really aren't what they're selling. Look at the payrolls and do the math.
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Red Sox tickets go wanting if the Sox are out of it in August. There are a lot of purchased tickets that just don't get used and then you can buy them on the secondary for peanuts. At least, that's what I remember, it has been a while.
Here's my proposal: you want that nice subway station right outside the stadium, you want the police around for every game supervising traffic that isn't moving, you want all the infrastructure in the area upgraded?
Fine, set aside a section of the bleachers to see to kids with a high school ID for $2 a seat. 1000 seats a game. Set aside another 1000 for anyone under 22. And have a family day every Saturday where anyone with kids gets in for $10 a ticket adults, $5 kids. Let the kids have the same experience previous generations had.
Then go gouge the corporate masters of the world six days a week for 90+% of the stadium. Have fun.
