Yankees Slash Prices on Their Empty Seats
The Bronx – Even the Yankees’ arrogance has its limits. Less than a week after Yankees president Randy Levine blasted MLS commissioner Don Garber for mentioning the empty premium seats at the new Yankee Stadium, the club finally deigned adjust its prices. Those much-discussed $2,500 seats? Now they can be had for half the price. The foul-line seats that used to go for a cool grand? A veritable bargain now at $650. … The Yankees announced they’re reducing the price on more than 40% of their front-row seats and will offer additional free tickets to those who have already bought premium tickets at the original price. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said the empty seats had become such a hot topic of media discussion, it was virtually impossible to avoid it. “You noticed it, because everybody was talking about it,” Jeter told MLB.com. “You couldn’t help but to look. But I’m sure if they did (cut prices), they did it for a good reason.”
Arrogance? No, the Yankees should be praised for being gracious and magnanimous here. Imagine cutting prices in half! That’s how you show you show the people that’s not all just business. That you’ve got a heart too. Imagine what great news this is for die hard Yankee fans in these tough economic times. Now you can take your wife and your two kids into that hideous monument to wretched excess to watch America’s favorite $200 million 10-10 team, and now all it will cost you is 5,000 bucks. What a deal. See the Yankees aren’t greedy. This may sound corny, but dammit, they care. They’re giving back to the people not because the seats are going empty, but as a way of saying “Thanks” to the taxpaying saps who footed the bill for this ridiculous boondoggle. I’m sure if Hank Steinbrenner was a Pharaoh, he would’ve let the Israelites tour the pyramids once they finished building them. And he only would’ve charged them $1250 apiece. Now maybe Jeter can go back to focusing on being the most overrated fielder in the Major Leagues instead of counting heads like he’s a comedy club manager. Of course if this doesn’t work, maybe the Yankees can hire people to sit there like when Kramer was a seat-filler at the Oscars.
wasn’t that at the tony’s? can’t remember its been a while.
Derekio pays $1000 for a seat at the stadium but only because he saved money by buying a bike with no seat. Not by switching to Geico.
Where’s BPM to defend the Yankees?
I thought it would take longer for them to cut the prices. $650 for a foul-line seat, though? I hope this move has no effect. I loved seeing the empty seats.
Kramer was a seat-filler at the Tony’s. It truly was a Scarsdale Surprise.
I want them to use computer generated people like they do during those March Madness promos.
Those prices are a travesty. My company has seats which were $250/pop last year and are now triple that. Any decent seats are taken by business execs entertaining their out-of-town clients who fly in for meetings. what a joke
great post. what a pathetic organization.
yeah stallworth it was the Tony’s
until half way through i thought it was a serious blog from Manzo.
how much does it cost to go to fenway? I could have sworn that up until recently they had the highest ticket prices in the league…..god, i really hate baseball
Love the Onion’s Varitek shift article.
That got me thinking Agent: http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2008/03/28/average_ticket_price_list/
This doesn’t include ’09 numbers though.
Wow, Yankees are head and shoulders above the rest in this area: http://twobigboobs.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/yankees-average-ticket-price-leads-major-league-baseball-surprised/
Cliff notes:
NYY = $72.97 – #1
BOS = $50.24 – #2
kballs – do you watch soccer?
rio ferdinand on manchester united looks like the dominican guy from bang brothers
White Sox 100 level are $67.00
CptKballs said: { Apr 29, 2009 – 03:04:59 }
Love the Onion’s Varitek shift article.
that is the funniest thing i’ve read in a while
300 level are around $20
Makes you wonder if there’s some guy at home just waiting for the Yankees to drop those $2500 seats to $1250.
I bet a lot of these seats are still empty for the next few months
Buying Yankees tickets through Higs takes bailout money.
The onion article was really not funny at all: http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/outfielders_take_knee
For starters he is doing better this year than last year. Secondly everyone knows the varitek shift is to have ALL fielders sit down as he swings late on 3 straight fastballs.
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Just wait, if NYC has a major swine-flu breakout, the blue bloods will move into those seats and wait it out….
(Where’s BPM to defend the Yankees?)
Probably recovering from a hangover, LOL.
Jerry Thorton is by far the worst writer at the Stool. Please just let him blog about Hockey, cause noone really cares about that shit. Seriously dude, go back to flippin burgers at Wild Willy’s