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Phillies raise ticket prices

edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
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What did Stevek say about the CC offer from the Yankees ?

"IN THIS ECONOMY, MADNESS"

Well, what say you now stevek image

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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    they should.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    The Detroit Tigers are also raising ticket prices, it is a development not exactly being greeted with lots of cheers in the Detroit media:


    Don't the Tigers read the newspapers?


    Are they oblivious to the harsh realities of Detroit's economic climate and dramatic erosion, if not the actual eradication, of the Big Three?

    Yet they announced a ticket price increase Friday? And the debut of "variable pricing" for the best series and summer weekends?

    That's the equivalent of offering a man engulfed in flames a cigarette lighter.

    The Tigers are pushing the cost for maintaining a top-five payroll on a market whose level of discretionary income has been squeezed to where blood no longer exists.

    This is basically a Dontrelle Willis tax.

    The Tigers rationalized that they gave fans what they cried for -- a "competitive" payroll. They spent the money. It resulted in a last-place performance.

    And now they want the public footing the bill. They want fans to pay for the contract extensions for Willis, Nate Robertson and Brandon Inge, all considered outrageous.

    The Tigers must understand that Detroit is now a depressed corporate environment. They must understand that Detroit can no longer demand top dollar for its sports product because the economy won't allow it.

    Every sports team in this area should agree to not increase prices. It would be a sign that they're at least cognizant of our dire economic situation.

    The Tigers proved with this ticket increase that they aren't.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,037 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What did Stevek say about the CC offer from the Yankees ?

    "IN THIS ECONOMY, MADNESS"

    Well, what say you now stevek image >>



    It's a poor analogy...that's what i say.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    After winning the World Series, I'd say that ticket price increase is justified. It's the teams that raise ticket prices after finishing 20 games under .500 that annoy me..


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    The Rays better not increase their prices! (but it's likely)

    As it stands now, $10 and I'm in the door. By the 6th inning, I'm in the lower bowl.... image
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    Glad to see Sox didn't raise prices this year, at least they are in tune with the economy.

    Of course, they will be one of only a handful of teams that won't see a drop in attendance this year, so they'll still be in better shape than most to throw some dollars around on free agents this off-season.
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