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A game at the new "Steinbrenner Palace" won't come cheap

Average ticket price is $72.97. The premium seats in the first couple of rows sell for $2,625.

Average ticket price for the rest of MLB is $26.64

Hal Steinbrenner says "There's no doubt small amounts of our tickets might be overpriced".

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  • i'd rather see them on the road for cheap! or not at all lol.
  • 2ndCharter2ndCharter Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The DirecTV MLB package is a whole cheaper than their seats and I can watch them all season long on my large-screen TV.

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,039 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Average ticket price is $72.97. The premium seats in the first couple of rows sell for $2,625.

    Average ticket price for the rest of MLB is $26.64

    Hal Steinbrenner says "There's no doubt small amounts of our tickets might be overpriced". >>




    Yankees file for Chapter 11 yet?
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942
    They are having a hard time selling the $2,625 seats and have taken out full page ads in the New York Times to try and spur interest, if there
    are rows of empty seats in the first few rows showing up on TV that would be rather embarassing for them.

    The Yankee have however sold all of the 52 luxury viewing boxes so someone still has some big money to spend but for many of the lesser rich that $2,625 price tag is just too much at this time.
  • intenceintence Posts: 1,255
    why is there such a high premium
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942
    The stadium cost a huge amount of money to build so they are trying to recoup the cost in ticket prices, also they are "The Yankees" after
    all and the Steinbrenners probably feel that is reason enough as well to charge a premium price.

    I would love to go there at least once despite the high price just to see it, I hear it is very impressive.
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725
    What kind of salary would you guys need in order to feel like spending $2,600 on one seat for a baseball game was affordable? I think I'd want to be making at least a million a year before I'd feel like that would be okay to spend.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,039 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Average ticket price is $72.97. The premium seats in the first couple of rows sell for $2,625.

    Average ticket price for the rest of MLB is $26.64

    Hal Steinbrenner says "There's no doubt small amounts of our tickets might be overpriced". >>



    For $2,625 I say there better be included some good lap dances in that. LOL
  • benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Average ticket price is $72.97. The premium seats in the first couple of rows sell for $2,625.

    Average ticket price for the rest of MLB is $26.64

    Hal Steinbrenner says "There's no doubt small amounts of our tickets might be overpriced". >>



    For $2,625 I say there better be included some good lap dances in that. LOL >>



    lap dances by anyone else besides the players.... maybe a lap dance or two...and the players should all be naked hot chicks...
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942
    The $2,625 seats are part of the "Legends suite" where you can get food and soft drinks (but no alcohol) at three exclusive restaurants.
    I assume it is all you can eat (should be at that price). Not sure if the seats are in a restaurant itself or if it is a help yourself and carry
    it back to your seat.
  • So if the finest restaurant food is included, that knocks off $200 from the seat price. Realistically the best seats at even $400 is steep. What the heck is the other $2,000 for?

    I guess it is going to Kevin Brown and Carl pavano!
  • "They are having a hard time selling the $2,625 seats and have taken out full page ads in the New York Times to try and spur interest"

    Heck, they are having a hard time selling the $325 seats between the bases also. In fact, they had an Open House recently for prospective buyers to come view the seats

    "if there are rows of empty seats in the first few rows showing up on TV that would be rather embarassing for them."

    I agree but would think it was funny. It would serve them right for over pricing the seats so much in this economy.

    I have a Partial Season Package in the Terrace Level for $45 per ticket, not bad. The Grandstand seats, similar to the old Upper Deck seats but not as high of an elevation are $20-25 per seat, and the Bleachers are a real bargain at $12 per seat, but all of the Terrace, Grandstand, and Bleacher seats have sold out to Season Ticket holders.
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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭


    << <i>So if the finest restaurant food is included, that knocks off $200 from the seat price. Realistically the best seats at even $400 is steep. What the heck is the other $2,000 for?

    I guess it is going to Kevin Brown and Carl pavano! >>




    LMAO @ Kevin Brown
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,318 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They are having a hard time selling the $2,625 seats and have taken out full page ads in the New York Times to try and spur interest, if there
    are rows of empty seats in the first few rows showing up on TV that would be rather embarassing for them.

    The Yankee have however sold all of the 52 luxury viewing boxes so someone still has some big money to spend but for many of the lesser rich that $2,625 price tag is just too much at this time. >>



    maybe perhaps these box seats were sold prior to the financial meltdown.

    interesting to see in the next couple of years if these are still sold out.
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942
    They are probably going to have to lower the ticket prices of the most expensive seats and then offer refunds to the people who advance paid otherwise they would have a PR nightmare on their hands.

    35,000 season tickets have been sold so far which is pretty good. I agree the luxury viewing boxes were probably sold before
    the financial meltdown and next season could be a challenge in selling them if the economy is still bad.
  • there was just an article in USA today about the financing...

    "The city's Independent Budget Office, a publicly funded agency that provides non-partisan information about financial issues, estimated the Yankees deal will cost the city $362 million, the Mets' agreement $138 million. Savings to the teams: $787 million over 40 years for the Yankees, $513 million for the Mets.

    Other estimates vary, as figures in the complex deals are interpreted differently.

    New York State Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, D-Westchester, the most vocal critic of the deals, says the taxpayers' tab for Yankee Stadium eventually will total $4 billion. (He includes potential property tax revenue over 40 years given up in the deal, although stadium advocates argue the teams weren't paying property tax at their old stadiums.)

    "I don't know what you think about bank bailouts, but the public is spending $4 billion to build Yankee Stadium, at a time we can't fund the (subway system) and schools," he says, adding the deals are a misuse of a financing tool called PILOTS (payment in lieu of taxes).

    "It's like you built a new house, and the local town tax collector came in and said, 'You owe $10,000 a year in property taxes,' and you say, 'I'll pay you but only on the condition you send it to my bank to cover my mortgage.' That's happened," he says."

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