Flash: The economy bites Hal Steinbrenner in the hand
Posted by Jim$2,650 for a baseball seat? Of course I read with great delight a recent article in my favorite paper, The New York Times, regarding the hubris of the Yankees baseball club. Here is part of the article from the Times which should have been entitled, “How I Enjoy Eating Crow”: “…..the team had first hinted at a change in ticket policy April 2 when Hal Steinbrenner, the team’s managing general partner, said, “There’s no doubt that a small amount of our tickets might be overpriced.”” two weeks before the home opener, Steinbrenner could not have anticipated the empty swaths of blue seats that were supposed to be filled with people willing to pay $500, $600, $850, $1,250 or $2,500 a game for a premium seat”.
Should have anticipated? You have to love this. I will go on record and saying they will be forced to 1) eat further crow and cut the now bargain-based price of $1,250 per seat even lower or 2) they will allow patrons from the lesser seats to fill in the wide swaths of empty premium seats at no charge after the third inning or so.
