Ticket To the Game » business http://tickettothegame.com/blog A 1st Person Account of America's Major and Minor League Ballparks Mon, 30 May 2011 16:46:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 It’s a Trave-sham-spiracy! http://tickettothegame.com/blog/2009/04/its-a-trave-sham-spiracy/ http://tickettothegame.com/blog/2009/04/its-a-trave-sham-spiracy/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:18:22 +0000 kings33 http://tickettothegame.com/blog/?p=27 I guess Citi-Shea is too fancy for a plain old cardboard sign with a little 1st amendment proselytizing on it.  Seems the fine folks at Citi-Shea can’t have you block a $500 seat view with your feelings.  Maybe if they just built a $40 million display board that allowed fans to tweet directly to the board, that might be a little more eco-friendly and green, eh?  You can’t say no to that these days.

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After the housing crash and the stock market debacle, I guess $2,500 a game tickets weren’t exactly investment grade anymore.  New stadiums have always been about luxury boxes and corporate revenues, so this shouldn’t be a big surprise.  the Yankees shouldn’t care much either, as the bulk of their real revenue comes [...]]]> Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium

After the housing crash and the stock market debacle, I guess $2,500 a game tickets weren’t exactly investment grade anymore.  New stadiums have always been about luxury boxes and corporate revenues, so this shouldn’t be a big surprise.  the Yankees shouldn’t care much either, as the bulk of their real revenue comes from TV, not “butts in seats”.

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