Why So Many Great Empty Seats- Yankee Stadium

Stonedtone · 04-12-2014, 02:09 PM

I'm watching the Red Sox game. One would think there would be a demand for good seats. Looking around there are a ton of open great seats. That would never happen at Fenway Park

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-12-2014, 02:43 PM

Funny you post that, and I don't know anything about your sports, but although it's a different sport there was sh1tload of empty seats at Wembley today and all, for a cup semi final. Reason for that was the exec section probably didn't sell out as the fixture wasn't glamorous enough/is in the middle of the camera view so looks worse and also Wigan won't sell out their allocation as they are a small club. Having the semis at Wembley - worst idea of all time. Your comment 'that would never happen at...' rings true here too, would never have happened at Villa Park.

Birmingham launches national stadium bid - Telegraph

Two thirds wanted the national stadium/Wembley in Brum, a fraction of the cost of the actual Wembley (£324m to £757m).
But no, what London wants, London gets. And four years late as well

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Stonedtone · 04-16-2014, 08:40 PM

I'm watching Red Sox White Sox. Way worse in their stadium. What is up with that. The prices of Yankees tix drove some away. White Sox do the same?

Psy-Fi · 04-17-2014, 05:15 AM

With the exception of Red Sox vs. Yankees games and postseason games, there were plenty of empty seats at the Red Sox games I attended last year at Fenway Park during the regular season. The poor performance of the team in 2012 probably had a lot to do with lackluster attendance, but I also wonder how much of that was due to ticket prices. Looking at the ticket pricing for this season, I wouldn't be surprised to see the same thing happen this year even with the 2013 World Series Championship title.

Single game ticket prices...

Red Sox Ticket Pricing | redsox.com: Tickets

Single game 'Green Monster' seating prices...

Red Sox Ticket Pricing | redsox.com: Tickets

Stonedtone · 04-17-2014, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

With the exception of Red Sox vs. Yankees games and postseason games, there were plenty of empty seats at the Red Sox games I attended last year at Fenway Park during the regular season. The poor performance of the team in 2012 probably had a lot to do with lackluster attendance, but I also wonder how much of that was due to ticket prices. Looking at the ticket pricing for this season, I wouldn't be surprised to see the same thing happen this year even with the 2013 World Series Championship title.

Single game ticket prices...

Red Sox Ticket Pricing | redsox.com: Tickets

Single game 'Green Monster' seating prices...

Red Sox Ticket Pricing | redsox.com: Tickets

That was during their record breaking sell outs

Psy-Fi · 04-17-2014, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Stonedtone

That was during their record breaking sell outs

What was during their record breaking sellouts?

Wpnfire · 04-18-2014, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonedtone

I'm watching the Red Sox game. One would think there would be a demand for good seats. Looking around there are a ton of open great seats. That would never happen at Fenway Park

Bruins game maybe? In Boston, NHL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>every other major sport. I dun know when it was, but that would be my guess. I know the hockey playoffs started recently.. maybe some fans skipped out on the Red Sox to watch them.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Funny you post that, and I don't know anything about your sports, but although it's a different sport there was sh1tload of empty seats at Wembley today and all, for a cup semi final. Reason for that was the exec section probably didn't sell out as the fixture wasn't glamorous enough/is in the middle of the camera view so looks worse and also Wigan won't sell out their allocation as they are a small club. Having the semis at Wembley - worst idea of all time. Your comment 'that would never happen at...' rings true here too, would never have happened at Villa Park. Birmingham launches national stadium bid - Telegraph Two thirds wanted the national stadium/Wembley in Brum, a fraction of the cost of the actual Wembley (£324m to £757m). But no, what London wants, London gets. And four years late as well .

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Stonedtone Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 152	I'm watching Red Sox White Sox. Way worse in their stadium. What is up with that. The prices of Yankees tix drove some away. White Sox do the same?