Phillies Raise Ticket Prices
by FuquaManuel on Nov 5, 2010 5:20 PM EDT
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Coming off a franchise attendance record, the Phillies will be increasing ticket prizes in most areas of Citizens Bank Park for 2011 by $2 to $5.
The changes in single-game prices are as follows:
Infield (115-132) and baseline rows 1-6 up to $65 from $60
Baseline (112-114, 133-135) up to $50 from $45
Baseline (108-111, 136-139) up to $47 from $45
Outfield (101-107, 140-148) up to $36 from $33
Pavilion (206-211) up to $36 from $33
Arcade (233-237) up to $36 from $33
Scoreboard porch (241-245) up to $40 from $38, including a $10 credit for food, beverage and merchandise
Pavilion (201-205) up to $30 from $28
Pavilion (306-310) up to $28 from $26
Pavilion Deck (301-305) remain at $20
Terrace (312-329) up to $36 from $34
Terrance (330-333) up to $28 from $26
Terrace deck (412-429) up to $28 from $26
Terrance deck (430-434) remain at $20
Rooftop bleachers remain at $28, including $10 credit for food, beverage and merchandise
Standing room only remain at $17
Well, I guess this is what happens when you have an elite team, a beautiful ballpark, and 123 straight "sellouts". On the other hand, maybe the Phillies suits read this blog and are actually setting in motion David S. Cohen's plan to shift the cost of signing Cliff Lee onto the fans. Nah, I doubt it too. Anyways, this morning I was sent the link to Murphy's article by a baseball-hating relative along with the following remarks: I can't wait to see your commentary on your blog. It's about an average 10% increase on top of the prior increases. Well, it just got 10% less likely that I will give those greedy pigs my money! (Of course 10% from nothing is still nothing.) I would implore you to boycott too, so we can stop these crooks. "Arise, ye prisoners of starvation!"
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I guess I don’t have a problem with this. Baseball tickets are the definition of luxury/discretionary spending and I don’t attach a moral component to their pricing. It’s simple supply and demand. Obviously there’s tons of demand these days, and limited supply. They’d be utterly stupid not to raise prices, for many reasons.
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Agreed.
The relative who made that comment did so in a completely tongue in cheek fashion, just so there are no mix ups.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
I was literally going to write “SUPPLY AND DEMAND” when I read the piece… but shucks, WC, you beat me to it.
I was going to write “quantitative easing, parts 1 and 2” myself. Oh…just did.
I am not a witch.
by RememberthePhitans on Nov 5, 2010 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m ok with it… if increased ticket prices are the cost of having a team that wins games and appears in the post-season, it is one that (within reason) I will gladly pay….
In other news, the Mets are dropping their ticket prices by an average of 14%.
I agree. But with the notation that I do not want to see it turn into Yankee ticket prices ( It’s an extreme, I know)
How's your wife and my kids?
Thus the words “within reason” in my post above. I do not mind that prices go up when the team is good. But if tickets get as expensive as Yankees tickets are, I won’t be able to afford to attend games any more, and I do not want to see that happen- it is bad enough that as much as I love football, I have only been able to afford to attend one regular season game ever- I do not want to see baseball get so expensive that I can’t afford to go to games anymore.
Ugh
Only because the Cataldi bit is writing itself right now: “For these prices, we should have Jayson Werth!”
Other than that, business is business. I’ve never regretted a dime I’ve spent at CBP, so I must be getting value for what I pay.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
Cataldi actually has said as much already...
Prior to the season he suggested to RAJ that he should raise the prices of tickets $5 each to keep Jayson Werth. RAJ said that it was a bad idea because it was a bad deal for the phans… but what do we have- a $5 increase!
That being said, like you, I have never regretted a dime I have spent there, so the price must be right.
Raising prices in a BLUE COLLAR TOWN like Philly? I never. Why, I wouldn’t be surprised if this alienated Aaron Rowand types!
I bet Aaron Rowand must feel a great deal of cognitive dissonance with his blue collar self at making 12M a year and sitting on his can.
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by RememberthePhitans on Nov 5, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Raul Ibanez is very disappointed in the Phillies organization. Now if you’ll excuse him, Raul has to go take a dip in his Olympic-size pool made of solid marble, then dry off with one of his Egyptian cotton towels.
by ThinMountainAir on Nov 6, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m absolutely fine with raising prices—the team is successful, and there really aren’t that many seats available. Of course, since a ballgame would cost me a minimum of $1,500 anyway, $5 more or less doesn’t make a difference.
What I would also like to see done is exploring for minimally-intrusive ways to add seating capacity. Surely there’s a place where some extra rows can be added on without making it look tacky or cobbled together. If you could add 1,000 seats, say, they’ll certainly “sellout,” and, I imagine, pay for themselves in short order.
Capitalism
If they didn’t raise prices, they’d be morons. They “sell out” every night. They have every incentive to raise prices until they are just barely selling out. They’re capitalists, and that’s what capitalists do.
by David S. Cohen on Nov 5, 2010 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
WRONG. The owners are supposed to have “civic pride” and pay out the ass for the best talent, and then they should remember that it’s “just a game” and keep it “affordable” for families and kids.
In other words, pwnership and the players should subsidize our vision of a halcyon past where baseball was perfect, games were free, and the teams paid people to eat hot dogs.
I am not a witch.
by RememberthePhitans on Nov 5, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I lol’d. But I’m not sure who exactly you are mocking.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
George Will, dude. Possibly Ken Burns as well.
by ThinMountainAir on Nov 5, 2010 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
pwnership
Two possible responses:
1. Well played.
2. Funny typo.
by ThinMountainAir on Nov 5, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Third:
I typoed, saw it, started to correct it, but went back and changed it. This was a genetic mutation that resulted in a competitve advantage. That or serendipity. Or something.
I am not a witch.
by RememberthePhitans on Nov 6, 2010 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
The collective has no problems with the increased prices because: while I’m sure the FO is making $$$, they are also spending to keep talent in Philly (talent from farm system and free agents), also have to agree with David S. Cohen they for better or worse they are capitalists and it’s what they do. At least we don’t have to worry about insider trading of players and shifty loans (just kidding).
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The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
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by bandwagonesque on Nov 5, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Terence Deck?
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by WholeCamels on Nov 6, 2010 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m find with an increase in ticket prices, a few bucks is reasonable.
I’m NOT ok with paying $10 for a beer and another $8 for a cheese steak.
Please explain how one is to avoid watching a ballgame without beer and cheesesteak? I suppose you could smuggle them in, but they check for that moreso than they used to.
Watching a game without beer is like watching chess or NASCAR. It’s mildly amusing, but not really emotionally filling, sortof like cheating at videogames or bitching about taxes.
Of course, I’m used to watching games in Fairbanks, where they serve “the cheapest beer in organized baseball,” at $1 each.
I’m with you on the beer- I generally drink two at every game, despite the expense, a cold beer improves the game somehow. I don’t eat much at the games, though, just peanuts and popcorn with my mom, so my concessions costs are not too bad.
by dannijd on Nov 8, 2010 10:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Speak for yourself. I find watching chess to be very enthralling.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
As long as it's Chess On Ice
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
by bandwagonesque on Nov 9, 2010 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
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