$90 for cheap seats at new Yankee Stadium?Who can pay?

[BrentCrude]

Look at every new stadium built in the last 15 years or so and you always see packed houses for the first few years and then steep declines in attendance if the team isn't producing.Cleveland went to the the hottest ticket in town where you had a hard time getting desirable tickets to being able to walk up to the window and getting any ticket you wanted within a few years.That was in good economic times.

So what's going to happen in New York now where some economists are calling for the summer of economic hell.You will always have wealthy people who could care less how much they pay for a ticket.But what about the average person that has to pay $90 for the cheapest ticket the Yankees offer.For a family of 4 it means paying about $500 with add ons.I have a hunch Steinbrenner will find out that he overestimated his business plan statistics.If it weren't for local,state and federal welfare subsidies ''welfare'' that Steinbrenner received to build the stadium,he would be preparing to declare bankruptcy.

Beautiful stadium,the best that tax money can buy but the seats look a little too luxurious where the wear and tear will shred them to pieces in a short time.Maybe I'm wrong but they looked like cloth seats.I saw this same thing indoors in a clubhouse at a now defunct dog track in Wisconsin where the seats were cloth and they were shredded to smitherines by the time the track closed 8 years after opening.

[Boner_18]

Thats bull. The price of upper deck seats went down, you can get infield grandstand for $25 (was $29) and outfield for $20 ($24). Just because the "average" is $90 doesn't mean it is unaffordable. In fact they are still running their $5 games.

I think they have struck a good balance of affordable seats and luxury ones. No family of five is entitled to see a weekend yankees/sox ball game from the field level for rock bottom prices.

[sallysnax8]

just spent 200$ to get field level tix for when they play Oakland!!! cannot wait....ridiculously overpriced but the a's only come to the east side once or twice a year...and i'm killing two birds w/ one stone...see the a's and the new stadium.

[Boner_18]

just spent 200$ to get field level tix for when they play Oakland!!! cannot wait....ridiculously overpriced but the a's only come to the east side once or twice a year...and i'm killing two birds w/ one stone...see the a's and the new stadium.

Bummer man, I'm trying to unload two for the 4/21 game in the main level. Wish I could attend, have a class I can't blow off.

[sallysnax8]

i'm going the 20th...one games enough for me.....last time i went to a NY game decked out in A's gear i had some awful things said/thrown at me!!! piece of shit new yorkers!!

[Casi]

They would have to pay me to watch a MLB game live and not the other way round lol, most boring sport to watch - ever.

[nobshine]

Miller park has been filled since the opening. I pay about 50 per seat for season ticks 3rd base lower level. I usually sell my Cubs/Crew games for quite a profit.

[AgainstAllOdds]

First off your article is bullshit. The cheapest tix for yankee stadium are not $90. If your going to write these senseless paragraphs, at least have accurate information.

Also, if you dont like the price, dont go.

[ChuteBoxe]

Just got the book from the Yankees for the season, with all the ticket info. Cheapest seat is $14. That's in the bleachers. Most expensive seat is around $400, which is behind home plate.

Either way, cheapest time to go is late August, early September. As a New Yorker, especially if we are rolling by that point, we don't want to spend our money on tickets till the postseason. If we don't make the postseason, then we're glad we didn't spend money on those f*ckin bums anyways.

[yisman]

$5 for a bottle of water if you get thirsty. What a bargain!

[Boner_18]

$5 for a bottle of water if you get thirsty. What a bargain!

I doubt the policy has changed but in the past you could bring in sealed containers and outside food. The bargain is as good as your local convenience store.

[yisman]

sometimes they let you in, sometimes not.

I've been to a lot of Yankees games and the policy was not to allow it, IIRC, but you could often get away with it.

Some places allow it but you have to give them the cap. Some places confiscate it if they find it.

They often confiscate stuff simply because it's profitable for them to do it. Some security guys are assholes anyway and want your stuff. Other guys don't care.

[Boner_18]

This is true. Last year I tried to carry in a small tote-bag purse cause my GF had two. They would not allow me in w/ it because "men are not allowed a purse." We had another girl put her purse in this tote and carry it in no problem.

Corporate sex discrimination or just arbitrary ad hoc security policy? Most likely the latter.

[sallysnax8]

Just got the book from the Yankees for the season, with all the ticket info. Cheapest seat is $14. That's in the bleachers. Most expensive seat is around $400, which is behind home plate.

the only reason there is a 14 dollar ticket is b /c u cant see the whole field from thoses seats....go to virtual tour of stadium.

[Boner_18]

HAHAHA those bleacher seats behind the restaurant. That's pretty shitty of them. But, $25 for infield grandstand is very reasonable imho.