Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Boston
Posts: 6985

Fenway Park, home of the Bo$ton Red $ox

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0327/1530454.html

Boston averages $42.34 for a game at Fenway

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The Boston Red Sox have baseball's top average ticket price for the sixth straight year at $42.34, and the sport's overall average increased 2.8 percent to $18.69.

Boston's average increased 6.7 percent, according to the Team Marketing Report's annual study, which was released Thursday. The New York Yankees are second at $24.86, followed by the New York Mets at $23.50.

The Red Sox play in the major leagues' smallest ballpark, Fenway Park, which has a capacity of about 34,000. To increase revenue, the team is constructing seats atop the Green Monster in left field.

The 280 new seats go for $50, with standing room selling for $20.

World Series champion Anaheim had the largest increase, its average rising 35.5 percent to $15.97. Minnesota's average went up 22.2 percent to $14.40, Philadelphia's rose 13 percent to $17.24 in its last season at Veterans Stadium and Houston's increased 10.1 percent to $20.78.

Montreal has the lowest average at $9 U.S., counting only tickets for the Expos' 59 home games at Olympic Stadium, not their 22 games at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kansas City is 29th at $12.13 and Florida is 28th at $12.78.

Nine teams had a decrease, with Texas' average dropping 11.4 percent to $15.98 and Tampa Bay's going down 8.5 percent to $14.49.

Cincinnati's average went up only 5.2 percent to $17.53 despite by the Reds' move into the Great American Ball Park.

Premium seating, which for many teams includes a large percentage of its season tickets, were not included in the averages. Because of the shift by many teams to charge different prices for different opponents, a weighted averaged was used for each section for each team.

In comparison, the NFL's average ticket price last year was $50.02, while the NBA's average is $43.65 this season and the NHL's average is $41.56.

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I know we annually are the most expensive ballpark, but now it's gotten out of hand. We used to be a lot closer to the other most expensive parks. Thing is, the true cheapest seats in Fenway (not including the "$10 value section" which is about 100 seats) are $20 for bleacher or standing room. This is probably the first season in I don't know how long that I'm not as excited as a little kid on Christmas about Opening Day. Too much money-grubbing.

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Vegas, you need to check out http://www.soxsuck.com/

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