Comments on: The other new Yankee Stadium http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marsha http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626621 Marsha Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:01:53 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626621 Me too re the new stadium. Me too re the new stadium.

]]> By: a realist http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626581 a realist Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:21:57 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626581 Nice read and a good synopsis. The next question after all this is does this thing trickle down all the way to the clubhouse? What I mean is, every game you hear "Yankees have spent a billion on players in the last few years"; even if we win the whole thing it's always going to be scrutinized. Who isn't gonna hear, "Yeah, well you bought another world championship, big deal" from a misguided baseball fan not affiliated with NYY? This revenue loss is real. They Yank brain trust has some hefty loans on the new ballpark. Maximizing seating real estate was one big way to pay it off. It didn't take off and with more government agencies looking over the shoulders of big business it's a very real possibility that uber-expensive seating and corporate perks are a bygone era. How many more 200 million dollar payrolls can we put together, anyway? With the rising luxury tax is it too much of a stretch to see the Yanks cut payroll (read: Matsui, Damon, and Pettite this year...Jeets and Posada soon) as they realize that fielding the best team money can buy actually puts some of your own money in the hands of your competition? Nice read and a good synopsis. The next question after all this is does this thing trickle down all the way to the clubhouse? What I mean is, every game you hear “Yankees have spent a billion on players in the last few years”; even if we win the whole thing it’s always going to be scrutinized. Who isn’t gonna hear, “Yeah, well you bought another world championship, big deal” from a misguided baseball fan not affiliated with NYY?

This revenue loss is real. They Yank brain trust has some hefty loans on the new ballpark. Maximizing seating real estate was one big way to pay it off. It didn’t take off and with more government agencies looking over the shoulders of big business it’s a very real possibility that uber-expensive seating and corporate perks are a bygone era. How many more 200 million dollar payrolls can we put together, anyway? With the rising luxury tax is it too much of a stretch to see the Yanks cut payroll (read: Matsui, Damon, and Pettite this year…Jeets and Posada soon) as they realize that fielding the best team money can buy actually puts some of your own money in the hands of your competition?

]]> By: Ferb http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626528 Ferb Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:19:22 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626528 ... to have the tickets mailed to you. / fixed … to have the tickets mailed to you.

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]]> By: Renny Baseball http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626484 Renny Baseball Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:47:55 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626484 One interesting thing to add is that, checking Stubhub tonight, for ALCS Game 2, to be played on a Saturday evening, there are numerous single Legends Suite seats available for below $1,000/per (still outrageous but notably less than what the article writer paid); a couple of seats are selling for $600+ /per. Good to see prices coming down to earth. Personally, I think the only thing I could imagine paying a premium for is the view -- when I want top food, I go to a top restaurant but at a ballpark, I am a happy with a hot dog and a beer. One interesting thing to add is that, checking Stubhub tonight, for ALCS Game 2, to be played on a Saturday evening, there are numerous single Legends Suite seats available for below $1,000/per (still outrageous but notably less than what the article writer paid); a couple of seats are selling for $600+ /per.

Good to see prices coming down to earth.

Personally, I think the only thing I could imagine paying a premium for is the view — when I want top food, I go to a top restaurant but at a ballpark, I am a happy with a hot dog and a beer.

]]> By: Bob Stone http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626458 Bob Stone Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:59:26 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626458 It would be difficult to top the original. Sad to see that Charlie Sheen isn't in the film. It would be difficult to top the original. Sad to see that Charlie Sheen isn’t in the film.

]]> By: leokitty http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626442 leokitty Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:35:56 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626442 A friend of mine took me to a game in the Legends Section. One thing I don't get from the reports like this are people who say "oh now I can NEVER sit in regular seating again, it'll never be the same!!" Yeah it was really nice to have "free" food and water and if it cost less I would try to do it again, but I sat in my partial plan seats in the Grandstand a few days later and didn't feel like I was missing anything. The view was of course amazing but not so much so that I feel like it is worth the price of admission. A friend of mine took me to a game in the Legends Section. One thing I don’t get from the reports like this are people who say “oh now I can NEVER sit in regular seating again, it’ll never be the same!!”

Yeah it was really nice to have “free” food and water and if it cost less I would try to do it again, but I sat in my partial plan seats in the Grandstand a few days later and didn’t feel like I was missing anything. The view was of course amazing but not so much so that I feel like it is worth the price of admission.

]]> By: mustang http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626370 mustang Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:17:27 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626370 Ok. I was kidding a bit I get your point. Ok. I was kidding a bit I get your point.

]]> By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626354 The Honorable Congressman Mondesi Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:02:37 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626354 You can still go to a ticket broker and get a ticket stub. But, no, 10 years ago you could not have bought tickets through stubhub. You can still go to a ticket broker and get a ticket stub. But, no, 10 years ago you could not have bought tickets through stubhub.

]]> By: mustang http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626350 mustang Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:58:49 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626350 "Because you wouldn’t have had tickets at all." Why? Didn't they have tickets brokers 10 years ago? “Because you wouldn’t have had tickets at all.”

Why? Didn’t they have tickets brokers 10 years ago?

]]> By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/the-other-new-yankee-stadium-18429/#comment-626330 The Honorable Congressman Mondesi Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:30:47 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=18429#comment-626330 10 years ago, you also wouldn't have had ticket stubs... Because you <i>wouldn't have had tickets at all</i>. You have the same ability to get ticket stubs today that you had at any other point in history, the only different today is your ability to purchase tickets (either stubs or electronic) has expanded. 10 years ago, you also wouldn’t have had ticket stubs… Because you wouldn’t have had tickets at all. You have the same ability to get ticket stubs today that you had at any other point in history, the only different today is your ability to purchase tickets (either stubs or electronic) has expanded.

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