Comments on: M’s say they won’t raise ticket prices next year … sort of

By: TomTuttle

TomTuttle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:38:17 +0000

THANK YOU DEREK!!!!!!

By: DMZ

DMZ — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:41:21 +0000

Yeah, I don’t understand how any game where one team had the second-worst record in baseball can be “premium”.

By: TomTuttle

TomTuttle — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:27:05 +0000

Okay, seriously.

DOES CHUCK ARMSTRONG THINK WE ARE STUPID OR SOMETHING??????

Chuck, if you have a miserable product in a miserable economy, why the hell would you even think about EXPANDING this “premium games” crap????

Maybe if the Mariners weren’t so money hungry and were trying to win more I’d feel sorry for Chuck Armstrong, but that’s far from the case as long as this franchise is making a profit.

Face it folks, this team won’t be good on the field and it won’t be a credible organization off the field until Armstrong and Lincoln are G-O-N-E, GONE.

And that means having Nintendo sell to Chris Larson (probably).

By: MattThompson

MattThompson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:45:30 +0000

Selig has some interesting things to say to teams about raising ticket prices: "Don't get cocky" Link.

By: msb

msb — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:00:55 +0000

I find the whole ‘fan cost index’ just a little ridiculous.

do families really pay for big money parking, buy more than one program, shell out for hats, drinks and dinner? maybe I just come from a cheap family…

By: galaxieboi

galaxieboi — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:37:31 +0000

There’s something interesting. Tying ticket prices to on-field performance. The more games a team wins, the more the tickets cost. You’d think hard about buying season tickets than, huh? Of course, say you’ve got a team like the M’s. Tickets would be extra cheap because of their poor ‘08 performance. By purchasing season tickets for ‘09 you’d get in on the ground floor, so to speak.

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:17:28 +0000

Ha! That’s awesome, ewok!

By: killer_ewok18

killer_ewok18 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:03:27 +0000

By that logic, I think I should pay less to see awful teams.

So like, teams who lost 100 games last year, for example…

By: galaxieboi

galaxieboi — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:19:56 +0000

While ranking 15th in ‘fan cost index’ may seem like a pretty good deal at first glance, we should probably also consider the quality of the product on the field.

Thanks for pointing out the quote and the article, Conor.