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January 08, 2008
Have Sweet Seats For The ASG? Think Again
Adding on to what I previously reported, via Bloomberg -
New York Yankees season-ticket holders with the best, most expensive seats might lose them for this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The event is being held at Yankee Stadium on July 15, and baseball will hold about 17,000 seats for its business partners. Some fans who pay as much as US$275 a game for field-box seats for the entire season may be relocated to different locations in the 56,935-seat ballpark, even upstairs in seats that usually sell for as little as US$20. Those who don't have a package that includes all 81 home games might be shut out.
"If you have a seat behind the dugout and MLB takes it, how can I sell it to you?" said Lonn Trost, the Yankees' chief operating officer.
Tim Brosnan, MLB's executive vice president for business, said the "custom and practice" at All-Star games is for full season-ticket holders to be "accommodated with a choice of seats," without being guaranteed their usual spot.
I guess even the "haves" can become the "have nots" when a bigger and badder "have" comes along...
Posted by Steve Lombardi at January 8, 2008 10:42 PM
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They're what Bush calls the "have mores."
Posted by: Rich ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 9, 2008 12:46 AM
Translation: all those seats are going to the stars of the new shows in FOX's fall lineup...
Joe Buck: "Hey, there's Matthew Perry! What ever could he be doing at a highly-rated, nationally televised sporting event when he's never been seen at one before...?"
Posted by: Pete at January 9, 2008 03:01 PM