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February 21, 2008
Last Game Of 2008 Already Sold Out
From the Daily News:
The last regular season game at Yankee Stadium is sold out.
Fans scooped up a few thousand tickets online in just 11 minutes Wednesday.
Scalpers quickly started hawking tickets for the historic Sept. 21 game against the Baltimore Orioles, with top seats going for a head-spinning $17,000 a pop.
Even the cheapest bleachers seats at the House that Ruth Built were going for $165 online.
A Yankees spokesman said there just weren't enough tickets for all the fans who want to see the last regular season game at the storied ballpark, which opened in 1923.
"This day won't happen ever again," said Jason Zillo. "It's going to be a celebration."
About three-quarters of the 56,000 seats were spoken for by season ticket holders and owners of ticket plans that included the game.
A few thousand additional tickets went on sale Tuesday to one group of partial ticket plan holders. Those tickets went fast and owners of a different ticket plan scooped up the last remaining tickets yesterday.
With the historic game officially sold out, the action then shifted online where ticket holders tried to hawk them.
Some fans were asking more than $300 for bleacher seats with a face value of $14. Seats next to the on-deck circle were going for up to $10,000.
If you think $17,000 a seat is an insane asking price, just wait until what you see people start asking for the first game at the new place.
Posted by WW Staff at February 21, 2008 10:38 AM
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I was one of the lucky few to get seats to the game. By the time I was able to get through, the "best available" were bleacher seats, so that's where I'm sitting.
No way do I sell these tickets, but you have to be tempted by a 2000% return on your investment. And I'm sure the prices will only get higher as the date approaches.
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at February 21, 2008 11:43 AM
I have tickets to the game on Saturday the 20th but I'm gonna spend what I have to spend to be there for that Sunday game. I really want to be there to close the place down.
Screw Bud Selig and the rest of the MLB HQ jerks for not making it a proper send-off with the last game of the regular season being at home, complete with ESPN coverage.
Posted by: MJ at February 21, 2008 01:00 PM
I do not see the point in overpaying when we know for a fact that they'll be making the playoffs. This won't be the last game.
Hopefully they can make it out of the first round this year.
That being said, I'll be going to the Friday game.
Posted by: ChrisXS at February 21, 2008 01:44 PM