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March 17, 2008

Yanks To Charge $100+ For Upper Deck Seats Next Season

In case you were wondering, in the "new" Yankee Stadium, the seats in the upper deck, behind home plate, are being called "TERRACE LEVEL OUTDOOR SUITES."

Suites in the upper deck?

In any event, as per the Yankees, for next season, "TERRACE LEVEL OUTDOOR SUITE PRICES START AT $100 PER SEAT/PER GAME." Note that the Yankees say "start" in there.

Presently, those seats, for full-season ticket holders, cost $55 per seat/per game in the Stadium today.

Before the St. Louis Cardinals opened their new park in 2006, ticket prices in the ten prior new homes for baseball teams, since 2000, saw a 50 percent average increase.

Looks like the Yankees are trying to make up for the Cardinals not keeping in step with everyone else.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 17, 2008 11:29 PM

Comments

Suites in the upper deck?
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Sure, why not?

I don't know if you've been by there recently, but the new Yankee Stadium is huge! Definately has a higher profile than the current stadium.

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 18, 2008 09:30 AM

Yankee tickets are going to be hard to come by at any price next year, no matter what happens to the team this year.

Having said that, and coupled with the link you provided under a different thread, I have to say, I think the new stadium looks kind of lame. Given how it doesn't get more retro and old-school than being the Yankees, the new ballpark looks too gimmicky and futuristic. Obviously I won't judge it until I'm there next year but, right now, my instinct is that it'll be one of the crappier new stadiums in the game. And by crappier, I simply mean that odd combination of lacking in personality while also being too "out there" to feel like a ballpark.

Posted by: MJ [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 18, 2008 09:31 AM

I hear you MJ:

http://www.waswatching.com/archives/2008/03/the_look_of_the_1.html

Posted by: Steve Lombardi [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 18, 2008 09:40 AM