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Put a boring, mediocre product on the market then raise prices. What a business model.
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Put a boring, mediocre product on the market then raise prices. What a business model.
The ticket prices were going to go up because the cost of everything has gone up. It's not so much the 40 guys on the MLB roster but the food contracts cost more, the labor costs more, etc. It's called inflation.
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Put a boring, mediocre product on the market then raise prices. What a business model.
The ticket prices were going to go up because the cost of everything has gone up. It's not so much the 40 guys on the MLB roster but the food contracts cost more, the labor costs more, etc. It's called inflation.
As the great Diogenes said, "So f'ing what?" Did you think people would buy expensive tickets with no raise?
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Put a boring, mediocre product on the market then raise prices. What a business model.
The ticket prices were going to go up because the cost of everything has gone up. It's not so much the 40 guys on the MLB roster but the food contracts cost more, the labor costs more, etc. It's called inflation.
As the great Diogenes said, "So f'ing what?" Did you think people would buy expensive tickets with no raise?
People aren't getting raises?
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Put a boring, mediocre product on the market then raise prices. What a business model.
The ticket prices were going to go up because the cost of everything has gone up. It's not so much the 40 guys on the MLB roster but the food contracts cost more, the labor costs more, etc. It's called inflation.
The only thing the ticket gets you is into the Stadium. Parking, hot dogs, beer, souvenirs, etc., none of that is included in the ticket price so if the cost to it/them goes up it is irrelevant to the ticket price. Now I know there are a lot of people to make the game happen besides the players, ushers, grounds crew, security, etc., but I doubt those labor costs seriously affect Hal's line.
No, it is Hal raising prices simply because he thinks he can and fans will continue to pay. Remember he is so clueless that he did not understand why fans were unhappy with the team's performance this season.
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My Grandpa told my Pops in the '30s who reiterated that sentiment to me in the '60s that baseball is a business just like any other entity designed to turn a profit. Sure, this particular business model is presented as an adult game but if it does not generate more money than it spends the suits who write the profit and loss statements will all advise an owner to cut bait and sell.
Hal is looking to profit, not entertain you. He realizes he must put forth a winning team to keep the dead presidents flowing but his bottom line while dependent on you is not yours.
Ticket prices, food and drinks, parking etc will continue to rise, if history is any sort of indication, until the buying public has had enough. The Yankees were forced to cut the premium ticket prices in the new stadium in '09 when the TV cameras panned across the empty front row seats. Supply and demand still hold true today.
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The Yankees were forced to cut the premium ticket prices in the new stadium in '09 when the TV cameras panned across the empty front row seats. Supply and demand still hold true today.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part of the "problem" is that corporations buy up the premium tix to entertain clients. Spare no expense...written off as a business expense. Happens in every professional sport.
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Pricing tickets over what most fans can afford is a horrible business strategy.
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Pricing tickets over what most fans can afford is a horrible business strategy.
Not when people are still paying for it.
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