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The global financial crisis has hit the ballgames as well. A survey conducted by the Associated Press-Knowledge Networks showed the top result that fans found it expensive to watch baseball games these days. This is a rather dismal view especially with the season opening in less than a week. Not to mention that the major league has just come from a steroid controversy which involved its best players. Apparently all the issues in the MLB are stressing the fans out.
From The Associated Press:
That would make for a cheap seat at either of the two new ballparks opening in New York. At the $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium, a ticket in the lower deck between the bases goes for a minimum of $350 and tops out at $2,625.
At the Mets’ Citi Field, it’s $18 just to park.
The average ticket price in the majors was $25.43 last year — up 11.7 percent over the previous season, according to The Team Marketing Report. The 2009 cost hasn’t been determined, but the increases typically outpace the inflation rate.
MLB said two-thirds of the 30 teams lowered either their average ticket price or some level of seats. The Toronto Blue Jays went even further, offering a season ticket in the upper deck for $76 — less than $1 per game for all 81 home dates.
Next highest opinion of the fans in the survey is that players who are, or have been, involved in steroids should not be voted into the Hall of Fame. Fan Robert Moore of Clearwater Florida said that players who were into performance enhancing drugs shouldn’t even be recognized.
Third highest among the fan’s concerns is the exaggerated salaries that the players were getting. New York Yankees Mark Teixeira’s signing bonus was $181 million and CC Sabathia signed $161 million. This is comparable to a third world country’s national budget according to Margaret Costello. Sabathia remains nonchalant about this and just hopes that fans would still watch them this season.
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