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Tickets Thread 2013

themetfairy Feb 12 2013 10:59 AM

D-Dad and I are considering getting group tickets for the Party City Party Deck for Banner Day (May 11th). The good news is that the price of the ticket includes food, soft drinks, beer (pre-game and through the first hour of the game), pretzels and cookies. The bad news is that tickets are $125 apiece. If we can get a critical mass of interested friends, we'll pull the trigger on this. If not, we'll pass. Post here or send me a message if you'd be interested in joining our group.

Mets – Willets Point Feb 12 2013 11:07 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

That is pricey. Any chance parking is included too? Do you have a plan B to get tickets somewhere else for that game if not enough people want to go to the party deck?

themetfairy Feb 12 2013 12:02 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Plan B is to just by separate tickets. We'd only do a group to get the Party Deck, because they don't sell single tickets for that area.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 14 2013 04:18 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

http://metspolice.com/2013/03/14/how-do ... are-going/

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 14 2013 04:32 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

They can't even sell the Mets to Met fans.

Ceetar Mar 14 2013 04:38 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

they'll sell out. did the same thing last year, sold out. record crowd.

Ashie62 Mar 14 2013 09:41 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

$125 noo...

Kong76 Mar 16 2013 01:53 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

So, I went on today to get a single ticket for opening day. I want to sit in the sun since ya never know in Flushing in April and May. $103 for a decent seat in the Pepsi Porch ... ok, everything is ex- pensive these days ... a NY Times cost $2.50. Then there's a convenience fee of $13.00 (convenient to whom I'm not quite sure) and another $6.00 fee on top of that. I just don't get the mindset of this team sometimes. Who do you think you're fooling? Wouldn't it be better to just say the ticket costs $125 instead of making us feel like we're getting fucked all the time? I'm afraid to checkout, will there be a print at home fee too?? And in case anyone wants to pile on, save the suckah speech. My addition to the Mets is well documented ....

Gwreck Mar 16 2013 02:00 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

There is actually a growing trend in ticket sales towards so-called "all-in" pricing, where the service fees are hidden in the price of the ticket. The truth is that one portion of the money goes to the team, while the so-called "service fee" portion goes to MLB Advanced Media, the owner/operator of Tickets.com. As you note, however, that distinction is of no consequence to you. Given how expensive the Mets' tickets already are, switching to "all-in" pricing is probably not going to happen as it could exacerbate the situation -- ie. how can they really be charging $125 for an opening-day ticket in the outfield?

Kong76 Mar 16 2013 02:26 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

I was wondering who tickets.com really was when I saw the url on the printout up top.

Ceetar Mar 16 2013 10:32 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Kong76 wrote: I was wondering who tickets.com really was when I saw the url on the printout up top. tickets.com has been around a while, though the mets switched to them last year. Not that the Mets are innocent in this, but it's really tickets.com to blame for the ticket fees. And they're always worse for single tickets due to that stupid 'order fee'. If you can get to Citi Field (where you buy from the Mets, not from tickets.com) you should do so. No fees that way. And if you can plan the next game you want to go to while you're at the park? even better. (And yes, there's a print at home fee or something. or a delivery fee? I don't remember. I can't keep track) StubHub switched this year to a WYSIWYG system where the price listed on the site is what you pay. Anyway, see you on Opening Day maybe. Great time. I believe I promised Metsfairy a marble Aero or something.

Ashie62 Mar 16 2013 11:44 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

The pricing reminds me of an ebay item that goes for 50 cents with $8.95 shipping... I am addicted to watching the Mets at home almost free on a bigass HD TV..I am also too lazy to get on a train lol..

Gwreck Mar 17 2013 12:40 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Ceetar wrote: tickets.com has been around a while, though the mets switched to them last year. Not that the Mets are innocent in this, but it's really tickets.com to blame for the ticket fees. And they're always worse for single tickets due to that stupid 'order fee'. Blaming "Tickets.com" for high ticket fees ignores the role the Mets play in it. Higher "ticket fees" unquestionably means "higher revenue for the Mets." As stated above, MLB Advanced Media owns Tickets.com. They have about half the MLB teams now selling their tickets, and it's been previously reported that they plan to eventually have all MLB teams once existing contracts (ie. the teams that have Ticketmaster) expire. Did MLB make the Mets switch, or did the Mets do it because they thought they could make more money that way rather than using an in-house licensed version of Paciolan software? Hard to say.

Ceetar Mar 17 2013 06:48 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Gwreck wrote: Ceetar wrote: tickets.com has been around a while, though the mets switched to them last year. Not that the Mets are innocent in this, but it's really tickets.com to blame for the ticket fees. And they're always worse for single tickets due to that stupid 'order fee'. Blaming "Tickets.com" for high ticket fees ignores the role the Mets play in it. Higher "ticket fees" unquestionably means "higher revenue for the Mets." As stated above, MLB Advanced Media owns Tickets.com. They have about half the MLB teams now selling their tickets, and it's been previously reported that they plan to eventually have all MLB teams once existing contracts (ie. the teams that have Ticketmaster) expire. Did MLB make the Mets switch, or did the Mets do it because they thought they could make more money that way rather than using an in-house licensed version of Paciolan software? Hard to say. Oh, the Mets aren't innocent in it, surely. (but no fees at the park still) They chose Tickets.com, but I'm sure they have very little control over setting the fees, beyond an agreement they signed at the beginning. I suspect that's how much say they have over beer/concession prices as well, probably ceding much of that to Aramark in the contract. Supposedly when they switched from Paciolan if that's what it was it was supposed to mean less fees, although they've seemed about the same to me just a little more spread out. The real reason they switched probably did involve MLB pressure, or a cut of the overall Tickets.com deal or something. And the Dynamic Pricing interface, which of course is designed to maximize revenue. (Perhaps ticketmaster pays the Yankees more to be used by them? I hate Ticketmaster, a lot, although the select a seat thing is real nice) but of course, these are all different departments that operate with different goals in mind. The ticket guys don't call up Sandy and ask him what they should price the tickets at or what he's doing, and Sandy doesn't drop them a line to say "trying to trade for Upton and sign Bourn, go ahead and raise prices". The Mets ticket people have access to all the numbers and projections and are going to price tickets to maximize revenue. I suspect they've done that, as much as it sucks.

Ashie62 Mar 17 2013 09:02 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Aramark has a contract for what at Citifield? I thought they were gone..

Kong76 Mar 17 2013 07:20 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

I think Aramark sold their last cup of swill the day Piazza and Seaver walked out the back door of Shea hand in hand. I wonder if the estate of Harry M. Stevens (assuming he is no longer with us) still has any dough from what they used to rake in.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 17 2013 07:42 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

No Aramark has a 30 year deal to do Citifood.

Kong76 Mar 17 2013 07:52 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Seems the name is missing this go around.

Fman99 Mar 17 2013 08:11 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

As it stands right now I will be attending 3 games this year, one with the entire family on a charter bus trip that a coworker of mine has invited us to join (for S.U. alum), and then one game each with Fboy and Fgirl. The Fboy and I game will be a weekday matinee as per years' past. The Fgirl game will be a Friday or Saturday night where we go to an evening game and then stay overnight in a hotel and drive home the following morning. All dates TBD.

Ashie62 Mar 17 2013 09:13 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: No Aramark has a 30 year deal to do Citifood. And yes it is. Story of Citifield chef suing his emolyer, Aramark 2 months ago for not letting him take a break while having chest pains. That sounds about right. [url]http://www.foodservice.com/news/show.cfm?contentid=42183&title=Chef%20sues%20Citi%20Field%20food%20contractor%20Aramark

Gwreck Mar 17 2013 11:34 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Ceetar wrote: Supposedly when they switched from Paciolan if that's what it was it was supposed to mean less fees, although they've seemed about the same to me just a little more spread out. The fees have most certainly not gone down since switching. (Perhaps ticketmaster pays the Yankees more to be used by them? I hate Ticketmaster, a lot, although the select a seat thing is real nice) Exactly. Ticketmaster's business strategy is to sign clients to long-term exclusive contracts. In exchange for a big pile of cash, Ticketmaster gets the rights to sell all tickets to events held at their facility. My guess is that the Yankees' contract with Ticketmaster predated the decision to move to a new stadium and there was some successor-facility clause in there. The presumption is that whenever that contract ends, they'll become a Tickets.com team too. I can't remember the exact split but I think there were only about 12 Tickemaster teams and 2 Paciolan teams (Philadephia and San Diego) left.

Ceetar Mar 18 2013 05:44 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

I wonder if/how the ticketmaster deal influence the Yankees decision to try to take on Stubhub.

Gwreck Mar 18 2013 06:33 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Unrelated. The Cubs were another of the teams that, like the Yankees, wanted to opt-out of the Stubhub deal, and they sell with Tickets.com.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 26 2013 12:29 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Here's what the 2013's look like. Armando finally gets some love. Celebrating Mets All-Stars. All-Star themed ticket faces. Because the Mets are hosting this year's All-Star Game. Orange star in background. The star is for all-stars.

Ashie62 Mar 26 2013 12:38 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Very nice...I have an unused, never played 1999 Mets WS ticket for Field Box 82E Face $125 times have changed.

Farmer Ted Mar 26 2013 12:56 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

The Cubs took on another battle last fall. CHICAGO -- Faced with declining attendance and the pressures of running a rebuilding team, the Chicago Cubs are going to battle against an opponent they think they can beat: ticket scalpers. The Cubs sent out 45 nonrenewal letters to a select group of season-ticket holders Wednesday, noting that season tickets "are a revocable license granted on a yearly basis at the sole discretion of the team." The Cubs feel confident their research in trying to identify potential scalpers is correct, and only professional ticket sellers, many of whom have out of state addresses, were affected, according to one Cubs source, who said: "This is about the guy in California with 40 tickets." Green said the team has gotten feedback from ticket holders who received the email Wednesday. The team expects these letters to be challenged, but they fall back on the language in season-ticket agreements that gives them the right to revoke ticket rights. About 1,000 tickets will be made available to fans on the season-ticket waiting list and possibly for upgrades for current season-ticket holders. While the Cubs do not mention ticket scalping in the letter, this is a clear move to target ticket brokers, scalpers and the operators of the online secondary marketplace. The Cubs believe it will benefit current season-ticket holders who want to resell their seats but face stiff competition from brokers. "This move does not impact season-ticket holders who want to resell tickets because they can't attend the game," Cubs spokesman Julian Green said in a phone conversation. "This is about getting tickets in the hands of fans who want to enjoy Cubs baseball and experience Wrigley Field." The Cubs won't be alone in this practice. A baseball source outside of Chicago told ESPN Chicago that other big-market teams are plotting similar plans to oust scalpers from their season-ticket rolls. Major League Baseball's deal with StubHub is up for renewal after this season and some teams aren't happy with the current arrangement, which they feel directs fans to StubHub over their own website. "StubHub is a partner of ours, and that deal is up," Green said. "This move is not about a salvo to third-party ticket providers. This is about getting tickets to fans who intend to go to Cubs games." The Cubs do not release their season ticket base number, but their season low for a game was 25,891 on Thursday, Sept. 20, and a Cubs source said the number for full-season plans is around that number. The Cubs averaged 35,590 fans a game this past year, down 1,669 from 2011. The Cubs are having their annual seat relocation event during the last week of November and plan to invite potential season-ticket holders to the park in December to discuss ticket options. All of these seats will go into season tickets. Season-ticket holders who lost their season tickets will not be banned from buying single-game seats and reselling them, Green said. He added that the Cubs' in-house secondary marketing ticket option, Wrigley Field Premium Tickets, does not use season tickets. "We believe we have an opportunity to make sure our tickets are going to as many fans as possible," Green said. "We understand this is tough news but frankly, we're in our rights to do so. The Cubs are clear this is a revokable license granted on a yearly basis."

Vic Sage Mar 26 2013 01:06 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

yeah, why should THEY gouge our fans when WE can gouge our fans and cut out the middleman!

Frayed Knot Mar 26 2013 02:02 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

IIRC, the Cubs were on the forefront of the movement to establish themselves as their own ticket scalper. A couple of years back they not only pre-sold a chunk of that year's tickets to a broker but did so to one that they had set up and which was wholly owned by the Cubs. That corp, which wasn't really handling secondary market tickets because those tickets had never really been on the market in the first place, was able to sell the seats at above listed rates. That this was ruled a legal enterprise which was not in violation of scalping laws said at least as much about the Illinois judicial system as it did about the Cubs.

Ashie62 Mar 26 2013 03:54 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Do the Indians allow ticket scalping?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 29 2013 11:44 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

If sitting's not your thing, you can buy Mets opening day SRO's for $45 a [crossout]seat[/crossout] stand. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/articl ... m&c_id=nym Mets Press Release 3/29/2013 12:12 P.M. ET Mets release standing room only tickets for Opening Day at Citi Field Standing room only tickets cost $45 and are on sale now at Mets.com, (718) 507-TIXX and Citi Field Ticket Windows Mets to open 2013 season this Monday, April 1 at 1:10 p.m. fans are encouraged to take mass transit FLUSHING, N.Y., – The New York Mets today announced the club released a limited supply of standing room only tickets for Opening Day at Citi Field. Standing room only tickets cost $45 and are on sale now at Mets.com, (718) 507-TIXX and the Citi Field Ticket Windows. The Mets open the 2013 season this Monday, April 1 against the San Diego Padres at 1:10 p.m. The Mets encourage fans to take mass transit to the game. Parking is limited as Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM is currently in production in the Citi Field parking lots, although there will be no performance on Opening Day to accommodate as many fans as possible. Citi Field is served by the 7 train and the Long Island Rail Road. For fans traveling from the northern suburbs, Metro North trains and the Port Authority Bus Terminal connect with the 7 train. For more information, visit mta.info and click on “Take the Train to the Game.”

batmagadanleadoff Mar 29 2013 11:47 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

If sitting's not your thing, you can buy Mets opening day SRO's for $45 a [crossout]seat[/crossout] stand. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/articl ... m&c_id=nym Mets Press Release 3/29/2013 12:12 P.M. ET Mets release standing room only tickets for Opening Day at Citi Field Standing room only tickets cost $45 and are on sale now at Mets.com, (718) 507-TIXX and Citi Field Ticket Windows Mets to open 2013 season this Monday, April 1 at 1:10 p.m. fans are encouraged to take mass transit FLUSHING, N.Y., – The New York Mets today announced the club released a limited supply of standing room only tickets for Opening Day at Citi Field. Standing room only tickets cost $45 and are on sale now at Mets.com, (718) 507-TIXX and the Citi Field Ticket Windows. The Mets open the 2013 season this Monday, April 1 against the San Diego Padres at 1:10 p.m. The Mets encourage fans to take mass transit to the game. Parking is limited as Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM is currently in production in the Citi Field parking lots, although there will be no performance on Opening Day to accommodate as many fans as possible. Citi Field is served by the 7 train and the Long Island Rail Road. For fans traveling from the northern suburbs, Metro North trains and the Port Authority Bus Terminal connect with the 7 train. For more information, visit mta.info and click on “Take the Train to the Game.” But why stand when you can still sit? Mets' streak of sellouts on Opening Day is in jeopardy The Mets' streak of 14 straight Opening Day sellouts is in jeopardy of ending on Monday when they start the season against the San Diego Padres. The Mets, however, say they are only a few thousand tickets shy of a sellout and remain optimistic they will pack the house. On the team's website Thursday, tickets were still available throughout most of Citi Field for Monday's game. Still, the team says it is closer to a sellout this year than at the same time last year. The Mets reached a 42,080-ticket sellout last season in part because they benefited from "a tremendous walk-up," according to David Newman, the Mets' senior vice president of marketing and communications. The last time the Mets did not sell out their first home game was 1998, when they drew an announced crowd of 48,142, about 5,000 less than Shea Stadium's capacity. In 1997, they drew only 21,981 to their opener. Meanwhile, in the Bronx, the Yankees say their streak of 17 straight Opening Day sellouts will reach 18 when they open against the Boston Red Sox at the same time as the Mets' home opener. However, sales for the second and third games of the season -- against the Red Sox Wednesday and Thursday night -- are "slightly off" pace from last season at this time, Yankees director of media relations Jason Zillo said. But he said last year the Yankees' second and third games fell on the weekend when ticket sales in April are typically higher. The last time the Yankees did not sell out their first home game of the season was 1995, which marked the return of baseball after the players strike of 1994 canceled the World Series. The Mets are coming off a season in which they drew a total of 2,242,803 fans to Citi Field, their lowest total in a decade. They have been trying to boost ticket sales for Opening Day -- and beyond -- with a flurry of special offers, including one in which fans receive a free ticket to another game during the first homestand with the purchase of each Opening Day ticket. It is similar to deals they offered last year, too. "We've had some special online offers leading up to Opening Day similar to what we did last year," Newman said. "We found that people responded to it in terms of the offers." The least expensive ticket for Opening Day on the Mets' website, as of Thursday, was $50 for an upper deck seat. But that could change as Opening Day gets closer because of the Mets' dynamic pricing system, which is designed to alter the price of tickets in real-time to fall more in line with the current demand. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ ... -1.4932128

Farmer Ted Mar 29 2013 12:02 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

I actually enjoy standing in the Pepsi Porch area, leaning against the rail or grabbing a hi-top. No biggie unless it's very windy up there. $45, however, should come with a complimentary reach around.

Ceetar Mar 29 2013 12:26 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Farmer Ted wrote: I actually enjoy standing in the Pepsi Porch area, leaning against the rail or grabbing a hi-top. No biggie unless it's very windy up there. $45, however, should come with a complimentary reach around. or a summer afternoon because you melt. I like to stand above the RF scoreboard myself, just next to the entrance to the porch or the Excelsior level. I call it the Shea subway view.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 30 2013 12:26 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Injuries May Affect Ticket Sales of Openers By KEN BELSON Published: March 30, 2013 The local forecast on Monday calls for a high near 60 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. Not bad for fans heading to Yankee Stadium and Citi Field as the Yankees and the Mets open their seasons simultaneously in New York for the first time. But these are not, after all, the best of times for the Yankees or the Mets, something that is reflected in the market for tickets. The Yankees will take the field on Monday without the injured Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. The Mets will be without Johan Santana, who is probably out for the season with a torn shoulder capsule, and without any real expectations of competing for a playoff spot this season. The Yankees said through a spokesman Friday that they were expecting a sellout for Monday’s 1 p.m. opener against the Boston Red Sox. The Mets, through their spokesman, did not go that far, saying, “Ticket sales are tracking with last year’s pace for opening day, and we are optimistic for a sellout.” The Mets generally sell out on opening day, and they are trying to do it again despite the fact that they have not had a winning season since 2008. Ticket representatives have been calling fans in their database, trying to persuade them to come to the game — even if the fans can’t name anyone on the low-wattage San Diego Padres, the Mets’ opponent Monday at 1 p.m. The Mets have also sent e-mails offering fans a free ticket to a second game next week if they buy a ticket to opening day. “Opening day may be on April Fools’ Day this year, but we’ve got an offer that’s no joke,” the team said in one message. The Mets also took out newspaper ads this week to remind fans that both New York teams are opening at home on Monday, not just the more glamorous Yankees. Meanwhile, the average price of tickets being resold online for both games is dropping. The average ticket price for the Yankees-Red Sox game was $191.23 on Friday, a 21 percent decline from two weeks ago, according to TiqIQ, which tracks the resale market. The average ticket price for the Mets-Padres contest was $139.80, a 14 percent drop since mid-March. It is not unusual for ticket prices to decline as games approach because fans reselling their tickets often overprice them initially. Still, declines of more than 10 percent in the two weeks before a big game are infrequent, Jesse Lawrence, the founder of TiqIQ, said. “I would have to think that lower expectations on the field this year for both teams is definitely pushing opening day prices down lower than usual,” he said. According to FanSnap.com, more than 3,300 tickets were being resold online for the Mets game, including some for as little as $45, which is below face value. On Friday, the team said it would also sell a limited number of standing-room-only tickets to the opener for $45. Despite compiling another losing record last year, the Mets raised single-game ticket prices for nearly every seating category this season. The least expensive single-game ticket for opening day is $63, 75 percent more than a year ago. As for the Yankees, more than 4,000 opening day tickets were being offered for resale, including some as low as $65, according to FanSnap.com. In the off-season, the Yankees opted out of baseball’s deal with StubHub, the country’s largest ticket reseller, and instead chose to work with Ticketmaster. The Yankees have blamed StubHub for driving down prices and making it harder for the team to sell tickets. The Yankees, like the Mets, are also using e-mail. They have sent out messages advertising $5 tickets to midweek games against the low-profile Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/sport ... eners.html

Fman99 Apr 04 2013 08:04 PM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

Fboy and I officially have tickets for Saturday, 6/29 1 PM matinee vs. the Nats at Citi Field. (Fwife and Fgirl are staying home and hosting my sister in law's wedding shower). It's a Syracuse University alumni day -- there's a charter bus from the SU campus, so my son and I will be in transit all day but at least I won't have to spend 11 hours driving to see a game. I saw Soupcan posted the SU info on his FB page -- not sure if you're also planning on attending that day. We're sitting in the Big Apple reserved section in right center, Fboy will be excited to sit in fair territory and the (remote though it may be) possibility of catching a HR ball.

themetfairy Apr 05 2013 11:47 AM Re: Tickets Thread 2013

If anyone has one extra ticket for Saturday's game, PLMK. My plans for the weekend have crumbled, and I'm seriously considering taking myself to the matinee. Thanks.