Is this the most amusing sports story in years, or what?
It seems that the pricey seats in New Yankee Stadium are apparently a huge flop. The seats – which cost between $500-$2,500 per ticket, per game – are going largely unfilled in these tough economic times, and (here’s the best part) people can see it for themselves with every televised Yankees home game. In baseball parks, the most expensive seats are those right behind home plate, and these are the ones that aren’t being filled. And so, with every pitch, TV viewers are treated to the site of a nearly empty area behind home plate.
The Yankees call their elite seating section the “Legends Suite”, and the Associated Press noted that on a recent Tuesday, only 64 of the 146 highest-priced seats were filled, while the next day only 37 were filled. The AP also reports slumping prices at stubhub.com, where many Legends Suite tickets are going for a 50% (or more) discount over face value.
This is so funny! The only funnier headline I could imagine is “Nuclear Bomb Levels Yankee Stadium”!
Read more about it here.