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05-20-2009, 10:17 PM
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Who knew the highlight of the Yankees season and new stadium would be an exciting sweep of the Twins. The worst was Aroid hitting the walkoff, if it was Jeter it would be much easier to cope with. We lost every game but it sure was exciting to watch and pulled the Yanks out the mud, for the moment.....
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05-22-2009, 08:49 PM
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The Yankees have become very arrogant
As a diehard NY baseball fan it is sad what the Yankees have been doing. Fans have seen their season tickets for decent seats gone up at least 5 times from last years prices(many being season ticket holders for 20+ years) and charging $32 for parking. This is not to mention the $2600 per game ticket fiasco. The Yankees have become very arrogant to the average fan not letting down to the field level without a proper ticket during batting practice(this might change slightly because of public outcry). The latest disgrace as reported in todays Daily News is that Monday after the Twins game they refused to let John Gordon the longtime Twins anouncer on the team bus even though he had the proper credentials and he was escorted away by security and had to wait an hour to get on the bus. This is just one of the horror stories coming out of the new Yankee Stadium. Attendance is down almost 7 thousand a game. As nice as the new stadium is the refurbished original was just fine as the fans were right on top of the action and they drew over 4 million every season since Alex Rodriguez joined the Yankees. It is sad but it seems like the new ballpark was built to such ecess to cater to the wealthy at a cost of 1.3 Billion dollars. In this economy the Yankees excesses are backfiring. Arrogance will cost the Yankees in the long run as they drive the average fan away.
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05-22-2009, 10:50 PM
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George Will just wrote a great article on how Greed in a free market society eventually comes back to bite the Greedy, the whole time reading it I was thinking about the new Yankee stadium and BIN Ebay sellers. I really think the Red Sox are watching this and thinking very seriously about never tearing down Fenway. I still can't believe they tore down the house that Ruth built, that would be like Rome taking down the Colosseum it is just plain wrong. And for the new prices, it is shameful and a slap in the face to the average Yankee fan, and all baseball fans.
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05-23-2009, 04:55 AM
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Where do you pay $32 for parking, the yankee garages are only $19 which is the same at most stadiums i think.
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05-23-2009, 12:11 PM
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Yankee Stadium Parking
My mistake according to the $237 million bond to build Parking Lots by the Industrial Development Agency approximately 9000 spots will be built on what was neighborhood parkland and in the fine print in the contract the Yankees signed with the city the spots will be ready by 2010 and have to be priced at $29 not $32 and Valet parking will only be $40. The prices are fixed until 2014 when a regular spot will be a minimum of $35 and possibly more. I am sorry for the erroneous information as this year the price is only $19. I guess if you are paying $2600 a seat you can afford the valet parking.
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05-23-2009, 12:46 PM
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Ya keep hearing about the $2600 seat as if every seat will cost this amount.
This is just for the select seats by homeplate & the dugouts. Just like floor seats for the NBA games. I doub't its all that cheap to sit on the floor at a Lakers game next to Jack, yet no one complains about it. The Yankees have already sold 3.4 million seats at the new stadium, and will have to have near sellouts to draw the 4 million. Also the new stadium has less seats then the old one. So on some games like all against Boston they could easily sell more tix if they had the space. I've heard nothing but good things about the Stadium as Al pointed out and I'll see for myself when I go in a week & change w/ M. Sarno. We have great seats, and the cost was $50 per. Just a little shy of the $2600 that people love to refer to. By the way I've been to over 150 Yankee games from the original stadium to the refurbished one. And I've never sat by the dugout or directly behind home plate. So it doesn't matter to me if they are $500 or $10K a pop, It won't affect me at all. Last edited by Jay Wolt; 05-23-2009 at 12:48 PM.
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05-23-2009, 04:50 PM
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Yanks have another walk off.
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