Marlins selling Halladay Perfect Game tickets

[D. Bergin]

Says in the article it's the actual unused tickets.

I guess the sad thing about this is that a team who has won two World Series in fairly recent history, gets Montreal Expos type attendance numbers.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Says in the article it's the actual unused tickets.

I guess the sad thing about this is that a team who has won two World Series in fairly recent history, gets Montreal Expos type attendance numbers.

Or perhaps even 1960s Chicago Cubs attendance figures. For example, 1962, the Cubs only drew 609,802, averaging 7,528. And if I recall correctly, they had one game in 1965 with under 800 fans attending.

Times can certainly change for a franchise, as I recall the Expos hitting 2 million plus in 1979-82 when I was in Montreal. When the Olympic Stadium was full, it was deafening. When it was empty, it was the worst stadium in baseball (well, maybe the Kingdome was close)

Max

[Gary Dunaier]

I bought one of the "tickets," more out of curiosity than anything else. Doubt anyone else here at the Net 54 will, so for those of you who might be curious here's what the final product looks like...


(Barcode digitally removed from image for security purposes.)

I knew ahead of time that the ticket would be printed on generic Ticketmaster stock, and that it would have a printing date indicating that it was printed after the fact.

[mcgwirecom]

See in the lower left corner it has the date code that shows it was purchased on June 10th after the actual date of the game. thats why most collectors won't touch them.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

See in the lower left corner it has the date code that shows it was purchased on June 10th after the actual date of the game. thats why most collectors won't touch them.

That was my thought. Why would anyone buy these?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

See in the lower left corner it has the date code that shows it was purchased on June 10th after the actual date of the game. thats why most collectors won't touch them.

I'm just restating the obvious. Why collect manufactured memoribilia when so many "real" season tickets are still available? When you attempt to resell the tickets printed after the fact, there is no market for them. IMHO

[mr2686]

So, just so I'm clear...on the example ticket on the previous page, is the printing date A10Jun0 meaning June 10th 2010? I've seen some tickets with a similar type code and some with no code. If no code like this, can you tell when it was printed? Thanks

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

So, just so I'm clear...on the example ticket on the previous page, is the printing date A10Jun0 meaning June 10th 2010? I've seen some tickets with a similar type code and some with no code. If no code like this, can you tell when it was printed? Thanks

Hi Mike,
Yes, you understand correctly.
If no code, there is no way to know when they were printed. Usually box office "ticketmaster" type tickets have this printing date code. Buying the nicer alternative "season ticket" style stock immediately after the event occured is a better option. Not only are these more attractive, but all of these season tickets were issued BEFORE the season began.
I hope this helps...