Seattle Mariners are raising their ticket prices for the 2008 season. What the hell?
* They turned a tidy profit in 2007
* They signed a new cable contract with Fox Sports that gives them an EXTRA $12 million per year
* They missed the playoffs for the 4th year in a row
* They are making no progress in improving the team in the offseason (other than unloading that steroid lovin' outfielder...)
So in spite of all this, which argues for there not being a valid reason to raise ticket prices, they are doing just that. Some of them by as much as $14 a game!
In 2000, the first full year Safeco Field was in operation, a lower box seat cost $32, so in the case of lower box seats at least, the ticket price has essentially doubled in eight seasons.
The team thinks that the fans should be shouldering some of the cost of improving the team, using that as justification to increase the ticket prices. I say, improve the team and put a winning product on the field, and we the fans will come out in droves, no matter what the cost, to support them!
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