June 26, 2008
Jets Considering Seat Licenses of Up to $30,000
Don’t look now Jets’ fans, but it sounds like seats at the new stadium are going to cost more- a lot more. In a survey sent to season ticket holders last week, the Jets asked fans if they would be “interested” in paying prices between $1,200 and $30,000 in order to guarantee their seats. The holder of the seat license could then sell that license at a future date for a possible profit. Sounds like another way to bilk money out of fans and it left us wondering...for that kind of money, will you still be able to act like a drunken idiot?
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On the one-hand it's a ripoff. On the other, if your personal seat license is something you own and can sell to others, then it's a good investment.
However, it pretty much guarantees that the average Tom, Dick and Harry won't be going to too many games. There are already enough corporate douchebags at Giants Stadium now.
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So this will become the new hot commodity? Akin to those Taxi Medallions?
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Well you need to consider how good the team is the better the team plays the better ROI. But Since they are the Jets your would more then just break even at best.
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Just wait for the lawsuits to pile up in two decades when they go to replace the new stadium. Either they invalidate the licenses (which devalues them leading to lawsuits) or they allow a transfer to the new stadium, in which case only some seats are devalued (and only a few people sue them).