Gothamist: Making The Call: PSL's, A Necessary Evil

glennQNYC

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:47:34 -0500

The supply/demand equation is in full effect... Over the weekend, I read the Giants have well over 100,000 people on the season pass waiting list! The part of the story that really made me laugh was Mara's answer for middle-class season ticket holders who may not be able to pony-up the $20k tab for their "choice" seats... Mara suggested they may want to move their seats to a part of the stadium they could afford. LOL!

whitecastlerock

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:08:27 -0500

The Giants and the Jets are building a new stadium that will cost somewhere around $1.6 billion. Who told them to build it? They play in a perfectly good stadium that has been around for 31 years. Considering the fact that is is dormant for 7 months out of the year, why does it need to be torn down and rebuilt? bornbrednewyorker summed it up best, it is all about greed. To the owners of both teams shove the psl money up your collective asses. I would rather watch Arena Football, and not freeze my ass off, while spending thousands of dollars to watch the shitty new York Jets play...

Ph

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:22:45 -0500

Yeah, but at the same time, that stadium did not need to be replaced. This wasn't the Vet we were talking about or the old Dog Pound.

kidicarus

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:26:55 -0500

Steven hit the nail on the head. Supply/demand. 162 games vs 16.

bornbrednewyorker

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:53:38 -0500

A necessary evil?? How about this, Giants Stadium is a structurally sound perfectly fine stadium to play in. A new stadium was not needed. This is about greed, like everything else these days.

Steven

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:44:31 -0500

Also unlike baseball there are are 8 home games only for the team. Meaning 16 home for both the Giants and Jets compared to 162 home games for the Yankees and Mets.

dr zippy

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:45:30 -0500

Baseball teams have always used promotions to fill seats. That's what cap day, and bat day, and bobblehead day are all about. The PSLs are a sign that demand far exceed supply. New York needs another team or two! Too bad the NFL is a monopoly.

Peter

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:31:54 -0500

Even as football teams nationwide impose PSL's, some baseball teams have to resort to promotions to fill seats. The NFL seems to be much more immune to economic downturns than is MLB, though of course baseball teams have far more seats to fill each season.

Splicer

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:17:48 -0500

They'll do it as long as there are people willing to pay it and morons willing to support "their" team regardless of the insult. The reality is that the wealthy have a loyalty to whatever is trendy or perceived as such. If you price a stadium seat beyond the reach of the unwashed masses then they immediately get noticed by the rich and snatched. To them it's worth it for the chance to be seen and to not have to sit next to "regular" people. Pop a thousand dollar price tag on a bottle of garbage champagne and it doesn't matter that it was fermented inside of a baboon's rectum. The rich would be funny if they weren't also such disgraces as human beings.

Snoopy

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:54:46 -0500

Fools and their money are quickly parted.