Because the NYC metro area has 5x more people and it’s also a center of wealth in the northeast.

The worst part though, was were went from paying $12 dollars in the yankee owned parking deck up to 14, 19, and then $36 for the new stadium, same parking deck, new stadium…. They also jacked the prices of all the concessions, to pay for a stadium, that they really didn’t need. All the ghosts went w/ that place, there was an aliveness to it. When I used to walk in, I’d always slide my hand against the walls, imagining the thousands of fans who witnessed history in those hallowed halls. Now it’s just a big limestone monument to capitalism. That’s the Yankees problem.

I make a lot more money now, then I did back then, and it’s not even worth the hassle, of the NJTP, and George Washington Bridge, then paying thru the nose to park there, or at one of the many sketchy parking lots down 161st. And forget about parking during the playoffs, they charge crazy prices depending how close til game time. I’ve seen $75-90 being charged. I’ve seen the fine Bronx folk charge people 50 bucks to park on the sidewalk, and all these fans come out to $200 parking violations.

It’s not worth it anymore. Esp not with these Yankees. That place used to vibrate from the moment after the National Anthem til the last out during the playoffs, now in the 8th inning I don’t ever hear a “Lets go Yankees” chant. Sad really. But the suits brought this upon us.

Now thats not to say that I don’t think they should cut prices, their ridiculous stadium was built using public funds and as such tickets should still be affordable for common residents of NYC while still leaving room for the Yankees to make profit.

The problem with the empty seats is more a PR problem than a Business problem, the Yankees get bad PR when people see on TV that there are empty seats for a playoff game, but from a business perspective it’s not always worth it to sell out if you can get more money for the tickets in the first place, especially when season ticket holders are essentially locked in to buying the tickets.

Game 4 at Yankee Stadium had 10 people behind home plate to start the first inning, and one of them was in orange.

2) When I go into my Yankees account online and choose to sell the tickets I am forwarded directly to Stubhub. Furthermore whn I list the tickets for sale my season tickets are temporarily invalidated until I either sell the seats or withdraw them from sale. MLB is directly in bed with Stubhub.

The key is apparently supply and demand. What a concept! When the economy was stronger I used to make money on the Yankees tickets I sold on Stubhub. This year I lost.

In a strong economy it’s probably better to get the seats from the team if they are available. If the economy (or strength of opposition, or A-Rod’s OPS is low) is weak it’s better to detal with Stubhub.

That is called hypocrisy.

There’s about 24 seats in a row, and in our row, there had to be maybe 10 people max. Never seen it like this before.

Same thing is happening at the Meadowlands with the Jets/Giants.

It’s not really an exercise in circular logic, there’s a solution there if you really want to find it. I bet if you give this to any Econ 101 student they can solve the problem for you.

This, from a humble outside opinion, is much more representative of the culture they created with the new stadium. That section behind homeplate (I hardly see them being embarrassed about seats empty out of camera shot) is like one big country club for the wealthy, and that’s how they marketed it as too. I recall seeing blog postings where the marketing pitches those potential seat buyers centered around being waited on & with access to foods & beverages not available to the rest of the stadium & how there would be a barrier between them & other fans. So since THAT section is their biggest issue I have bad news for them, those seats are sold. Just the people who bought them only did so because they could & not because they actually gave a crap about going to the games.

How does “Montreal Yankees” sound?