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Xithras

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34. Only $1100? New Yorkers are cheap.

Reply to Human101948 (Original post)

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 01:55 PM

Oct 2015

I have no idea where they're getting the idea that these kinds of prices are some kind of "record". The average secondary market ticket price for the two San Francisco home games in the 2010 World Series was $1,701. In 2012, the average price for the SF home games was $1,256. They did dip to $973 in 2014...presumably because the novelty of the Giants fighting for a World Series title had worn off a bit. That wasn't the case on the Kansas City side of the 2014 series, because TiqIQ shows that the average price of tickets in the Royals home games eventually hit $1,614.

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Sports events tickets...where the billionaires really soak the middle class suckers... [View all] Human101948 Oct 2015 OP

Does "secondary market" refer to scalpers? cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #1

stub hub etc tk2kewl Oct 2015 #2

Yes, you have a point... Human101948 Oct 2015 #3

Look at the prices KC had for tickets sold first hand, though. HuckleB Oct 2015 #39

Makes me happy to live in san diego GummyBearz Oct 2015 #4

They have brats at Petco? KamaAina Oct 2015 #20

Yep :) GummyBearz Oct 2015 #24

Yes, SD is a surprisingly good beer town KamaAina Oct 2015 #27

Cool GummyBearz Oct 2015 #28

7-Eleven here wants 13 bucks for a four-pack! KamaAina Oct 2015 #29

I went to Lost Abbey (and Stone) in Escondido Dorian Gray Oct 2015 #31

If you like those... Initech Oct 2015 #40

I doubt the billionaires are scalping tickets Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #5

Probably the wrong article to make my point... Human101948 Oct 2015 #6

The reason scalping works... jberryhill Oct 2015 #9

Or perhaps there is another reason why demand is so high? Human101948 Oct 2015 #13

I've never seen a cheer leader at a MLB game. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #23

"secondary market prices" jberryhill Oct 2015 #7

See my comment #6 Human101948 Oct 2015 #8

Point 6 is wrong Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #17

You mean to tell me tickets are expensive Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #10

Ha! alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #12

First world problems. It's sad that pro sports are the only form of entertainment. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #11

More than enough, if you ask me KamaAina Oct 2015 #21

I find it unlikely that billionaires are selling their tickets on Stubhub. Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #14

Much like concert tickets... LanternWaste Oct 2015 #15

Would it make you feel better having a 0.1% chance of getting tickets... brooklynite Oct 2015 #16

I'm confused. OP thinks that billionaires bought a bunch of tickets and are selling them online? DesMoinesDem Oct 2015 #18

You're reading comprehension is poor... Human101948 Oct 2015 #19

Well, it would have been KamaAina Oct 2015 #22

Are you FUCKING kidding me? tkmorris Oct 2015 #25

Thank you for straightening me out on that one... Human101948 Oct 2015 #26

You want "carefully considered criticism"? Earn it tkmorris Oct 2015 #32

Thank you for pointing that out... Human101948 Oct 2015 #38

I looked to get tickets Dorian Gray Oct 2015 #30

As a kid my parents paid 75 cents for me to see a Dodgers game... hunter Oct 2015 #33

Only $1100? New Yorkers are cheap. Xithras Oct 2015 #34

mr oliver explains it so well DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #36

Really hard to build up any outrage on this topic FLPanhandle Oct 2015 #35

it is when DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #37

That I agree with FLPanhandle Oct 2015 #41