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The Mets recently sent out the following e-mail to Season Ticket, Combo and Weekday Plan Holders:
“We have received a number of inquiries regarding the dismantling of Shea following the 2008 season and access to purchase memorabilia from Shea. We are pleased to advise that the Mets - in partnership with the City of New York which owns and operates Shea Stadium - are offering you the first opportunity to purchase a pair of YOUR seats from Shea Stadium.
“The cost of the pairs of seats is $869 during this limited-time, exclusive offer.
“Proceeds from the Mets’ share of net revenues generated through the sale of seat pairs will be donated to the Mets Foundation, which will distribute the funds to various charities.”
…i assume the established price is a combination of the numbers 86 and 69, as in 1986 and 1969, the two seasons during which the Mets won a World Series…very clever…
…i do not own any sort of season ticket plan, so i do not have an opinion on whether this is a good price, bad price, whether it’s fair, etc., and so i am curious to see what the response is like among people who do and who wanted to own an actual seat as memorabilia…
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$434.5 per seat. That’s fine.
Ofcourse they could have also said that it’s $86.69 per seat or would that be too low?
$869 for two broken, sh*tty seats? That’s almost as bad as $9 Bud Lights.
What a joke this organization is becoming.
Are they joking with this?
It doesn’t go into their pockets. Why the attitude? It’s nice that it’s available for those who want it, and the money goes to charity.
Wouldn’t this be a considered a tax write off?
The portion that is donated would be deductible IF you itemize your deductions. Since like 94% of Americans didn’t itemize in 2006 (2007 numbers aren’t out yet), the answer will be, as short as possible, no.
Plus, $869 is insane. How about $50/seat? They’ll be paying $ to dump them otherwise. Absurd!
Thanks iamatwork…Either way, it’s not worth it. I do understand the money will go to charity. In some parts that money doesn’t cover rent. Let alone an old worn out seat from Shea!
I agree with you. Plus, you know, GREAT HAIR!
“The portion that is donated would be deductible IF you itemize your deductions. Since like 94% of Americans didn’t itemize in 2006 (2007 numbers aren’t out yet), the answer will be, as short as possible, no.”
You should just stop after the first sentence. The question was whether it would be considered a tax write off - to which the answer is “yes”. It’s a considerable enough amount to claim separately on the return (unless you’re making a ton of money). Whether the person is smart enough to claim it is a whole other story…
I was really hoping to buy a seat, but I don’t think I can justify spending $400+ for a single seat
I guess this means I can’t bring my ratchet set to final game at Shea. Darn.
I would say the $869 price is a combination of “ridiculous” and “absurd”.
agreed, however, i wonder how many lunatics are actually buying these up
Well is is cheaper than the cost of a family of four to go to a game at Citifield next year.
ok now that people are able to buy tickets, you should probably eat crow.
My tickets were CHEAPER for next year than this year and i’m closer..
so please, lets stop with that crap
When field level tickets start at $125, when the current field level, first base-side tickets (for Saturdays) that my dad and I have are like $80, how exactly are you getting off cheaper?
I just got a call and paid for Promenade seats , closer to home plate, row 5 and i’m paying about $5 less per ticket. And no offense bro, but I somehow don’t believe your current tickets are $80
Agreed. I have a pair in Mezz Reserved and were offered promenade reserved for $25 per ticket - much cheaper than my average ticket this year.
Also - I am definitely buying the seats.
Lastly - is anyone interested in splitting my seasons with me next year? I can’t swing the whole lot - we will split playoff games also.
john . bluemke @gmail .com
Right, mrose, because I have a reason to lie here about the price I pay for tickets.
The prices at the new stadium remain overall disgusting despite keeping some upper deck seats around 2007 levels so it looks like they are making seats “cheaper” to get the Met apologists on their side.
That is of course after huge price increases after 2006 and 2007. So “cheaper” is a dupe to begin with.
Of course if you don’t buy season tickets or a package you won’t have access to those “cheaper” upper deck seats since 500 thousand people will be going for them as they are the only reasonably priced tickets. ($75 minimum per seat to sit anywhere else)
For seasons, 4 box seats have gone from 17k in 2006, to 20k in 2007, to 24k in 2008, to 57k in the new stadium. Loge box seats have gone from 9k to 11k to 13k to 28k in the new stadium.
It’s disgusting.
well, one “met apologist” could argue that people who need to spend that kind of money on field level even in past years are ticket snobs. I’ve always been more than comfy in the upper deck, obviously I jump at a chance to sit field level from time to time, but why not take a look at prices around baseball, specifically new stadiums and their increases over time before you single out the mets as being disgusting. How about , mlb being successful being disgusting? or a business being a business being disgusting.
And Andrew, see, I prefaced my comments with “no offense”, but apparently you’d still like to get your panties in a bunch. That is simply my opinion
so basically the argument is everyone else is disgusting so don’t single out the poor mets, despite there being available reasonably priced tickets in every new stadium except this one and the new dump in the bronx.
btw, this business won’t remain successful if it prices out too many of its supporters. i am sure i am not alone that after going to 10-15 games a year at shea i have no desire to pay the prices to go to this new stadium. and that’s just ticket prices…i can only imagine what parking and concessions will cost.
and mrose, the middle field box seats are 80 per. outer field and loge boxes are 54. don’t know why that is so hard to believe or you would have an “opinion” on that when you can simply look on the mets site and check it out.
the ticket price increases from 80 to 125 and from 54 -80 for field level are ridiculous. and so is 869 for 2 seats. only way i’ll plunk down the money for them is if somehow i can be confident i can resell them for a profit and start paying down my bill for next year.
I’m not offended, mrose, despite the fact that you’re trying to offend me (panties in a bunch, eh?).
But here’s a ticket from this year:
Mets vs. Cardinals, game 52. July 26. A gold game, according to my schedule. Field box 235, section C, seat 5. $89.
So, you know, extrapolate down for the bronze, silver and value-priced games. I believe they go down as far as $72 for the bronze, but I don’t know about the value because no Saturday games are ever value-priced.
I’m not shelling out anymore money than I have to. I’m a huge Mets fan but I don’t want Shea seats even if they were around $50. The economy is bad enough with everything on the rise, so buying this stuff just makes it unnecessary. Now if they were offering these seats which would pay bills that might be another story. lol
I love the scoff thinly veiled in a semi-plausible conjecture.
This.
how bout $86.69 that works MUCH better or $69.86
I have the Shea Goodbye seven-pack this year and I didn’t get an E-mail about seats.
you have to be a full season ticket holder…and those of you that are complaining about the price…remember that the proceeds are going to charity!
If I wanted to donate a thousand bucks to charity, I’d feel a lot better choosing my own charity, thank you very much.
But then you wouldn’t get a broken, beer stained seat!
yes, a broken, beer stained seat that would otherwise find its way to a landfill….
“If I wanted to donate a thousand bucks to charity, I’d feel a lot better choosing my own charity, thank you very much.”
That’s a BIG if!