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In an article for Bloomberg.com, Danielle Sessa notes that the Mets have sold out the luxury suites in Citi Field for as much as $500,000 a year.
Sessa writes:
“Mets season-ticket holders also are renewing at “extremely high” rates — even with price increases. The Mets began selling their 49 suites, with prices starting at $250,000 a year, in early 2007 and sold more than half by this spring”
…so why were suites highlighted on the citi field walking tour i took last month at shea…doubtful i’ll ever see the inside of one anyways unless i’m a guest…
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Where is Hubie on this one? Out picking up pieces of sky?
Haha, I was about to post something about Hubie. What a hack.
I was about to post this too, and thanks for beating me to it….I hope Hubie isn’t an economics or history teacher…..
LOL agreed re: Hubie.
What I cannot believe is that nobody noticed that the author of the Bloomberg piece is Danielle Sessa – i.e. Danny Sessa – the female version of everybody’s favorite union carpenter!!
You guys are morons. These purchases were all made in August before the crisis hit. I made my deposit in mid-August. I should know better to post things here that require some thought b/c most of you are a bunch of zeroes.
Lastly, my posts were all about the future giving out 4 and 5 year contracts, but then again, its a little difficult for you to comprehend.
Obviously some of you have short-term memory problems so here is the backbone of what I have been posting:
“While 2009 may not be affected as many people have already committed to buying tickets, if this is a long-term recession, corporations will be cutting back on those multi million $$ luxury box purchases.
The Wilpons would be foolish business men to fork over 5 year contracts at this time.”
Too Bad i can’t get any season ticket with tickets costing more.But i just hope this tickets are being bought by real fans not some wall street guy
should add a disclaimer that NOT ALL Season tickets went up…
Yep. I was in the upper reserve last year and paid 18 a ticket and now i’m paying 25 a ticket. Not a bad increase at all…Because there are only 3 levels at Citi, some people in the Mezz this year are being moved to the Promenade (Upper Section) next year and are paying less than they did this year. It seems like the only really big increases are for the field level and suites.
I had Upper Boxes in 2008 at a price of around $30 or so per game… Next season, Promenade Reserve IF for $25 per game… And if you take Promenade Reserve OF, it’s just $19 (average)…
Has anyone heard if they are offering Sat plans any longer- postings here indicate season tix but i haven’t heard if Sat or Sun plans are still being offered. I am a current Sat plan-just curious
You will hear soon but likely there will be no ‘Saturday Plan’ as it was in the past… Possibly something more like a 40 game, 20 game, 10 game plan, etc…
I don’t think Mets season tickets are the biggest concerns that “Wall Street Guys” have right now.
Right, Joe Smith. Because there are no Mets fans on Wall Street. All Mets fans are stoner losers who live at their Mom’s house, don’t have the confidence to kick it to the hot bartender at the crap bar they go to but over tip her constantly, eat cold pizza, wear dirty clothes and complain about he rapidly changing world. Get off if.
Check out stub hub prices – WOW !!!!!!
I don’t want to hear anything about not having money in the budget for free agent…hello CC
Tell him we got a Shake Shack in the new stadium. That should arouse his interest.
The Wilpons got all they wanted out of it. Luxury boxes sold, and the lemmings re-upping their season tickets.
Winning? Eh, it’s always been optional for this franchise.
Is that why they gave all that money to Johan? Because winning is optional?
Not that I’m disagreeing but there were a couple articles written around the time of the Johan trade about the financial aspect explaining how the revenue increase from bringing in Johan would more than pay for his contract. I’ll see if I can find of them.
Here’s an article just add http and what not.
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ApGw4.8ITCIJZAHbCJ3D2QQRvLYF?slug=ys-gennarosantanafinal011808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
“Santana’s potential revenue value to the Mets would average an estimated $40 million per year and would exceed his cost by about $100 million over six years,”
Lemmings? they didnt win so we shouldnt remain fans? or we should just all watch from home? i dont understand
What don’t you understand? Obviously the ONLY variable between winning and losing is how bad ownership really WANTS it.
I’m pretty sure you’re being sarcastic but just in case you aren’t I’d like to site Mr. Al Davis as an example of when ownership desperate to win goes terribly wrong.
If the Wilpons wanted to really win, they wouldn’t have hired the seccession of incompetent or mediocre GMs we’ve seen, including the current one.
guess the bailout has absolutely nothing to do with selling luxury boxes like all but 1 poster on this site thought.
Zeile, deposits on these boxes were due in August before the crisis hit. We’ll see where this goes as the total fallout from the crisis has not even been seen yet
Guys the more I think about it the more I realize that the best help for this pen is to finally get 5 real starters. Ones that can ALL approach 200 innings.
Go get Lowe AND Garland.
Do the rest with trades and cheap bullpen guys like Cruz, Everday Eddie, Tallant, Gregg, Ohman, Oliver, etc.
Trade for a closer in Ryan, Street, or Sherrill.
The two work hand in hand. If you have horses in your starting rotation … the bullpen has less work to do. Definitely.
I just got to looking back on 2007 and 2008. We just did not get enough innings from our rotation.
Perez and Maine killed us. Neither averaged getting out of the 6th inning. Perez did not even pitch more than 7 2/3 all season. These high pitch count low inning guys are terrible for the pen. Think about 2007. Our bullpen was doing fine and then our starters fell apart. If you are having to pitch 4 innings a night it won’t last. Especially considering the lack of a longman to pick up those innings.
You are right.
In 2007 the starting rotation killed the bullpen. And they were toast by Sept. And the fact the Sele and Scho were terrible from day one causing Willie to cut the bullpen to 4 guys.
In 2008 the rotation did better but the bullpen just plain stunk all year.
I believe we had the third most innings from our starters out of every NL team. Only the Brewers and the D-backs got more innings from their starters.
Having Johan helped out that tremendously. Perez, Pedro and Maine all averaged under 6 innings each. Just as CC’s 200000 innings in the 2nd half did the Brewers. You could also say that those 3 pitchers contributed to Pelfrey being burnt out too early. They had to pitch him long innings because the bullpen was spent.
i think trs86 makes a good point but i think its kind of a little of both. We definitely need more starters who can go deep i think lowe would be an excellent edition and i think ive said his name in every post since the last game of the season. Maine desperately needs an out pitch to generate some swing and misses in 2 strike counts but with rehab he prob wont be able to work on one. Either way you still need something in the pen when the starters leave after the 7th (ideally) like blains said in 08 the bullpen stunk all year, i mean it stunk in april and may when fatigue should NOT be a factor.
True, the pen was never good this season. I just think we were forced to rely on it more than we should have been. Many of us wanted to spend the extra money on a guy like Loshe to be the 5th starter because we knew that Elduque would break down and some how sometime it would be at the same time as Pedro.
I just think we have to do 2 things. Get those specialist out of the pen. No need to have more than 2 of them. Smith and a LOOGY are all you need. The rest of the guys need low WHIP and the ability to get both sides out. Guys like Tallant from the Jays who they will most likely let go. Juan Cruz, Everday Eddie, Darren Oliver, Latroy Hawkins…..
I would sign up for Lowe and Garland right now.
Garland’s peripherals and not great but he pitches 200+ every year and would be a #5 with the Mets.
Exactly he would be our Blanton without giving up prospects.
is garland a type A? if he is then lowe and garland would complete our allowed quota. frankly i think id be ok with that bc we could solve the closer role through trading. I think if you told me to chose between krod and a starter or garland and lowe id take the 2 starters that would make our 1-5 without question the best in the NL and possibly all of the MLB.
wait scratch that bc we wouldnt resign ollie. my mistake we’d actually be allowed to still go after krod. i doubt that would happen but just cleaning up my error.
Garland is a type B. That is why I like the idea of signing him.
Well then I’d say def sign him as a #5.
Some of us ‘lemmings’ who have renewed Season Tickets are actually paying less in 2009, in a brand new ballpark, than we did in 2008…
In other baseball related news, anyone read about how after the cubs got swept in dodger stadium, a cub player broke a sink pipe and flooded the dugout after the game.The cub gm said they’ll pay for the repairs but nobody has yet confessed to breaking the pipe.
link?
it’s in yahoo sports
What about trading for Roberts and Sherril from the O’s? It would be a clas$ic win now move but they both should be available and fill needs we have.
I’d rather see the Mets get more creative, and supplement the stars they have with a stronger supporting cast then think new stars are the answer. That having been said… they do need one more player with offensive pop in the line up, and I don’t know if B.Roberts is that guy, good as he is.
yeah, who needs a 2B who hits .300, with 50 2Bs and 40SBs — Roberts can’t help us…
You left off his .400 OBP. ;)
Yeah, because stars at every position is totally the way to go. Do you know anything? You need a strong supporting cast in baseball or you will not win. Let’s give up more youth and depth to get a positional star. Look, Roberts is great, but the Mets really need a slugger, and there’s only so many stars you can gather. All-Stars across the diamond hasn’t helped the Yankees crack the first round of the playoffs lately. The last time they were a champion team was the end of the Torre dynasty, when that roster was populated by all-star role players, not superstars. You know, kind of like the current Red Sox.
Sherrill could be a fine pickup, and he could be an outstanding 8th inning guy if we get someone else to close.
Many guys the Mariners trade away do very well elsewhere….Sherrill, Lowe, Varitek, Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson, Mike Hampton, and the list goes on…they have an amazing farm system and a strange habit of trading guys away for clowns ranging from Russ Davis to Heathcliff Slocumb to Erik Bedard (good thing Omar didn’t overpay for that numbskull).
The Mariners actually traded Lowe and Varitek as prospects for Slocumb. Is that unreal or what.
Did anyone actually watch Sherrill pitch? He was horrible this year. He would have fit right in with our pen – couldn’t get lefties OR righties out and had a WHIP of 1.5.
Stay FAR away.
True, he really faded in the 2nd half. He is cheap however and has closing experience. I would not give up anything of real value for him.
i would definitely look into trading for him and only him from the Os unless they wanted to throw millar in as a salary dump to be on our bench. but he cant be relied on as the closer. hes definitely an upgrade over schoe as far as lefties go and frankly ive seen enough of feliciano as well.
I think Millar is a FA right?
I would still love to have Roberts. The guy has close to a .400 OBP.
joe six pack cant get into citifield :(
Completely untrue…
tongue in cheek
Re: “Joe Six Pack” – So Sarah Palin things the average American man has killer abs? Or has a killer drinking problem?
If he’s a Met fan, after the past 2 years, he definitely has a drinking problem.
Give me Holliday, Clint Barmes and Ryan Spilborghs for Church, Heilman, Evans and Fmart. That would satisfy me.
Then go out and sign whoever you want for the pen and trade Delgado for a #5 starter.
Reyes, Spils, Beltran, Holliday, Wright, Murphy, Barmes, Schnider/Castro.
That’s a lineup shakeup.
i still say sign the available pitchers, let ollie walk and just work on getting a LF who can play every day and possibly a 2nd basemen if murphy cant hack it or fizzles. As frustrating as the lineup was down the stretch I dont think offense is the problem. we just need to avoid the patch work lineups.
Three of those players would get you Holliday alone, as long as you absolutely included F-Mart. But I don’t know about the Rockies doing that deal. The one thing that doesn’t kill it completely is Holliday’s impending free agency. Still… it reads a little one-sided.
True, I would think that they would see Church as a guy that could really help the void left by Holliday. Church can cover a lot of ground in the OF and I am sure increase his offensive numbers as well.
Barmes does not really have a position for them and is not young.
Spillboroghs? I would trade for him alone. He would be a great addition to our lineup. If we could get just him for LF and keep Church so be it. He would make a great platoon guy for Murphy in LF as well.
What do you think it would take to just get Holliday? Fmart and Kunz? Fmart and Evans? Niese and someone else? Include a third lower tier prospect?
I’d being willing to trade Fmart for him and I’m one of Fmart’s fans.
But only do that deal if you can sign him to an extension- I don’t wanna trade Fmart for a 1 year rental.
I still think you could get him for Church, Heilman and a prospect.
If you want to keep Church then Fmart and Heilman should be enough.
I’m not sure you could get him for Church, Heilman and FMart. All three did not have good years, and Holliday is one of the statistically best hitters in baseball over the past three seasons. Also, doesn’t Holliday hit much better at Coors than anywhere else?
Barmes hit .249 on the road (.281 OBP), with only 3 HRs.
And over the past 4 years, Holliday has much much lower #s on the road (.296, 11, 37 per year) than at Coors (.361, 20, 70 per year).
hmmm those suites must bring in about $20 million a year… maybe they can buy us Sabbathia??
outrageous