- The Jets added a payment alternative that defers 50 percent of the total amount due until a training camp date is announced.
- The Panthers are requesting percent of the renewal price due up front and 90 percent due upon the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement.
- Buffalo adjusted payment terms so that half of the account balance isn't due until the league announces games will be played. Fans will then have two months to pay the remaining balance.
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| The view from an $83 dollar ticket (Note the empty seats). |
Lil' Jed is leading the charge by inexplicably increasing ticket prices for the second straight year. The 49ers are one of only two teams that are raising some prices while decreasing others (17 teams are keeping prices the same, nine are raising them and 4 are decreasing them). However, it should also be noted that, while the organization has gone to great lengths patting themselves on the back for decreasing some of these ticket prices, the AVERAGE price has increased six bucks to $83. And, as I've stated before, I'd like to see what seat location $83 gets you at Candlestick. I guarantee it won't be an "average" view, unless you bring binoculars or a telescope.
I would say it's not really a big deal. Pay now and then if games are cancelled receive a refund, or let that money count towards future games. I mean, if you're a season ticket holder and you choose not to let your tickets go you'll be paying the money one way or another.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's the big deal about average prices not being average views? I don't care if you have $179 seats, there's still no better view than sitting in front of a 55" TV right? Besides, even nose bleed seats still offer a fun stadium experience for many people. There are 40,000 seats in Candlestick that aren’t in the $129 or $179 price range, which means that more Dads who are in lower income brackets can still go to an occasional game with their kid without having to pay $360 for 2 seats.
Really what it comes down to is that some people just aren't happy unless they have something to bitch about.
Basically, until this team owns up to their shortcomings and failures, I'm going to continue calling them out on all of their BS.
ReplyDeleteIn Ninerland, everything is peachy, the games all sell out, the team has more than enough talent to win the NFC West, etc.
In reality, a child has taken over for his ineffective parents to run the family business, there are (and will be more) empty seats on gameday, and the team has proven time and time again that the majority of their player acquisitions have fallen far short of expectations.
The 49ers have their message, I have mine.