Menu
Franchises

Redskins To Increase Some Seat Prices By 40%; Mayor Won't Call Team By Name

Several Redskins fans with seats in the upper deck of FedExField have complained that their percentage increase in season-ticket prices for the '13 season "was much larger" than the 40% jump the team said would be the largest increase, according to Dan Steinberg of the WASHINGTON POST. The Redskins in '11 removed "thousands of 400-level seats to create party decks," forcing the team to relocate fans in that area "whose seats had been eliminated." Those ticket holders were "moving from the cheapest end zone seats in the stadium ... to more expensive seats in the corners or on the sidelines." The team "promised these plan holders that their prices would not be increased until the team raised prices on other seats." However, prices are now "being raised, so the grandfathered price freeze no longer applies." And many plan holders are "seeing their per-game per-ticket price increase from $48.40 to $75.90, an increase of 57 percent." Redskins Senior VP/Communications Tony Wyllie said that 806 accounts "are affected by the elimination of those grandfathered prices." Steinberg noted if the team is "bragging that prices haven’t increased in seven years ... then it sort of has to acknowledge that hundreds of fans are now facing a 57-percent price increase from one season to the next" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 2/7).

THE NAME GAME: The POST's Steinberg noted it seems "notable" that DC Mayor Vincent Gray "is evidently refusing to speak the name" of the Redskins. Gray during his State of the District address Tuesday called the "Nats by name," but did "not name the Redskins." Gray recently said the name "has become a lightning rod." Steinberg noted there are "relatively few cities represented by pro sports teams whose mayors refuse to speak their names" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 2/6). In DC, Courtland Milloy writes, "We don’t mean to offend anybody by using it." Redskins fans "will understandably fight to keep" the name, as that is what DC residents do. Milloy: "The Native Americans I know who live around here don’t go around complaining about the name. Here’s how they put it: We are happy for you when your team wins; we wish we could be happy with you. But for the name, they could" (WASHINGTON POST, 2/8). Meanwhile, NBC Sports Network’s Michelle Beadle said, “Redskins and politics: I feel like once a year we do talk about this, and it’s up again." NBC Sports Network’s Dave Briggs: “I don’t think a bunch of columnists at the Washington Post should be debating this story” (“The Crossover,” NBC Sports Network, 2/7).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 18, 2024

Sports Business Awards nominees unveiled; NWSL's historic opening weekend and takeaways from CFP deal

ESPN’s Jay Bilas, BTN’s Meghan McKeown, and a deep dive into AppleTV+’s The Dynasty

On this week’s Sports Media Podcast from the New York Post and Sports Business Journal, ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks all things NCAA. Big Ten Network’s Meghan McKeown shares her insight into the Caitlin Clark craze. The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn chats all things Bean Town. And SBJ’s Xavier Hunter drops in to share his findings on how the NWSL is making a social media push.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2013/02/08/Franchises/Redskins.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2013/02/08/Franchises/Redskins.aspx

CLOSE