The Orioles last season advanced to the ALCS for the first time since '97, and the windfall from that playoff push "is evidenced by the club's recent announcement that not all multiple-game plan holders are guaranteed seats for Opening Day," according to Jeff Barker of the Baltimore SUN. Orioles VP/Communications & Marketing Greg Bader said, "This is the first year that we are unable to guarantee all 13-game plan members Opening Day tickets, and it is entirely due to the number of season plan holders increasing for 2015." The team's success "heightened interest in its 81-game and 29-game ticket packages, though Bader declined to provide specific numbers on sales." He said that the most senior 13-game plan buyers -- "those who have held their tickets for at least three full seasons -- 'should also certainly have the ability to get Opening Day tickets.'" Barker noted the remaining 13-game ticket holders "can take their chances in an online sale March 19." Last year's average attendance of 30,806, which ranked middle of the pack of major-league clubs, "marked the first time Camden Yards had averaged more than 30,000" since '05. Seeking to "capitalize on its postseason success, the club originally offered new 20-game and 40-game plans last fall." But the club this year decided to "scrap the new plans, saying it contacted fans who committed to the new options to ask how they wanted to proceed" (Baltimore SUN, 3/12).
