Franchise Notes
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| Jets Undecided On PSLs At New Stadium |
In N.Y., Clemente Lisi reports the Jets this week sent a survey to season-ticket holders "asking them if they would be interested in paying up to $30,000" for PSLs when the team moves into the new $1.3B Meadowlands stadium with the Giants in 2010. The Jets said that they have "not yet decided whether to institute PSLs." The survey shows that the most expensive package is for lower level seats, "where the Jets would charge $5,000 up front, then $5,000 a year for five years in PSL fees." Each season ticket in that section would cost $1,650 annually. The least expensive option at the new stadium is the upper level corner, where tickets cost "$200 down, $200 a year for five years and $1,000 a year for the ticket itself" (N.Y. POST, 6/26).
LIGHTNING: The GLOBE & MAIL's Eric Duhatschek, in a profile of the new Lightning ownership group, writes under the header, "Lightning Show Flashes Of Steinbrenner." There is a "Steinbrenner-ish quality to the way the Lightning conduct their business that comes mainly from two new larger-than-life owners, Oren Koules and Len Barrie, who seem to know just enough about hockey to be both fascinating and a little dangerous. ... Every day, there's something new from the Lightning" (GLOBE & MAIL, 6/26).
NATIONALS: In DC, Thom Loverro writes of the Nationals, "The decision-makers here never gave enough weight to the notion that [DC] is not a new baseball market. It was a wounded market that had been without the game for 33 years." While the Nationals Owner the Lerner family was "faced with a massive reconstruction project after [MLB] decimated the former Montreal Expos franchise, it didn't take immediate measures to heal the wounds first" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 6/26).
DODGERS: The Dodgers have surpassed three million tickets sold for this season, marking the 13th consecutive year the team has reached that total and a MLB record 23rd time overall (Dodgers).
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