Ticket Prices Soaring For MLB All-Star Game At Yankee Stadium

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SEATS STILL AVAILABLE: A review of ticket availability Thursday night on the primary market for Monday’s Home Run Derby showed large batches of available seats around Yankee Stadium, even in blocks of 20. The event was believed to have been long sold out, and most Yankees season-ticket holders were required to buy tickets for the entire slate of All-Star events if they wanted to attend any particular event. MLB VP/Business PR Matt Bourne said he was not aware of a new batch of Home Run Derby tickets being released to the public (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).

CITY SLICKERS: USA TODAY's Ortiz notes the Yankees next season at their new ballpark will charge up to $2,500 a seat per game, but the team claims that it is "trying to cater to all budgets." Yankees COO Lonn Trost said that about 24,500 seats in the park "won't incur a price increase going into next season" (USA TODAY, 7/11). Meanwhile, in N.Y., Phil Mushnick notes a Mets season ticket holder who paid $33,300 for season tickets this year at Shea Stadium will have to pay $56,700 for tickets next season at the team's new Citi Field if he wants to renew his seats. The fan said, "It's beyond absurd. They want $60,000 from me, yet, on short notice, they're going to keep switching afternoon games to Sunday nights (for ESPN money). Yeah, I'm going [to] head home from a Sunday baseball game after midnight. And pay $700 a game, just for the tickets" (N.Y. POST, 7/11).

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