Jets' PSL Sales For New Stadium Will Not Include Upper Bowl

FEELING THE ECONOMIC CRUNCH: In N.Y., Richard Sandomir in a front-page piece reports with the Mets, Yankees, Jets and NFL Giants planning to open three new stadiums within 17 months and 20 miles of each other, fans are facing "startling increases in ticket costs during a serious economic downturn." The teams are "confident market research supports the increases, but season-ticket holders say the price they are being asked to pay in the new stadiums ... is turning them into something other than fans." Two dozen N.Y.-area fans indicated that they are "starting to feel like unwitting bankers." Some fans "want to downgrade -- or else drop their tickets," while others "want to flip some of their [PSLs] for a profit -- after holding them for the required minimum of one year -- to pay for the remaining ones." Some are "seeking partners to shoulder the costs." But Giants co-Owner John Mara said, "It's impossible to build a stadium of this magnitude without public funding unless you do something significant with ticket prices or PSLs" (N.Y. TIMES, 8/26).

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