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12-02-2006, 08:56 PM
Best seats at Yankee Stadium next year will cost one hundred fifty dollars each..(if you have a season ticket, other wise, 300-400 if you can get single seats.) ..............here is the story from the New York Daily News
Bomber shell - $150 tix
Yank prices're outta here
BY CARRIE MELAGO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Cheering on the highest-paid team in baseball just got pricier. Yankee Stadium's best seats will sell for $150 next season - a $40 hike from last year, the team said yesterday.
Fans, reeling from six years without a World Series win, gave the new prices a resounding Bronx cheer - saying only the millionaire players on the team's $200 million payroll could afford those prices.
"Wow, that's a steep increase," said Joe Bastone, 48, owner of the Yankee Tavern. "It's really getting tough."
The most expensive seats, costing between $115 and $150, are in the first four rows in the areas nearest to home plate and are sold as part of season-ticket plans.
In the unlikely event any of those seats are available for sale for individual games, they would be priced at $300 in advance and $400 on days of games.
In 2005, the Yankees charged $90 for all the so-called field championship seats.
The team switched to variable pricing in 2006, charging $95-$110, depending on row and location.
Box seats without waiter service will now cost fans from $35 to $73 when sold as part of full season-ticket plans, $37 to $78 as part of partial season-ticket plans, $40 to $83 when sold for individual games in advance and $42 to $88 on days of games.
Reserved seats run from $17 to $56 for full-season tickets, $18 to $61 for partial season tickets, $19 to $66 for advance purchase for individual games and $20 to $71 on days of games. Bleacher seats are $10 as part of season tickets, $12 when sold separately.
The prices for 44% of the park, more than 24,000 seats in the upper deck and bleachers, will be unchanged for the third straight year.
The team also said there are many discount programs, especially for the upper deck on Monday through Thursday nights and for many games in April, May and September.
"We are very grateful for the loyal fans that have supported us, and we want to make sure that a family visit to Yankee Stadium remains a viable and distinctly unique entertainment experience," said Lonn Trost, the Yankees chief operating officer.
Trost said increasing the cost of the premium seats "enables us to hold the prices on almost half of the stadium."
But Bastone wistfully recalled when working-class families from the neighborhood near Yankee Stadium could attend games together on a whim.
"Those people are gone," he said. "They can't even afford the concessions now.
Bomber shell - $150 tix
Yank prices're outta here
BY CARRIE MELAGO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Cheering on the highest-paid team in baseball just got pricier. Yankee Stadium's best seats will sell for $150 next season - a $40 hike from last year, the team said yesterday.
Fans, reeling from six years without a World Series win, gave the new prices a resounding Bronx cheer - saying only the millionaire players on the team's $200 million payroll could afford those prices.
"Wow, that's a steep increase," said Joe Bastone, 48, owner of the Yankee Tavern. "It's really getting tough."
The most expensive seats, costing between $115 and $150, are in the first four rows in the areas nearest to home plate and are sold as part of season-ticket plans.
In the unlikely event any of those seats are available for sale for individual games, they would be priced at $300 in advance and $400 on days of games.
In 2005, the Yankees charged $90 for all the so-called field championship seats.
The team switched to variable pricing in 2006, charging $95-$110, depending on row and location.
Box seats without waiter service will now cost fans from $35 to $73 when sold as part of full season-ticket plans, $37 to $78 as part of partial season-ticket plans, $40 to $83 when sold for individual games in advance and $42 to $88 on days of games.
Reserved seats run from $17 to $56 for full-season tickets, $18 to $61 for partial season tickets, $19 to $66 for advance purchase for individual games and $20 to $71 on days of games. Bleacher seats are $10 as part of season tickets, $12 when sold separately.
The prices for 44% of the park, more than 24,000 seats in the upper deck and bleachers, will be unchanged for the third straight year.
The team also said there are many discount programs, especially for the upper deck on Monday through Thursday nights and for many games in April, May and September.
"We are very grateful for the loyal fans that have supported us, and we want to make sure that a family visit to Yankee Stadium remains a viable and distinctly unique entertainment experience," said Lonn Trost, the Yankees chief operating officer.
Trost said increasing the cost of the premium seats "enables us to hold the prices on almost half of the stadium."
But Bastone wistfully recalled when working-class families from the neighborhood near Yankee Stadium could attend games together on a whim.
"Those people are gone," he said. "They can't even afford the concessions now.