A Less Than Respectable Turnout

Dad --

It was another waaaaay too close one between the Sox and the Evil Empire last night. Papelbon somehow managed to hold on to the save after loading the bases in the bottom of the 9th, but it was more of a nail biter than it should have been.

What really amazed me though, was how empty the new Yankees stadium was. This was the first time our Sox were playing in the new stadium and if there's one thing you could always depend on it was a sold out game. It never seemed to matter if the two teams were facing each other at Fenway or at Yankee Stadium, it was always Standing Room Only. Well not last night.

Now I don't know if the 2 hour rain delay had something to do with it, but I'm sure the outrageous ticket prices do. It was so bizarre watching the game last night and seeing at least 50% of the seats behind home plate empty. Dad, when was the last time you witnessed that for any game, let alone one between the greatest sports rivalry in history?

Just in case you want to buy some tickets, season or otherwise, for a game at Yankee stadium, here's the breakdown. If you buy field level tickets day of the game you have to spend $375 dollars per ticket. If you buy season tickets, that's tickets to at least 69 games, on the field the total comes to $16,087.50. And that's after the organization decided to give fans a break and sell them 4 tickets for the price of 3.

Now I know season tickets can be expensive. But this is absurd. It does however explain the lack of attendance last night.

I guess in the future, I'll be seeing fans packing the upper decks. See, up in the clouds, where the air is thinner, tickets are significantly cheaper. Grandstand seats range between $29 and $22 each and the bleachers are $14. So go and have a dog in the cheap seats. Now that the stadium's a wind tunnel, you'll probably have a better chance of catching a home run ball up there anyway.

Jenn