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Ticket prices going up again at Wrigley
Chicago Tribune ^ | 11/20/2004 | Dave van Dyck

Posted on 11/20/2004 6:09:02 PM PST by Mike Bates

For the third straight off-season, Cubs ticket prices have taken a dramatic increase nearly across the board, rising as much as 20 percent for prime seats.

Increases last winter averaged about 17 percent and figure to be about the same this year.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagosports.chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: baseball; cubs; pricing; tickets; wrigley
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The product doesn't get any better, but the prices continue going up. As long as people are willing to pay for losers, the Cubs will merrily roll along.
1 posted on 11/20/2004 6:09:02 PM PST by Mike Bates
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Looks like it will be standing room only at Miller Park again this year for the Cub refugees! :)


2 posted on 11/20/2004 6:12:01 PM PST by Daus
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Whaddia expect from a bubblegum team playing for a bubblegum owner . . .


3 posted on 11/20/2004 6:12:33 PM PST by Petruchio (<===Looks Sexy in a flightsuit . . . Looks Silly in a french maid outfit)
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To: Mike Bates
Yup, that's the free market.

As long as people will stand in line for those seats the owners would be stupid to not raise the price of admission.

4 posted on 11/20/2004 6:12:43 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Mike Bates

Is it too late to book a suite on the Titanic?


5 posted on 11/20/2004 6:12:59 PM PST by F16Fighter
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Looks like I will have to keep going to Comiskey (I will never call it that other name) when I go spend the day or weekend in Chicago.


6 posted on 11/20/2004 6:15:03 PM PST by Chipper
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My guess would be their prices are still lower then Boston's.


7 posted on 11/20/2004 6:15:10 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
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To: Mike Bates

I've completely sworn off of every attending another professional game of any sort. I've long since had it with the whiney rich boys who lack in self-control. They may be good at what they do, but I refuse to support their pugilistic, promiscuous, and petulant ways.


8 posted on 11/20/2004 6:16:01 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Michael.SF.
My guess would be their prices are still lower then Boston's.

Then again, Boston has won a World Series since 1912, right?

9 posted on 11/20/2004 6:27:21 PM PST by Mike Bates (Don't be a turkey this Thanksgiving. Buy the book.)
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To: Mike Bates

Like Cohiba cigars and Bushmills whiskey major league baseball tickets are not one of life's little necessities. I'm a firm believer in the free market and if the owners feel they can get more for their product more power to them.
However, I don't want one red cent of taxpayer money used to finance "more modern facilities". A number of major American cities are still paying on multimillion dollar bond issues for stadiums that were long ago hauled to the rubble heap. The Kingdome in Seattle, and Three Rivers come to mind most quickly. If a major league team threatens to leave town because the citizens won't pay for their new facility I'll be more than happy to show them the door.
Think of those increased ticket prices as a "user fee" to finance those new stadiums the billionaire owners, and millionaire players just can't get built any other way !!!


10 posted on 11/20/2004 6:37:22 PM PST by GravityFree
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To: anniegetyourgun

agreed--when I feel "the urge" to watch a professional sporting game in the company of other "fans"----I go to my local bar.


11 posted on 11/20/2004 6:48:43 PM PST by jolie560
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Imagine what the prices would be if they actually took the pennant....


12 posted on 11/20/2004 6:52:20 PM PST by Stratman
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It's a scandal. The Cubs have their own affiliated scalper company, and so they withhold tickets from the box office and sell them "off-line" at higher prices. This also decreases supply so that they can raise the box office prices as well.


13 posted on 11/20/2004 7:41:44 PM PST by Piranha
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To: Petruchio

It's not a bubblegum owner any more. The Cubs are owned by the Tribune Company. Tribune is the owner that has raised ticket prices so dramatically.


14 posted on 11/20/2004 7:42:32 PM PST by Piranha
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Then again, Boston has won a World Series since 1912, right?

For the sake of historical reference: The births, deaths, and special events of 1912 .

15 posted on 11/20/2004 7:49:02 PM PST by smonk
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Think of those increased ticket prices as a "user fee" to finance those new stadiums. . .

A new stadium for the Cubs? They'll win a World Series first.

16 posted on 11/20/2004 7:50:08 PM PST by Mike Bates (Don't be a turkey this Thanksgiving. Buy the book.)
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To: smonk

You had me worried there for a second. I thought I was gonna find out that was the year I was born.


17 posted on 11/20/2004 7:51:15 PM PST by Mike Bates (Don't be a turkey this Thanksgiving. Buy the book.)
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To: Mike Bates
do you think that the Trib Co. will try something stupid again, like hanging all of that green screen behind the bleachers to obstruct the view from the rooftops when the owners of those buildings wouldn't pay "tribute" to the tribune?
18 posted on 11/20/2004 7:51:40 PM PST by smonk
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To: Stratman

And Heaven forbid anyone criticizes the players for anything. . .


19 posted on 11/20/2004 7:52:29 PM PST by Mike Bates (Don't be a turkey this Thanksgiving. Buy the book.)
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To: smonk

I think there was a deal worked out between the buildings' owners and the Cubs. Certainly there's enough money to go around for everyone involved.


20 posted on 11/20/2004 7:53:46 PM PST by Mike Bates (Don't be a turkey this Thanksgiving. Buy the book.)
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