The Yankees are operating at close to a $100 million higher revenue base than the Sox with YES than what NESN can command. The locals will not let them build a new stadium anywhere around the city and moving to the burbs takes away the ability for people to walk or take the transit system to the games. (Move the Yankees to Westchester County and see how that one goes over). The Sox charge the highest ticket prices in baseball which has made the stands packed with rich folk and corporate types.
Why? Don't people in Boston follow the Sox? Won't they demand access to the games? Why can't the Red Sox negotiate a better contract?
The locals will not let them build a new stadium anywhere around the city and moving to the burbs takes away the ability for people to walk or take the transit system to the games. (Move the Yankees to Westchester County and see how that one goes over).
No need. The Yankees broke ground on a new Yankee Stadium last month. Are you telling me that the locals in Boston are that much more difficult than the locals in New York?
The Sox charge the highest ticket prices in baseball which has made the stands packed with rich folk and corporate types.
How many seats are there in Fenway? I think that's your problem, right there. It's a great place to watch a ballgame, but there are so few seats they all sell for way too much money.
Frankly, it seems that Boston is willing to settle for pretty good. A pretty good TV contract. A pretty ballpark. A pretty good gate revenue. They do not demand better of themselves, so they get what they get.