Brokers struggle with MLB All-Star Game tickets
Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig insists the All-Star Game counts, but the players selected don’t seem to believe it — and neither do buyers on the ticket resale…
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Major League Baseball was established way back in 1876 and has long been referred to as “America’s Past Time”. As of 2008, MLB consists of 30 franchises across the U.S. and Canada. Over the past several years, the game has continued to grow in popularity as attendance numbers increase almost on a yearly basis. Major markets teams like New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have become billion dollar enterprises, whose ticket have shown to be in high demand. On the secondary ticket market these teams, along with others including the Chicago Cubs, tickets have been most popular.
Currently, the Boston Red Sox carry the highest average ticket price in Major League Baseball, with the Yankees trying to close in. The Yankees are offering tickets that go as high as $2,500 apiece for their new stadium that opens in 2009. With the economy in flux, most teams now have to make adjustments to their ticket prices, many freezing or reducing the overall cost per ticket.
MLB lacks milestones to spark special ticket sales in 2011
A standing room only crowd of 48,103 at Yankee Stadium saw Derek Jeter reach and surpass the 3,000-hit mark unlike anyone in baseball history on Saturday, July 9. Jeter entered…
Added fees increase for New York Mets, other MLB teams
The New York Mets, which touted the team was decreasing the price of tickets in 2011, is one of several Major League Baseball (MLB) teams that increased the convenience and…
Expanded MLB playoffs mixed bag for brokers
For almost 70 years, the Major League Baseball playoffs were the shortest and simplest of the four major sports: The American League and National League champion met in the World…
Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees have baseball’s highest average ticket prices
The American League East isn’t the only place in which the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees usually finish 1-2. The longtime rivals, who have finished in the top…
MLB commissioner is optimistic about league’s ticket sales in 2011
Most of the 30 Major League Baseball teams opened the season last week with World Series aspirations. Commissioner Bud Selig has a couple big goals of his own which are…
Major League Baseball, Keith Urban tickets on sale throughout the weekend
Tickets for the upcoming 2011 Major League Baseball season, as well as tickets to several upcoming concert dates from Keith Urban are on sale throughout the weekend ending March 7…
Usher, Major League Baseball tickets on sale throughout the weekend
Tickets for several Major League Baseball teams for the upcoming 2011 season, as well as tickets to several upcoming concert dates from Usher are on sale throughout the weekend ending…
MLB regular season attendance down about 1 percent in 2010
The Major League Baseball playoffs begin today, October 6, and the Philadelphia Phillies—which finished with the best record in the game at 97-65—are the consensus favorite to not only win…
Some MLB playoff-bound teams struggle with late-season ticket sales
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ first decade may have been the least auspicious of any team in Major League Baseball history. Tampa Bay lost at least 90 games in every…