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Baseball Boom Leads to Tough Tickets

Friday, March 14, 2008 11:57:51 AM
By RONALD BLUM

 A fan stands to applaud a play by the New York Yankees in a game against the Anaheim Angels in this Aug. 25, 1998, file photo at Yankee Stadium in New York. Scrambling for tickets is at its most frenzied in New York, where both teams are entering the final seasons of their ballparks. The Yankees have sold 3.75 million of about 4.4 million available tickets, and the Mets are on track to draw 4 million at home for the first time.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)NEW YORK (AP) - Even Keith Olbermann had sticker shock when he saw the Ruthian prices for Yankee Stadium's final year.

His family first purchased four season tickets for seats behind the Yankees dugout in 1972 at $4 per seat for each game. This year, the price jumped to $250 from $150 — more than double the $112 average for equivalent seats near the Mets' dugout across town.

"The thought did cross my mind, my investment in this might be better spent at Shea Stadium and Citi Field," the MSNBC broadcaster said.


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