The Giants Still Have 4000 Seats They Can't Sell (1 Viewer)

[flysack]

I found this gem in Peter King's col -

Gary Myers came up with a heck of a stat in a Sunday New York Daily News story: The Giants have gone through their entire 140,000-person waiting list and still haven't sold about 4,000 of the premium seats in their new stadium.

They have a 140,000 person waiting list, some people wait 25 years to get season tickets, and not one person will or can pay for those ridiculously priced seats.This is a triumph for the good guys, the beer and burger eating tailgaters who make up the backbone of the NFL. The stock market crash has drained the uber rich 1%, and corporations no longer have the luxury cash to drop 80K on football stadium suites or overly priced 50 yard line front row tickets. All the suit and tie casual fans are tightening the purse strings.

Hopefully the NFL (and MLB) gets the hint and lowers their ridiculous ticket prices so the average blue collar fan can afford a better seat now and then, instead of being packed like animals into the upper stratosphere while the lower ring of the stadium "erupts" in golf claps whenever a good play is made.

There, I said it.

 

[Mikey16x]

I found this gem in Peter King's col -

Gary Myers came up with a heck of a stat in a Sunday New York Daily News story: The Giants have gone through their entire 140,000-person waiting list and still haven't sold about 4,000 of the premium seats in their new stadium.

They have a 140,000 person waiting list, some people wait 25 years to get season tickets, and not one person will or can pay for those ridiculously priced seats.This is a triumph for the good guys, the beer and burger eating tailgaters who make up the backbone of the NFL. The stock market crash has drained the uber rich 1%, and corporations no longer have the luxury cash to drop 80K on football stadium suites or overly priced 50 yard line front row tickets. All the suit and tie casual fans are tightening the purse strings.

Hopefully the NFL (and MLB) gets the hint and lowers their ridiculous ticket prices so the average blue collar fan can afford a better seat now and then, instead of being packed like animals into the upper stratosphere while the lower ring of the stadium "erupts" in golf claps whenever a good play is made.

There, I said it.

"instead of being packed like animals into the upper stratosphere while the lower ring of the stadium "erupts" in golf claps whenever a good play is made."Very very well put. Hilarious even.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

I think they'll wait quite awhile longer, like the Yankees did (i.e. into their respective seasons). Economyh could be much better by the time the stadium opens.

 

[Mik789fl]

I'm one of those 140,000. I was contacted after being on the waiting list since 1976,33 years!

It's true that the only available seats were premium ones,great seats that included food and beverage service and

parking and "exclusive" areas behind the seats. The price for the tickets wasn't that bad considering the amenities,something like

a few hundred bucks(I threw the info away),the killer was the PSL,it was $20,000 per ticket! Just for the "right" to purchase the

seat. I have no doubt any of those seats that are not sold as season tickets will be taken on a game by game basis and The Giants

will continue to sell out every home game.