The Red Sox have many tickets unsold for their season opening game versus the Yankees. The Sox also say that the opening is at night on a Sunday and that may impact ticket demand. Of course, the Sox may also have overpriced some tickets. Here is a prediction, the Red Sox will sell out as well as be the benefactor of a lot of free publicity.
Oh how times have changed. The New York Yankees are going for their forth straight victory over the Boston Red Sox this evening. The Yankees have defeated the Sox 13-6, 2-0 (15), and 5-0 the past three games. Before this series at New Yankees Stadium, the Red Sox had defeated the Yankees eight straight times this season. The Red Sox are 5 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the division though the Red Sox still have a one game lead in the AL Wild Card race.
The Yankees have turned things around in a big way. After losing the first eight games of the year versus the Boston Red Sox (plus also losing the last game of 2008), the New York Yankees have won three straight games against the Red Sox. The Yankees will try to sweep the Red Sox of the four game series being played at the New Yankees Stadium. The Red Sox are now five and one half games out of first place, held by the Yankees. The Red Sox have a one game lead in the Wild Card race over the Texas Rangers.
Tickets for the red hot New York Yankees dominate the Stubhub NY Metro area top ticket sales for July 1, 2009. Four games versus the Boston Red Sox at new Yankees Stadium are on the list as are three games versus the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees’ Old-Timer’s Day on July 19th is in the number two spot. The only non-Yankees event on the list is country-music star Taylor Swift who will headline a concert at the Madison Square Garden arena.
Top NY Event Tickets
8/8 Red Sox at Yankees
7/19 Tigers at Yankees, Old-Timer’s Day
7/18 Tigers at Yankees
8/6 Red Sox at Yankees
8/9 Red Sox at Yankees
7/3 Blue Jays at Yankees
8/27 Taylor Swift at MSG
8/7 Red Sox at Yankees
7/5 Blue Jays at Yankees
7/4 Blue Jays at Yankees
The annual Subway Series between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets dominates three of the top four positions of Stubhub’s Top Ten Event Ticket Sales List. The baseball games, to be held at the New York Yankees’ New Yankees Stadium June 12-14, take the first, third and fourth positions on the list. The Yankees will visit the New York Mets’ new ballpark, Citi Field June 26th through June 28th.
Other highlights on the Stubhub list are Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game to be held at New Busch Stadium in St. Louis MO in the second postition on the list and the Ultimate Fighting Championship 100 in Las Vegas in the fifth position.
Top 10 Events
6/13 Mets at Yankees
7/14 MLB All-Star Game
6/12 Mets at Yankees
6/14 Mets at Yankees
7/11 UFC 100
6/13 Twins at Cubs
6/11 Yankees at Red Sox
7/11 Cardinals at Cubs
6/13 Red Sox at Phillies
6/12 Twins at Cubs
2009 Baseball Opening Day Games
The 2009 Major League Baseball season gets officially underway tonight as the 2008 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies host the Atlanta Braves. A full slate of opening games are scheduled for Monday. Opening day game tickets are typically the most expensive baseball games of the entire series as are baseball games involving the Red Sox and Yankees.
The New York Yankees have announced a special ticket promotion for its New Yankee Stadium. The Yankees will open their new ballpark with an exhibition series versus the National League’s Chicago Cubs April 3rd and 4th with a special 25 cent bleacher seat promotion. The 25 cent bleacher seat will match the bleacher price of seats when the Yankees opening the original Yankee Stadium in 1923. Yankees season ticket holders will be able to recieve the 25 cent bleacher seats for free with any remaining bleacher going on sale on a date to be announced.
Although the 2008 Major League Baseball Postseason has yet to begin, MLB has already released its 2009 baseball schedule. The 2009 MLB season is scheduled to begin on April 5, 2009 with the regular season currently ending on October 4th. The World Series will begin on October 28th with a potential World Series Game 7 scheduled to be played on November 5th. Other highlights of the 2009 MLB schedule include the opening of the New Yankee Stadium on April 16th with the Yankees home opener versus the Cleveland Indians. The New York Mets will begin play at their new Citi Field Stadium on April 13th versus the San Diego Padres. Also of note, the Boston Red Sox will visit new Yankees Stadium on May 4th.
Yestersday Stubhub reported that it has over 9,000 tickets available for the Yankees’ final regular season game against the Baltimore Orioles scheduled for Sunday, September 21st at Yankee Stadium.
The current average ticket selling price for Orioles-Yankees is $400 although the least expensive ticket was sold in December of 2007 for $30.
The most expensive ticket sold for the finale was a $3500 ticket sold last month. Stubhub reports that the Orioles-Yankees game is the best selling MLB game be it regular or postseason in Stubhub history, based on dollar volume. (Although in gross dollars the Yankees All-Star game was higher.)
The best way to get the cheapest possible ticket to the Yankee Stadium finale is to wait until the very last minute.
Very good article on how much revenue the new Yankee Stadium will deliver to the New York Yankees.