CHEAP BASEBALL TICKETS

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

After billions of dollars spent by the Yankees and NY Mets on new stadiums, the New Yankees Stadium and CitiField ballpark have officially opened and not all fans are happy.  One of the biggest topics of debate is the price of tickets and the sheer number of empty seats and suites in both ballparks.  The empty seats are most notable during day games earlier this month.  The Yankees are not worried about the number of $350 seats on the first and third base sides that are empty.  The Yankees want to see how many of those seats and suites are filled when the Boston Red Sox pay their first visit to the new stadium before doing anything drastic in regards to ticket pricing.  Both the Mets and Yankees have done extensive studies to determin the true value of the best seats on the opne market and have priced those seats accordingly.  Still, it seems a shame that so many empty seats even early in the season cannot be filled.

UPDATE:  The New York Yankees did lower the prices on some seats and gave season tickets holders additional tickets for free.

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 2008 World Series Champions Philadelphia Phillies will put tickets to their 2009 games at Citizens Bank Park onsale to the general public beginning Febraury 19th.  The Phillies are holding special lotteries for Opening Night, Mets and Red Sox tickets.

Tickets for regular season games for the Chicago White Sox (the President’s favorite team) and the Houston Astros go on sale this weekend.

The Chicago Cubs have announced that tickets to their 2009 games will go on sale starting February 20.

The New York Yankees will pu 2009 spring training tickets for Legend’s Field on sale to the general public on January 9th.   The New York Mets have select regular season ticket packages onsale January 9th.  The Baltimore Orioles have announced that regular season tickets for 2009 will go on sale next week including the home opener versus the New York 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.

The Philadelphia Phillies are one win away from their second ever World Series Championship, their only series win coming in 1980.   The Phillies lead the Tampa Bay Rays three games to one.

Philadelphia has not had a professional sports team win its league title since the Philadelphia 76′ers swept the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983.

Game Five is scheduled for tonight at Citizen’s Bank Park with Cole Hamels pitching for the Phillies and this Game Five is a very hot ticket as fans look to be part of baseball, World Series and Philadelphia history.

If the Tampa Bay Rays can start hitting and find a way to defeat the Phillies and their ace, the Rays will force Game Six back at Tropicana Field.

The 2008 Major League Baseball season is not even over yet, but the St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they are raising 2009 ticket prices for their season ticket holders.  The Cardinals decided not to raise prices on 70% of New Busch Stadium citing the recent economic news.  On average, 2009 Cardinals season ticket prices will rise 1.6%. The Cardinals will play host to the MLB All-Star Game in July 2009.