Neil Best and Katie Strang have these quotes regarding the Rangers increasing playoff ticket prices up to 400% in their story for Newsday today..."It's an outrageous amount, but they know they'll get it," said Arthur Samuel, 59, a retired schoolteacher from Bayside and season subscriber for 40 years. "If I don't get mine, someone else will get them."
Kelly Gorman, 30, who splits tickets with a friend for the Rangers and is a season ticket holder for the Yankees, said she sells her Yankees ALDS and ALCS tickets to finance potential World Series tickets."[The Rangers] are slowly becoming the Yankees. I think for all the teams, it is just greed. Regular fans can't afford that. That's how you get less hockey fans and more rich people."
Jonathon Papadimitrios, 28, a fireman from Astoria, said as a die-hard fan he would pay what it takes to see the team win the Stanley Cup. "For guys who aren't married or don't have children, it's not as big of a deal," he said. "If I had a mortgage, and kids to feed, I could imagine being irate."
Here is the breakdown of the price increase...
"Tickets at the 400 level that normally cost $30 would rise to $55 (83 percent higher) in the first round, $75 (150 percent) in the second, $100 in the third (233 percent) and $150 in the finals (400 percent).
There is nothing unusual about ticket prices rising in the playoffs, but last year's increases were smaller on a percentage basis. For example, a $26 regular-season ticket rose to only $38 in the first round and $45 in the second."
...Anyone interested in playoff tickets? I've got one in the 400 level.
...I actually sent the Rangers an e-mail letting them know my frustration with the price increase. I'll post any response I get.
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