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Fans React To The Ticket Price Increases
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According to Washington Sports, which runs the Washington Bullets (NBA) and Capitals (NHL) for owner Abe Pollin, the reaction is what they expected. That's not surprising. Though it's still hard to swallow a ticket price increase like this.I've already given my initial venting. But Thomas Heath and George Solomon of the Washington Post provide some of the local feedback to the ticket increases. (Unfortunately, the online article doesn't provide some of the ancilliary info that comes with the article, including a diagram of the MCI Center's floor plan, and fan reactions on the price increases. Only one letter out of the nine highlighted was remotely positive.)
Most telling (and missing from the online version) was a table comparing the Bullets and Caps average prices from this season (96-97) to their sporting brethren.
Take the article in. It's got some interesting quotes from various sources. If you want to vent, let me know and I'll post your reaction online.
- The Bullets were 10th out of 29, at $36.39 per seat. But that was a 25% increase from the previous season, the largest increase in the NBA last year. (And it only gets better this year.) Leaguewide averages were 34.08 per seat and a 8.0% increase, putting the Bullets above average (especially on the percentage increase).
- The Captials were 14th out of 26, at $36.92 per seat. That was only a 6.4% increase from last year. Leaguewide averages were $38.34 per seat and a 10.3% increase, putting the Caps below average.
wtf 31 March 1997
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