Posted on 06/03/2012 3:45:28 PM PDT by wewillnotcomply
I recently went to a SF Giants game with my brother in law and sister in law and their son. The park is beautiful, the food was priced a little high, but in line with the pricing I see at fairs.
Tickets, granted I was six rows up from the first base line, but those tickets were $110 each! Luckily he got the four tickets for free because I would hate to think that he would shell out $400 plus for baseball tickets.
I think the cheap seats were $45.
And that is what is wrong with professional sports.
Now down in San Jose there is the minor league SJ Giants. Ticket prices are very very low, (few dollars), they give away chicken dinners between innings, nice family atmosphere, and not a bad seat in the house.
It is all just entertainment.
Yep. And entertainment is just an exchange of money for the show. No wealth is created (like when, say, you dig dirt out of the ground and turn it into steel.)
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