"... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money."
Posted on 01/21/2014 3:04:00 AM PST by Libloather
For Giants season-ticket holders (I don’t now if it was league-wide), you’re also forced to buy tickets for the pre-season games. Because of the increase in prices (including the “personal seat licenses”), the Giants went through a 30 year waiting list very quickly after the new stadium was built. I don’t know if they sold them all yet; I only see Jets’ commercials hawking their season tickets. Anyone I know who had season tickets for either team gave them up when the new stadium was built; it has become a spectator sport for the wealthy.
If you have been to a grocery store recently you would know that the economy has not recovered... or Sam’s club... or buying clothing... or filling up your car... or even buying a burger. No inflation? That is if 20% inflation is no inflation... and according to the Fed and their magic math... it is.
Have to think about this....is it a cash bar?
You know the NFL has pretty much reached the end of the line as a competitive sport of interest when the Monday after the Super Bowl will be littered with almost as many media reports about the television commercials as there are about the game itself. LOL.
The Super Bowl was originally played in the South, where the weather is warm. I guess some moron forgot this little detail when they decided to award the championship game to northern cities.
I know. I was a Jets season ticket holder for decades..my dad actually first bought them when they were the Titans..I remember going to that dump of a Polo Grounds with him..And of course, I missed the ONE SB win...I was overseas in the Marines..I took them over from my dad when the team moved to the Meadowlands..I occasionally took clients to a game..or gave them the tickets, so I could write the cost off as an expense. Living in Westchester..it became more and more of a pain in the ass to attend..it took hours to get out of the parking lot..for a 4pm game..you had to leave the house around noon, and often wouldn’t get home until 11PM..and for the supposed great Monday night games.. no way..when I moved to Florida in 2007, I let my two Sons-in-law have the tickets.. they paid for them..when the team announced the PSL policy, and the prices..the boys were thinking about it, but my two daughters put their feet down and said NO..I guess I raised them smart..(g)
Useful site, that. It says rents on a 4-br house in my area are about the same as my mortgage payment.
Askin’ ain’t “going for.”
A million bucks to watch a football game?
Better seats in my living room watching on TV. Probably better food, too.
Evil, rich corporatists buy these tickets and use them on their customers.
This hardly seems “fair.” The rich people get cushy, warm experiences. The poor ‘boxless” get to freeze in the bleachers. Mayor De Blasio should redistribute seats. Send the worthless rich to the bleachers and instead send the politically worthy to those boxes. By executive fiat.
"... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money."
Please let there be blinding, driving snow during this game!
Denver vs Seattle. The Stoner Bowl.
Great, something else Christie will have to worry about.
“the boys were thinking about it, but my two daughters put their feet down and said NO..I guess I raised them smart..”
Absolutely. I went to one Jets game in Shea Stadium when I was younger; it was a zoo. My now-retired boss described going to a game there where someone shot a boating signal flare across the stadium into the opposite upper deck. I was born after the one Super Bowl win the Jets had; I know they weren’t allowed to have the Monday night game for a time because of their fans.
The thing about Shea..it was built for both baseball,a nd football, and while the Jets were there...the two lower sections would move..they were mounted on train rails..to provide for the football field...the seats were quite close to the sidelines..which enhanced the crowd effect.. it was a zoo..
“The thing about Shea..it was built for both baseball,a nd football, and while the Jets were there...the two lower sections would move..they were mounted on train rails..to provide for the football field...the seats were quite close to the sidelines..which enhanced the crowd effect.. it was a zoo..”
I still see in some of the classic NFL tapes those mutli-purpose fields; it looked goofy, but was a lot more cost-effective than a stadium where it is used for 8 home games a year...
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