The Mets have sold out every home opener since 1997, but they are at risk of not doing so this year. From the New York Post:
According to the team’s executive vice president of business operations, Dave Howard, “several thousand” tickets are still available for Opening Day against the Braves ... For the Mets to get their sellout, Howard indicated solid sales would be needed over the next two days coupled with a Thursday walkup of anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 fans.
Howard says it’s actually the cheap seats, not the $180+ a pop premium tickets, that are selling the slowest. Seems like articles like this one being run in the Post along with a decent weather reports -- it looks to be sunny but a tad cool on Thursday -- will spur walkups.
In other ticket news, Buster Olney has a big breakdown of the highest and lowest ticket prices for various team’s Opening Day on the secondary market right now:
Top five teams with the lowest home average ticket price:
Brewers: $48
Pirates: $48
Royals: $48
Dodgers: $49
Reds: $54.43
Top five teams with the highest Opening Day ticket price:
Red Sox: $305.58
Yankees: $256.54
Marlins: $255.28
Cardinals: $248.68
Rangers: $237.22
That’s the top-end and low-end. The Brewers actually surprise me. I’d figure that would be a tougher ticket, driving prices up on Stubhub or what have you.
Anyway, if you want some cheap Opening Day tickets, head to Queens. Sounds like they can be had.
