I have a few posts about tickets today. Â Leading off, my jedi mind tricks worked on Media Goon who was kind enough to compare the Mets promotional calendar with the 15 game plans. Â Did the Mets do nice by some of their most loyal customers? Â Let’s take a look:
Friday Plus Plans
Magnetic Schedule (Pepsi) vs. Nationals Friday, April 9 7:10 p.m.
Ski Cap (GEICO) vs. Braves Friday, April 23 7:10 p.m.
Collector’s Cup (Premio) vs. Giants Friday, May 7 7:10 p.m.
Arthritis Awareness vs. Giants Friday, May 7 7:10 p.m.
Mets Cap Trade (Chevy)** vs. Yankees Friday, May 21 7:10 p.m.
Mets T-Shirt (EmblemHealth) vs. D-backs Friday, July 30 7:10 p.m.
Fiesta Latina/Santana Koozie (Budweiser) vs. Phillies Friday, Aug. 13 7:10 p.m.
Polish-American Night vs. Marlins Tuesday, Aug. 24 7:10 p.m.
Taiwan Night vs. Braves Friday, Sept. 17 7:10 p.m.
Oktoberfest vs. Nationals Friday, Oct. 1 7:10 p.m.
no promotions- 4/26,6/8,6/25,7/7,9/28 total of 5 games without promotions.
Saturday Plus Plans
Scarf (Caesars) vs. Nationals Saturday, April 10 1:10 p.m.
Epilepsy Day vs. Nationals Saturday, April 10 1:10 p.m.
Mr. Met Dash vs. Braves Saturday, April 24 1:10 p.m.
DARE Day vs. Braves Saturday, April 24 1:10 p.m.
Disability Awareness vs. Nationals, Tuesday May 11 7:10 p.m.
Mets Cap Trade (Chevy)** vs. Yankees Saturday, May 22 7:10 p.m.
Sports Bag (Verizon) vs. Marlins Saturday, June 5 4:10 p.m.
Jose Reyes Drawstring Bag (Delta) vs. Braves Saturday, July 10 4:10 p.m.
no promotions: 4/20, 5/8, 7/31, 8/11, 8/28, 9/11, 9/15, 10/2 total 8 games without promotions.
Sunday Plus Plans
Haitian Night vs. Marlins Wednesday, April 7 7:10 p.m.
Mets Cap Trade (Chevy)** vs. Yankees Sunday, May 23 8:05 p.m.
Beach Towel (Subway) vs. Marlins Sunday, June 6 1:10 p.m.
Mr. Met Dash vs. Twins Sunday, June 27 1:10 p.m.
Jason Bay Bobblehead (Gold’s) vs. Braves Sunday, July 11 1:10 p.m.
Pancreatic Cancer vs. Cardinals Wednesday, July 28 7:10 p.m.
Mr. Met Dash vs. Phillies, Sunday Aug. 15 1:10 p.m.
Sight & Sound Awareness vs. Phillies, Sunday Sept. 12 1:10 p.m.
Breast Cancer Awareness vs. Pirates Thursday, Sept. 16 7:10 p.m.
Mr. Met Dash vs. Braves Sunday, Sept. 19 1:10 p.m.
no promotions: 4/11, 4/25, 6/27, 8/26, 10/3 total of 5 no promotion days
Weekend Plus Plan
Mets Cap (Nathan’s) vs. Twins Saturday, June 26 1:10 p.m.
Pyrotechnics Night vs. Reds Monday, July 5 7:10 p.m.
Chinese-American Night vs. Braves Friday, July 9 7:10 p.m.
Hall of Fame Induction (Citi) vs. D-backs Sunday, Aug. 1 1:10 p.m.
Irish Night vs. Phillies Saturday, Aug.14 7:10 p.m.
Mr. Met Dash vs. Astros Sunday, Aug. 29 1:10 p.m.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Awareness vs. Braves Saturday, Sept. 18 4:10 p.m.
no promotions: 4/8, 4/21, 5/9, 5/25, 6/4, 6/22, 9/10, 9/18, 9/29 total of 9 no promotion days
Weekday Plan
Citi Field Home Run Apple (Citi) vs. Marlins Monday, April 5 1:10 p.m.
Gift Card (Dunkin’ Donuts) vs. Phillies Wednesday, May 26 7:10 p.m.
Asian Night vs. Phillies Wednesday, May 26 7:10 p.m.
Alzheimer’s Awareness vs. Cardinals Tuesday, July 27 7:10 p.m.
Italian Night vs. Marlins Wednesday, Aug. 25 7:10 p.m.
no promotions: 4/19, 4/22, 4/27, 5/10, 6/9, 6/23, 7/6, 8/10, 9/14, 9/27, 9/30 total of 10 no promotion days
Closer Look: ethic nights and health awareness are nice, but my kid wants to walk out of there with goodies.
Friday+ would get him 3 goodies.
Saturday+ (which we had last year) would get him two plus a Mr. Met Dash.
Sunday+ gets you the towel, the bobblehead and a dash
Weekend+ gets you two caps (Irish night is the second) and the HOF day and a dash.
Weekday plan gets you nothing but the opening day bank that you don’t care about.
Looks to me like Sunday+ is the big winner, unless you really want a green Mets cap (I have one).
I wonder why they announce the promotions well-after the plans go on-sale? Â Maybe the number sold helps entice sponsors who wouldn’t just buy on “we’ll probably sell a lot” type non-facts. Â I have no idea how this works.
Within the hour I will have some thoughts about variable pricing.
Likely for anyone buying a pack, promotions are an afterthought anyway.
Maybe they’re meant to entice the sporadic fan from popping over to the ballpark for a game? I’ll admit I do sometimes look at the promotions for this, but I rarely go _for_ a promotion, just choose that game over another. It’s probably a sponsor thing.
A few months ago, during a discussion about banner day, I recounted a conversation with someone who works for the Mets about the Mr. Met Dash and the toll it takes on the field being the reason they only schedule it for the last game of a homestand.
This year, they’ve got dashes scheduled for Saturdays as well as Sundays. Obviously, someone decided that it doesn’t take such a bad toll on the field, or that the downside of the toll on the field is less than the upside of having dashes that aren’t at the end of a homestand.
The Dash is a fantastic promotion that costs the Mets next to nothing. My boys love running the bases, and it’s something the Mets offer that the Yankees don’t…