Some good stuff in the comments yesterday.
Tom:
Don’t forget my “Whatever Works for You Plan” that I proposed earlier in the year.
You get the choice of Opening day or a Yankee game, and then a set number of games of your choosing. For arguments sake we will make it 10. Every game is eligable to be a plan game, not the games the Mets designate. If you’re on a budget and you want to buy all bronze games, go ahead.
If you want to fight a Phillie fan invading Citi Field 9 times a year, snatch those tickets up, and pay the gold level price for them. You want to only go to games on Saturdays? Then go to Saturday games.
So what I am saying is: no set plan, no set price. If you want Opening day or a Yankee game, then you’re buying 10 games, but 10 games that work for you. If they sell those out, that’s 1.6 million tickets sold, and people will feel good because they didn’t get strong armed into games they didn’t want.
JP Says:
-Make the biggest reduction in prices in the mid-range seats: the field & club level seats are only bought by those who can pay top dollar anyway. The Wilpons should try to provide more reasonably priced tickets for the average fans
-More day games! Stop with 7:00 pm Saturday night games — make all Saturday/Sunday games 1:00 pm starts so people can take their kids
-Add more weekday afternoon games. I’m sure the Beancounters tell them night games are more profitable, but have the Mets noticed that the 1 or 2 midweek afternoon games they have draw huge crowds. Hello? Baseball fans love day games — go ask the Cubs.
Metsadhd says:
Also love having an all your can eat section, other teams do this.
Should have vouchers for discounts if you bring clothing and canned goods for charity.
Certain nights should have dollar dogs and three dollar suds.
Best though is bring your mutt to the park.
They at least know the proper response to the Wilpons:
Lift their legs and/or squat.
John asks: Hey Shannon how about something for us full season plan suckers?
Good question. You tell us? What would be a nice gesture from the Mets, other than price cuts.
Keep the ideas coming gang. Mets Police gets read in Flushing, you never know who is reading and will like one of our ideas.
I’m telling you, Guaranteed Win Tuesday is a winner.
I am going to put together a bunch of ideas for my ticket rep, who is not only a really good guy but wanted as much input as possible. I’ll pass it along when I have a chance.
i say throw in parking for all plan holders. i’m sorry, but if you commit to being in the ballpark 15-81 times a year, they’re getting a good gate on you more often than not.
I was thinking the same basic thing. A parking pass for season ticket holders, and maybe a parking voucher(discount) for plan holders would pretty well appreciated. If the fan buys multiple different plans, the value of the voucher goes up.
Not a bad idea on free (or reduced rate) parking, but what about all the people who take public transportation (either to be more “green” or not having a car)? Shouldn’t we get a break, too? And, because we’re committing to 13 games (which, hopefully, the Saturday plan will go back to that), shouldn’t we get a discounted ticket rate, versus someone walking up to the box office and paying the same rate?
Free parking is unrealistic, discounted parking is much more likely (and one of my points to be presented)
A discount off face value is a must. The Mets are the only team in MLB that does not do this for season ticket holders. BTW, the parking pass ideas might be politically incorrect. We’re all going green on the 7 train, right?
Your point is exactly why free or discounted parking is viable. Many plan holders won’t use it, thus the Mets give something away that doesn’t wind up costing them as much as it could.
If they give out free parking passes & people aren’t using them, those passes wind up on the secondary market selling for less than $20 (I am assuming next year will be $1 increase). Unlike game tickets, there is no premium based on location so the market would only go down on parking passes. They would never do that to themselves.
If they were to do something, it makes much more sense for them to give $5 off parking coupons for the games you have tickets for in your plan.
I am going to suggest this along with the option to buy prepaid/preferred parking online on a per game basis. Without a doubt, almost all full season purchasers & most partial plan holders do not attend every game in their package. Buying parking for every game in your full/partial plan is not wise if you sometimes give/sell your tickets to people who take mass transit. The ability to purchase it as needed would be best.
Besides, do you REALLY think they will give you something entirely for free that they charge $20 for?
Mets reprice Citi Field to be in line with pricing at Citizens Bank Park for comparable seating locations. Give people with Champions(Ebbits) Club tickets the chance to move down to the now much lower priced Sterling Club. Gut the club area give a Home Plate view of the field from the concourse add a Deli and a New York Deli and Cheese steak in what space is left . Put normal seats in two balconies sell them for around $45. Lower parking to $14. Make Saturday and Sunday plans 13 games all on that day. Give pan holder in the Promenade infield and reserved four vouchers per ticket to redeem for Caesars or Promenade club access passes. Give One pass per ticket for the Acela Club.