As I mentioned yesterday (and traffic is always down on the weekend so I mention again), there are only 13 Saturday games on the 2011 schedule.
The Mets are offering deposits on 15 game plans.
It is entirely possible that the Mets will also offer a 13 game plan, say “Saturday Only” or “Sunday Only” in addition to these 15 game plans…but in my opinion the wind is blowing in another direction.
I think I could live with all 13 Saturday games plus two crappy Tuesday Pirates games…..but the 10/5 thing really rubs me the wrong way.
Discuss!
Just remember the excuse of the mets sell weekend plan tickets, so they need to rotate the Saturday and sunday plans because of that.
By my count, there are 5 Saturdays that the Mets might want to market outside of a Saturday plan. Not saying it is good or bad, just reality.
Apr 9th: Nationals-more importantly, Gm2 home opening series/weekend. Though, inclusion is a “Saturday” plan would be an additional draw for such a plan.
May 28th, Jul 16th, Sep 24th: All Phillies games. Sep Gm is the final weekend series of the season, so like the Apr 9 gm it’s inclusion would probably help “Saturday” plans sell
And of course, Jul 2nd: Yankees-I think we all know there is no chance this will be included in any plan other than full season tickets
the Yankees are always included as the seeder game in plans. It’s the draw to make you buy the plan.
I really don’t think the Mets have decided/finalized anything involving tickets for next year. plans and packages don’t usually really go on sale until January.
It’s probably not true, but if you want to be an optimist, it could be 13 Saturdays plus Opening Day and the as of yet to be announced Old Timers Day! If only.
There are no games the Mets can legitimately tie into these plans anymore outside of the Yankees game. Correct me if I’m wrong, but was there even a single sell out last year? Opening day could be had day of game. The Yankees premium seats were available day of.
No one can care about the Phillies in August of September because its pretty much a lock the Mets will be out of it by then.
What a bunch of positive people. I think we all know why the Mets have changed their plans from 13 to 15 games, they thought they could get away with it because at the time we all thought a stadium with 12000 fewer seats would be tougher to get tickets for. A 13 and 2 package would be okay but a 10 and 5 plan allows for a weekend plan which wasn’t previously offered. Just like many things we talk about as Met fans, if they win people would be lining up to get these plans.
I disagree. The Yankees won and they had packages left last year because they too were overpriced.
No, I’m not really Mr. Met… Just a diehard Met fan, with season tix.
(I’m planning/hoping to set up a blog also, and I’ve got a fledgling site in progress, but since I haven’t found the time to do get it fully functional yet, I love reading Mets Police and the other blogs! Not sure if it’s cool to mention my own site, so I’m not going to do that)
I’ve got season tix in Prom. Reserved Infield, Sec. 513 (behind the plate), Rows 2 & 3 (2 in each row – on the aisle).
I’ve had them for a few years now, and before I bought season tix, I had a Sunday plan at Shea for a few years.
Of course, those were great for people who wanted to attend only weekend games. But the Mets apparently realized that those plans didn’t make the most sense for the team – from a financial standpoint.
Simply put, although there are some people who actually prefer the midweek games, most people tend to have more availability to attend games on weekends. Compared to midweek games, the weekend games are much easier for the Mets to sell (whether individually or as part of plans). And generally speaking, attendance is always higher at weekend games than midweek games. But (as unrealistic as it might seem) the Mets still want to sell as many tix as possible to the midweek games. And they are now offering the quasi-weekend-plans, so they can use the weekend games as a “hook.” As much as we might not like it, it’s a simple business model. In order to get the games you really want, you have to buy a few games that are not as appealing. (Obviously, a random weekend game isn’t as much of a “hook” as Opening Day or the Yankee games, but a package containing a few weekend games still serves as a hook to some people… and that’s what the Mets are banking on – no pun intended…)
The Mets could sell tons of weekend tickets without offering any sort of weekend plans – maybe not AS many as they sell with the plans, but still a LOT … esp. if the team actually starts to play well.
There are a LOT of people who love to bring their families to the games on the weekend, and a lot of them even buy their tix shortly before game-day. So, selling the weekend tix is not tough for them.
That’s why they’re not offering the weekend-only plans any longer. I’m pretty sure that there are other teams that do the same thing. And there are definitely companies in other industries that do the same thing – offering items you really want, only as part of a package with items that are less appealing.
I’m not saying that’s a good thing, and I’m not saying that anyone has to be happy about it – just pointing out that it’s a common business practice.
As a season-ticket holder, I have come to understand some (not all, but some) of the way they do things. I have always hated the multi-tiered pricing structure, and still wish they would do away with that.
But, regarding the weekend tix, I actually try to do something similar with my own tickets. Obviously, I can’t (or at least I don’t) go to every single game. I sell off some of the games I don’t attend. But I prefer not to sell someone a whole bunch of weekend games. Everyone wants to go to the weekend games, and I have pretty good, pretty affordable seats. If I sold all the weekend games to 1 person (or to a few people)- without asking him/her to buy a few midweek games, I’d be able to sell the weekend games instantly – but then I’d have a lot of leftover individual midweek games that I’d have to try to sell one-by-one.
Sometimes, that’s easy; sometimes, it’s not. But even when the Mets are playing well, it’s a lot of effort to get rid of a bunch of midweek tix, sometimes day-in, day-out. So – just like the Mets – I try to sell the more attractive games (Opening Day, Yanks, weekends, some promo dates) together as part of a small package with some midweek games.
Just offering a perspective, and trying to make some sense out of the Mets’ “weekend” plans …
If they can’t get people to buy the quasi-weekend plans, maybe they’ll go back to selling the old-fashioned Saturday and Sunday plans. ‘Til then, it seems that people who prefer the weekends, have to choose from the various quasi-weekend plans the Mets are offering.
Or – feel free to contact me, and we can put together a set of games that works for you.
Let’s Go Mets!!!
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