Still, the team says it is closer to a sellout this year than at the same time last year. The Mets reached a 42,080-ticket sellout last season in part because they benefited from “a tremendous walk-up,” according to David Newman, the Mets’ senior vice president of marketing and communications.
via Mets’ streak of sellouts on Opening Day is in jeopardy.
I am confident they will find a way to avoid having to say that they didn’t sell out. Expect amazin’ deals over the weekend.
Also, seems David Newman has taken over Old Dave’s role of talking to the media. Newman has been known to throw me a beer at Secret Blogger Events so that’s cool.