I thought I would take a look at Mets dynamic ticket pricing to see how it benefits you the consumer. We know that it benefits the Mets when they want, but what about you?
It’s a weekday game. A no-name pitcher. The weather isn’t great. The park has been empty. Oh, and the Mets have been eliminated.
That should add up to great values, right? Here is dynamic pricing in action!
Great values? You tell me.
Also note that the Mets have so so so so many price levels that it took me three screen grabs to capture them and I think I still missed a few.
Come on Mets. You have got to be kidding with this.
The Mets are obviously aware of what’s available on the secondary market. It’s in their interest to sell tickets directly as opposed to having people buy their tickets from StubHub and the like. Why do you feel the need to frame the situation as if the Mets are “screwing” fans (clearly the tone of this post) when those same fans have more ticket-buying options than ever before? The vast majority of the seats in the ballpark are priced below $25 and most of the seats on the Field Level are priced at or below $35. So tell us, Shannon, what WOULD you consider acceptable prices?
Its about the Mets advertising dynamic pricing as some offer of generosity to the fans. If they had come out and said we are trying to maximize our profits with dynamic pricing id have no problem with it. Just be honest about it. As it is 500 fans showed up last night with dynamic pricing…theyd be better off giving free tickets to all at this point as theyd make more revenue from parking and food.
Shannon – How about this? Field-level outfield tickets for Sunday’s game – $80 on Mets.com. I priced out all weekend home games for September back in August and found the same price. Out of curiosity, I looked at the Nationals to see what similar tickets (outfield, field-level) were. Same day, same time, similar seats for $35. Steven