Good observation from Ceetar in the comments:  the Mets have announced that tickets go on sale on March 7th, that’s just two weeks from now and there’s no talk of a lottery for the opener.
Can we assume there will be no lottery for Opening Day tickets?
Let’s think this through:
1. Â The Mets just haven’t announced a lottery for Opening Day tickets YET. Â Totally making stuff up, they could hypothetically send out an email on Monday announcing a Thursday lottery, then a pre-sale sometime the next week.
2. Â Is it possible that they’ve decided a lottery isn’t warranted? Â Could ticket sales be that far down? Â As negative as I can be accused of being, that would surprise even me. Â My memory gets foggy as I age but I think even in the dregs of the 90’s there were Opening Day lotteries.
Below is how it went LAST YEAR LAST YEAR LAST YEAR LAST YEAR
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| REGISTRATION PERIOD BEGINS: | 10:00 a.m. ET, Tuesday, 2/17/2009 |
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| REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS: | 11:59 p.m. ET, Tuesday, 2/24/2009 |
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| RANDOM DRAWING: | on or about Wednesday, 2/25/2009 |
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| SELECTED INDIVIDUALS NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL BY: | Friday, 2/27/2009 |
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| SALE FOR WINNERS: | selected individuals will be notified of sale dates via e-mail |
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Again that was LAST YEAR’S LOTTERY. Â That was for a brand new stadium.
Looking back at 2007, in an old stadium with life left, coming off a playoff year, the lottery was happening by February 5th.
This policeman’s guess is that there is no lottery this year. Â That makes me wonder about ticket demand.