I’ve been thinking a bit more about the 15 game plans the Mets have in place for next season. First off, I will admit that this past season I had two 15 game plans – the “Sunday Plan” and the “Weekday Plan.”
Like many (including Shannon) the only reason I purchased the Weekday Plan was to get an Opening Day….er…Opening Night ticket. My seat was horrible and the schedule (and team) really didn’t thrill me. I ended up never using any tickets from that plan.
On the other hand, I used more than half the tickets from the Sunday Plan – going to maybe 10 games in total. Still, that was 5 games wasted.
So last year I paid for 30 games and went to 10. Yeah, call me a sucker.
This year I already knew I wasn’t going to get the Weekday Plan. Fool me once…..
The Sunday-PLUS Plan though I was trying to keep an open mind about. But realistically, I know I am not going to go to most, if not all of the weekday games in the plan. And I will probably miss at least 1 of the Sunday games. Looking at the real cost then of these plans – and using the tiered ticket pricing that the Wilpons love – here is what it looks like
| Game | Attend? | Category | PROM RES |
| Wed. 4/7 Marlins | V | $ 11.00 | |
| Sun. 4/11 Nationals | Y | B | $ 15.00 |
| Sun. 4/25 Braves | Y | S | $ 19.00 |
| Sun. 5/23 Yankees | Y | P | $ 27.00 |
| Thu. 5/27 Phillies | Y | S | $ 19.00 |
| Sun. 6/6 Marlins | S | $ 19.00 | |
| Sun. 6/27 Twins | Y | G | $ 23.00 |
| Sun. 7/11 Braves | Y | G | $ 23.00 |
| Wed. 7/28 Cardinals | S | $ 19.00 | |
| Sun. 8/15 Phillies | Y | G | $ 23.00 |
| Thu. 8/26 Marlins | S | $ 19.00 | |
| Sun. 9/12 Phillies | Y | G | $ 23.00 |
| Thu. 9/16 Pirates | V | $ 11.00 | |
| Sun. 9/19 Braves | Y | G | $ 23.00 |
| Sun. 10/3 Nationals | S | $ 19.00 | |
| Plan Cost | $ 293.00 | ||
| Individual Ticket Cost | $ 195.00 | ||
| Loss | $ 98.00 |
he fact that the Mets don’t offer any incentive to purchase in bulk (like just about EVERY other sports team in the world does) makes this even more ridiculous.
Obviously I won’t be renewing. The math just doesn’t add up.
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