From the Daily News:
Yankees fans strike out trying to buy World Series tickets at Yankee Stadium box office
The Yankees are on the verge of a World Series berth, but many fans struck out Wednesday as they tried to score some tickets.
A Daily News reporter signed on to Yankees.com before tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Around 10:01, the page redirected the reporter to Ticketmaster, where seats for Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 were up for sale.
The reporter selected "Best Available" for each game - but went 0-4. The tickets were gone by 10:07.
The reporter assumes that there actually were tickets, which is doubtful. Partial season ticket holders couldn't get seats during the pre-on sale.
The tickets were probably too expensive for the likes of me anyway, but the fix is definitely in. Ticket brokers have completely monopolized the process. Take a look over at Stubhub and you'll find that more than ten percent of the Stadium is for sale.
Interestingly, there have been plenty of empty seats at the Stadium during the playoffs, even in the high nosebleeds. Just the weather, or have fans finally had enough?
And yes, I did try. No luck.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/10/21/2009-10-21_yankees_fan_strike_out_tickets.html#ixzz0UbeBpYPj
The tickets were probably too expensive for the likes of me anyway, but the fix is definitely in. Ticket brokers have completely monopolized the process. Take a look over at Stubhub and you'll find that more than ten percent of the Stadium is for sale.
Interestingly, there have been plenty of empty seats at the Stadium during the playoffs, even in the high nosebleeds. Just the weather, or have fans finally had enough?
And yes, I did try. No luck.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/10/21/2009-10-21_yankees_fan_strike_out_tickets.html#ixzz0UbeBpYPj
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