Attendance, Season Tickets: St. Peter (via Berardino)

[snepp]

Well...the Summit tastes way better in that scenario...no?

 

Everything tastes better in that scenario.

[mikecgrimes]

Outdoor baseball will never be new again. Remember 2010 was not only a new ballpark, not only the second of back to back division titles, the weather on game days was great from April all the way until the playoffs. In the last two years pretty much everybody from the person that goes to to 3 games a year to season ticket holders has had to put up with bad weather or postponed games. If the forecast opening day is 75 degrees good luck finding face value tickets on the street. If it's 55-60 but the Twins are 4-2 or 5-1 and Sano has 3 HR's good luck getting face value tickets. And of course come a midsummer series against Boston the Yankees or the Brewers these factors get multiplied even more. Don't underestimate the power of a run of 75-80 degree days when the Twins are in town in May will do for overall attendance for the year. I expect to be able to go to a game for $20 or less anytime I want, but I hope by midsummer enough is going right that I am forced to buy directly from the Twins again.

[thetank]

I guess now is not the time to ask if anyone is interested in sharing season tickets in 3?* Parker, you can make the Pizza face a 40-game occurrence in 2014!

 

Minn55441 said it right - I / you / 'we' will be there regardless. I might be scalping more than splurging, but I'll be there.

 

But riddle me this… the Cubs, also 66 and 96 this year, have a season ticket waiting list. They've had one for a long, long time. They've had loosing records consistently for many more years than the Twins (no WS in 105 years), but even comparing just W/L record averages from 2000 to 2013:

 

Twins: .547

Cubs: .513

 

I get that Cubs fans are loyal until death do they part. I don't exactly want to be known as the team that always looses but has damn devoted fans anyways. But when the going gets tough, the indifference of the majority of most Minnesotans [TwinsDaily is of course not a representative sample ] is disheartening.

 

*True story, if anyone is interested please let me know asap!

Interesting to note that the Cubs haven't had back to back 90 win seasons since the late 1920s. I won't ever forget my 1st Wrigley Field game on bat day in 1993 with my nephew getting a bat.

[Outlier]

Isn't it great the Twins are finally going to Petco! I can't wait, and I'm really hoping a couple of the young guys are up by then. Though it's a bit of a pipe dream, I'd love to see Sano.

[old nurse]

The effect of the newness of Target Field on attendance was going to peak at some point. In comparison to the rest of the league, dome attendance was poor even when the team was winning. There are still plenty of casual fans at Target Field as compared to the dome.

That the All Star game has not had an effect on ticket sales does not surprise me. If all you were interested in was the AllStar game it would be cheaper to buy scalped tickets than a season ticket package you do not want.

[jokin]

The effect of the newness of Target Field on attendance was going to peak at some point. In comparison to the rest of the league, dome attendance was poor even when the team was winning. There are still plenty of casual fans at Target Field as compared to the dome.

That the All Star game has not had an effect on ticket sales does not surprise me. If all you were interested in was the AllStar game it would be cheaper to buy scalped tickets than a season ticket package you do not want.

 

Uhh, the peak was going to happen at some point? But that point usually doesn't happen in the First Year Of The New Ballpark! Not following you on your All Star game theory, what was all that ticket hawking going on last year from the MN Twins themselves, plus the TV and Radio guys tied in with the All Star game all about?

 

2010: 3.224M

2011: 3.168

2012: 2.776

2013: 2.478

2014: 2.205???*

* Based on Dave St Peter's probably rosy forecast of an expected 11% decline in Season Ticket Sales...that would be down over 1M+ fans from the true "peak" and some 32% overall. Ouch!

[Fatt Crapps]

Does anyone have an idea of how much the All-Star ticket strips are gonna cost?

[minn55441]

Each strip comes with the following:

one MLB All-star Program

Two tickets to fanfest

One ticket to futures game

One ticket to Home run Derby

One ticket to the All-Star game

 

Dugout Box --------- $991

HomePlate Box ----- $791

Diamond Box ------- $711

Field Box ------------ $651

Left Field Bleachers $581

Powerball Pavillion $581

Overlook ------------ $581

Legends Club ------- $891

Skyline Deck -------- $604

Home Plate Terrace- $536

Field terrace --------- $486

Home Plate view --- $486

Skyline View -------- $401

Homerun Porch Ter $466

Homerun Porch view $426

Grandstand--------- $ 426

[mikecgrimes]

Each strip comes with the following:

one MLB All-star Program

Two tickets to fanfest

One ticket to futures game

One ticket to Home run Derby

One ticket to the All-Star game

 

Dugout Box --------- $991

HomePlate Box ----- $791

Diamond Box ------- $711

Field Box ------------ $651

Left Field Bleachers $581

Powerball Pavillion $581

Overlook ------------ $581

Legends Club ------- $891

Skyline Deck -------- $604

Home Plate Terrace- $536

Field terrace --------- $486

Home Plate view --- $486

Skyline View -------- $401

Homerun Porch Ter $466

Homerun Porch view $426

Grandstand--------- $ 426

 

It'll be interesting to see what it will cost to get in the futures game in the scalper market. Thats really the only event that I might be willing to pay Ok money to see in person.

[Kwak]

With the advent of cell phones I wondered what will they do with all of those telephone poles? Apparently they use them for selling ASG tickets.

[JB_Iowa]

With the advent of cell phones I wondered what will they do with all of those telephone poles? Apparently they use them for selling ASG tickets.

 

I just saw them put up miles of replacement telephone poles near me (northwest Iowa) about a month ago. Some of us still love our land lines (never fear, we'll all die off someday).