yankee stadium

Which Baseball Team Is It Most Expensive To Go See?

Filed under: Sports

Baseball season is just beginning, time for peanuts and Cracker Jacks and a fresh hope that your team will make it to the World Series in October. Which team does it cost the most to cheer on? The annual study by Team Marketing Report reveals that the Chicago Cubs have the highest average ticket prices in baseball. The average price for Cubs tickets is $52.56, just a handful of change above the Boston Red Sox at $52.32. But the Red Sox win when it comes to a more real evaluation, the FCI. The FCI is the fan cost index, the cost for the average family of four to attend a game. The FCI takes into account prices for two adult tickets, two children's tickets, two small draft beers, four small soft drinks, four hot dogs, two programs, two baseball caps and parking for one car. An afternoon at Fenway will run you $334.78, a full $18 more than seeing the Yankees, who ruled last year with a steep FCI of $410.88. The league average FCI is $195.13.

The best bargain is the Los Angeles Angels with a FCI of $124.90. The average FCI is down as many teams are offering cheaper concession items or other discounts. The Yankees are still on top when it comes to premium seats. The Team Marketing report says the average premium seat at Yankees Stadium is $312.11, far down from last year's price which topped $500 but still steep enough for the top slot.

Tags: baseball, chicago cubs, fan cost index, fenway park, red sox, sports tickets, ticket prices, yankee stadium, yankees

Yankee Stadium Sod Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Sports

Yankees fans can have a piece of the old stadium in their own back yard. Steiner Sports is selling the 20' x 20'; plot of sod from the area behind home plate that was used in the Yankees old stadium. The lot comes with the Yankee stencil, white sod paint, lawn flag, special grass seed and a letter of authenticity. Delea Sod Farms, the official sod farm of the NY Yankees™ will provide instructions to properly transplant the living sod into your own yard or local ball field and maintain it for years to come. The auction notes that the actual turf will be coming from northern New Jersey and will be shipped via a freight company which charges a steep $7.50 per mile away. Ten percent of the proceeds benefit Family Services of Westchester which provides social and mental health services for more than 30,000 people a year. The auction has a starting price of $15,000 and ends on July 9th.

[via The New Jersey Star-Ledger]

Source

Tags: new york yankees, NewYorkYankees, sports collectibles, SportsCollectibles, yankee stadium, YankeeStadium

Buyer Up! Yankees Auction Off Stadium Memorabilia

by Paul Rogers (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Sports

Let's get this straight. First the New York Yankees build a taxpayer-supported new stadium which, after cost overruns, comes to a whopping $1.5 billion. Then they charge $2,500 a game for the best seats in the house (a price they cut in half when the tickets embarrassingly weren't selling). And now they've begun auctioning off artifacts of the old stadium at exorbitant prices to earn back the $11.5 million the team paid the city to be able to dismantle the publicly owned ballpark.

Now that we've got all that squared away, here's a sampling of the items that went on offer this week from Yankees' partner Steiner Sports. A pair of seats (pictured), made of royal blue plastic and dating from the old stadium's renovation in the mid-1970s, begins at $1,499. A 2x2-foot chunk of freeze-dried sod starts at $280. A square of outfield turf ten times that size costs $10,000 and up. Getting sticker shock? Compared with the original price of top-of-line season tickets this year--$202,500--it's a veritable bargain.

Tags: baseball memorabilia, BaseballMemorabilia, new york yankees, NewYorkYankees, Steiner Sports, SteinerSports, Yankee Stadium, YankeeStadium

Tommy Bahama Bar Brings Island Style To Yankee Stadium

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining, Sports

Yankee Stadium has a wide variety of places to eat but there are also places to drink. Lifestyle brand Tommy Bahama has created the Tommy Bahama's Bar which overlooks the Great Hall that serves as the main entrance and a meeting place for fans. Yankee Stadium ticket-takers will be wear blue polo shirts or half-zip pullover sweatshirts with the New York Yankees insignia on the left chest and the Tommy Bahama marlin on the left sleeve. Select Tommy Bahama merchandise will also be sold at Yankee Stadium. The bar also serves drinks using the Tommy Bahama Rum making it a nice tie-in for the brand even if rum isn't the usual baseball drink of choice.

The Tommy Bahama bar is just one of the many branded areas in the stadium. For an interesting tour of the many sights to be seen check out this post from Retail Anarchy.

Tags: bar, tommy bahama, TommyBahama, yankee stadium, YankeeStadium

Iron Chef To Cook At Yankee Stadium

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining, Sports

The new Yankee Stadium is set to open next month for baseball season and if you have seats in the some of the club areas you could be in for some culinary treats. The NY Times reports that those the Legends Suite Club will see chefs from the Food Network occasionally cook at two open kitchens. One of the chefs will be Masaharu Morimoto of "Iron Chef" fame and chefs from Le Cirque and Elaine's will also make appearances. The pricey premium seats do offer free food.

Source

Tags: masaharu morimoto, MasaharuMorimoto, yankee stadium, YankeeStadium

Ballpark Pens

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Writing Instruments

With more and more famous ballparks either disappearing or getting redone each year, these Ballpark pens might be your last chance to get your hands on a bit of history. The pens are andcrafted from salvaged wooden stadium seats. THe barrels and disc at top are made from wooden seats from historic stadiums. The pens ship with capless rollerball refill but can also use Parker style ballpoints and each is laser engraved with the name of the ballpark and years in existence. The prices vary depending on the stadium. Fenway Park sells for $250 and Yankee Stadium is $190.

Source

Tags: baseball, fenway park, pen, stadium, yankee stadium