Red Sox ticket prices to remain the same

Maybe someone should have clued in the Krafts

The prices remain the same for "existing" seats. But what about all the new seats that are being installed this winter. Those new seats will replace old sections of the park now being reconstructed. Are the prices in these "new" seats remaining the same as their old ones?

based on my calculations that means that the red sox based on avg ticket price and the number of fans through the turnstile last year off ticket sales made $163,325,127.80 (roughly) not bad without adding in concession sales. Would be nice to be the ownership.

Gotta love these owners with their constant triangular battle with: Supply vs. Demand vs. Public Relations paranoia

Statement should be: "Sox freeze ticket prices, but don't worry they'll make up the lost revenue increase by cutting payroll!"

They do not have to raise prices now that Manny's bloated contract is gone.

any word when the spring training tickets will go on sale?

Back in the day...there were box seats, grandstand and bleachers. What's this other crap? Everytime they raise the price they change the "name" of the seat. It's the SAME DAMN BALLPARK!!!! Hopefully, I will see some empty seats this year but with all the Red Sox morons maybe not......

I wonder how many people who go to games actually pay the amount printed on the ticket. I bet Ace Ticket has a good idea.

Gee, did not having to pay Manny 27 M next year have anything to do with this?

Funny how all the above comments are negative and suspecting and once again anti-FO, it is so predictable on the comments and forum.

People always talk sh...t in these forums. Always so negative with everything. I don't know if it's the townie mentality of Boston sport fans or what.

How magnanimous, they aren't going to raise prices on the highest price ticket in baseball which averaged $48.80. Most clubs average half that. Save us the big show of generosity "during tough times." You are making plenty of money.

Internal economic analysis/predictions placed the current ticket prices near (or at) the top of the demand curve in light of current market/economic conditions. In plain English: The Owners were told that the sellout streak would be jeopardized by another price hike.

Please note that the fan cost index for the Sox will remain 23% higher than the NEXT MOST EXPENSIVE MLB team (the Mets) and almost double the average fan cost index league-wide. Think about that. An average of $330 for a family of four to attend a baseball game...

How or why companies like ACE Tickets is even allowed to buy HUGE chunk/blocks of tickets is beyond me. So instead of allowing scalping, they legalize it in the form of ACE Ticket... You want that $85 bleacher seat ticket, SURE that will be $175!

Crap like this blowss me away.. Just to go to one game, for two people your looking at an easy $500. BS in my opinion.

Let's see...The Sox loose Manny at $20 mil, Varitek at $10.5 mil, Schilling at $8 mil, Byrd at $7.5 mil and Timlin at $3 mil. Sure Jason Bay makes $6 mil and the kids (Pedroia, Lester, Papelbon, Delcarmen, Masterson, and Lowrie) all deserve raises. But what's going to happen with Kotsay at $7 mil, Lugo at $9.25 mil, Coco at $5 mil and Ross at $2.5 mil?? They won't all be back. Seems to me the Red Sox payroll will be in Tampa Bay territory and they should be LOWERING ticket prices.

Unfortunately John Henry didn't lose everything in the financial collapse. It would be good to get better ownership that doesn't gauge the public.

Please people, the Sox owners bought this team to make money, not just as a sporting gesture to make fans happy about life!! They have crammed seats in every possible area and still find places to add em. Holding rock concerts, picnics in the park, creating a RSN, Hood blimps, Hood ice cream, all increases their revenue stream. In order to have good attendence, they buy quality players, and have a large payroll. But with our economy collapsing & 401ks disappearing, the writing is on the wall for high-priced sporting events!!

The negativity never ceases to amaze me. I share a season ticket package, and while it is always a struggle to pony up the $s in December, I think the Red Sox ownership have done a great job and treat the fans far better than the old regime. They have won two championships ( I was wondering if I would ever see even one in my lifetime) and made dramatic improvements to Fenway. Given the age, foot print and resulting capacity of Fenway Park, it's hard to imagine how anyone could have done a better job.

The Ticket prices may remain the same, but will the Sox's relationship with Ace tickets?
For those that dont know, the Sox sell the in-demand tickets, Yankees, Angles, inter-league, weekend games, etc to Ace. Ace marks then up and sells them via their website.
The Sox then sell the Indians, Rays, Rangers, etc tickets on their website via the "virtual waiting room" or various lotteries.
The Sox are guaranteed a sell out to every game.

how nice of them during this great economy... Of course I will still not be able to procure a good seat without paying top dollar from "ticket broker" (scalper). I would rather save my money and see them on the road, cheaper and better in the long run

This is sports? $50 for an average seat for one person?

Anyone with a brain would realize that Red Sox tickets are outrageously priced for a baseball game! Compare their prices to any other team in MLB... I mean its freezing cold or raining for half the season around here. Red Sox fandom are dolts. I haven't been to Fenway since the early 90's and with the current ownership I most likely will be staying away for good.....And for the people that don't like hearing bad things on these boards..MOVE TO KANSAS OR IOWA...

Well, let's see, I went to my first games in the mid-to-late '50s. Whover said it earlier was right: there were 3 - actually 4 - tickek categories then: Box seats ($3.00), reserved grandstand ($2.25), unreserved grandstand ($1.50), and bleachers (50 or 75 cents) (they were real slab-of-wood bleachers!). To put it in perspective, however, they averaged only about 15-20,000 seats sold per game, and Ted Williams was BY FAR the highest-paid player, not only on the Sox, buy probably in the majors (along with with Mickey Mantle). The average Sox player was paid about $15,000 a year. Thta's why they all had off-season jobs; they had to!

Well, let's see, I went to my first games in the mid-to-late '50s. Whover said it earlier was right: there were 3 - actually 4 - tickek categories then: Box seats ($3.00), reserved grandstand ($2.25), unreserved grandstand ($1.50), and bleachers (50 or 75 cents) (they were real slab-of-wood bleachers!). To put it in perspective, however, they averaged only about 15-20,000 seats sold per game, and Ted Williams was BY FAR the highest-paid player, not only on the Sox, buy probably in the majors (along with with Mickey Mantle). The average Sox player was paid about $15,000 a year. Thta's why they all had off-season jobs; they had to!

I would almost guarentee that this means a cut in their payroll and no big name free agents.

NEWSFLASH: The average Red Sox fan doesn't pay these listed prices. The average fan has to negotiate the world of condoned online scalpers to watch a game in person. There's a real solution to all of this of course. Stop going to games at Fenway. One year of this treatment and the prices will drop, I assure you. Now that will be news to report!

Looks like the sox won't be spending Manny's money....that's a shocker

Let's see: highest prices in the league by far., cheapest ballpark, no parking except at outrageous rates, overpriced food and beverages, and all the players who show promise are pushed out, or at the least aren't pulled back - take your pick. Add to that that they scalp out the tickets to Ace.

They really have the fans foremost in their minds.

"Unfortunately John Henry didn't lose everything in the financial collapse. It would be good to get better ownership that doesn't GAUGE the public."--Willy123

Um, Willy, all owners GAUGE the public, but I think you meant GOUGE the public. Regardless, success has a price to pay, and this is it. Everyone wants to throw John Henry & Co. under the bus, but 456 sellouts and two championships later, he are a bunch of you wanting to go back to $10 ticket prices. Would you rather have that and more heartache, or what we currently have? You can't have it both ways.

My life didn't get any better in any way just because the Sox won 2 titles!! The owners & limited partners made a bundle of cash along with many of their players. Good for them! I think many of the fans just want reasonable ticket and food prices. Going to a game for entertainment is key, and having to win a championship at our expense is not key!!

That's real nice of the Sox not to raise ticket prices, maybe they should figure out a way to get rid of the corrupt system they make people go through to buy tickets. The fact that you have to enter a raffle just to get the opportunity to purchase Opening Day tickets, tickets to all Yankee games, and all Green Monster and Right Field Roof Deck seats is pathetic. And the whole "Virtual Waiting Room" thing is a JOKE! Whatever happen to the days of first-come, first-serve? And don't get me started on ACE Tickets "The Official Ticket Agency of the Boston Red Sox"...more like the official scalper of the Boston Red Sox.

Red Sox are entitled to raise tickey prices by the CPI (Consumer Price Index) in normal times to cover their costs. I expect that normal times are over for awhile. I myself watch them for $1 per game on MLB Extra Innings package, ask your cable or Satellite company about it.
Get your self a 52" LCD Samsung TV with surround sound, get some Sam Adams beer, Ball Park franks, peanuts, and popcorn and enjoy the game at home. No parking problem, waits at concession stands, and bathroom line. Cost per game about $15.

I want to afford to go to see the Sox. I could care less if then win or not.

The complainers do want it both ways, that is their personna, they are never happy.

Geez, thank God they're not going to raise the ticket prices, I can sleep well tonight now!

Geez, thank God they're not going to raise the ticket prices, I can sleep well tonight now!

The sox are in bed with Ace Tickets anyway. They sell a bulk (most) of the season to Ace Tickets and then claim they are sold out. This is a backdoor deal which pays the Red Sox a premium, well over the face value they get from selling them from a ticket counter or online. The Red Sox sell 11% legit and the rest is sold to Ace Tickets. It doesnt matter that they have made this claim about not raising prices. Its a scam. All you people that buy tickets fuel the scam. You are all the same peoplee that vote for Wilkerson and voted no on question #1.

Hey Guys! I can see a major league team for only $5/game, but the downside is that it is the Cincinnati Reds. At least be happy that you can be close enough to think about going to the Sox. I can't even watch them on TV unless I buy a cable package!

This is the price we pay to keep Fenway Park, and a championship caliber roster, in a large market that's religious and fanatical about baseball. If they built a new ballpark that held 45-50,000 fans like all of the other teams, it would be cheaper. Oh yeah, and the owners like to make money. Nothing wrong with that, thats how our country works. Now the whole Ace ticket thing and the virtual waiting room is pure crap. That's gotta go. At the rate that our economy's dropping, they just might be lucky if the park is full every game next year. The outlook on the future economy doesn't look good. I say everybody stay home for the 2009 season if you want lower ticket prices and watch it on TV or go to a road game in Baltimore.

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