Ticket price increase

Endzone from $89 to $117 (an increase of 31%). Looks like it'll be a looooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnng off season. Endzones went from $34 to $75 when we won the first championship.

Thanks BoB!

Wow....That figures....This has become an annual tradition for Bob Kraft. This is really getting to be ridiculous. We are BY FAR the highest priced tickets in the league. How greedy can he be? And after the season ticket holders didn't even have a lottery for Super Bowl tickets? He really has lost touch with the common fan; someone he told us he used to be. As a season ticket holder of 29 years-going on my 30th, I am greatly disappointed. What makes this even worse is that if you cough the wrong way in the stadium your season tickets get revoked! I guess he had to find some solace in defeat.

THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS! THANKS BOB!

Isn't that like a 30% increase in ticket prices, which were already the most in the league? Don't get me wrong, I'm thorougly enjoying the team in the 00's, just the last 2 years have been ripping the heart out of the fans, having Spygate, and the traffic is STILL a mess in Foxboro. Having Krafty's place doesn't make the game experience any better.

Maybe it will make the fans who were on the fence punt on their tickets and we will get some fans in the stadium who actually want to cheer, and won't be selling their tickets to opposing fans. Or, maybe we'll get more of Yuppyville, who can afford the new ticket prices, but want to sit and be entertained, leave at halftime, and never come to a game when its cooler than 50F.

Regardless we will be there.

Go Pats, reload, and don't lay another turd in the Superbowl!

Wow....That figures....This has become an annual tradition for Bob Kraft. This is really getting to be ridiculous. We are BY FAR the highest priced tickets in the league. How greedy can he be? And after the season ticket holders didn't even have a lottery for Super Bowl tickets? He really has lost touch with the common fan; someone he told us he used to be. As a season ticket holder of 29 years-going on my 30th, I am greatly disappointed. What makes this even worse is that if you cough the wrong way in the stadium your season tickets get revoked! I guess he had to find some solace in defeat.

THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS! THANKS BOB!

Isn't that like a 30% increase in ticket prices, which were already the most in the league? Don't get me wrong, I'm thorougly enjoying the team in the 00's, just the last 2 years have been ripping the heart out of the fans, having Spygate, and the traffic is STILL a mess in Foxboro. Having Krafty's place doesn't make the game experience any better.

Maybe it will make the fans who were on the fence punt on their tickets and we will get some fans in the stadium who actually want to cheer, and won't be selling their tickets to opposing fans. Or, maybe we'll get more of Yuppyville, who can afford the new ticket prices, but want to sit and be entertained, leave at halftime, and never come to a game when its cooler than 50F.

Regardless we will be there.

Go Pats, reload, and don't lay another turd in the Superbowl!

This is a joke. Increasing mezzanines by 30 bucks? All this does is push out the real fans and get the corporates in. How much more money does Kraft need?

Maybe this means I will have a better chance of receiving an upgrade this year.

do you think with a 30% increase in ticket prices we will at least not be forced to buy the 2 pre season tickets... perhaps it would make sense to allow anyone who isn't a season ticket holder a chance to see them play. 117.00 to watch the 3rd stringers is a lot, or at least a lot for me..

You guys are redicoulous. Bob Kraft is the only owner in the NFL to build a state of the art stadium with minimal public support and no personal seat licences. Yes we have the highest tickets in the NFL but last I checked Jerry Jones is holding his fans up for a $25000-$75000 ransom just for the right to buy tickets to his new stadium. This is standard practice in the NFL but Kraft did no such thing. He is the best owner in the NFL hands down. Besides honestly $170 to be at Gillette Stadium is a bargain to me because I love this team.

Frankly, like the previous poster suggested, if it is not worth it to you please give up your tickets because there are about 70000 names on a waiting list desperate to get into Gillette.

My tickets increased 50% as they have chosen to make the first 7 rows of the upper corners the same price as tickets in the upper deck on the 50 yard line. I can already picture the parking jumping to $50 as well. Maybe if this came with better parking/traffic it would be easier to swallow. P10 is a horrible place to tailgate, any wind whips through like you are out on the plains.

Wow, imagine if they had actually WON the big game.
---4 season tickets in the Mezzanine corner + 2 playoff games = $5,880
--Parking an RV in P10 for 10 games + 2 Playoff Games =$1,500
--2 Sam Adams drafts per ticket for all the games + playoffs = $960
--4 Superbowl Tickets from an Agency ( nice word for scalper) = $8,520
(because there IS no lottery)
Getting your heart ripped out by losing the Superbowl .........Priceless!

Dear Mr. Kraft, (I know there is no way you are going to read this...but typing it will make me feel better)

No one is arguing with the quality team that you put on the field, but I am starting to see diminishing returns on my investment. When we won the title in '01 and opened the new stadium the following season, we had a 63% increase (from $46 to $75)...but you know what?? No problem.

This past season, you dumped that crummy mall onto Route 1, and brought back traffic nightmares of the old stadium. I mean...c'mon...Bass Pro Shop?!?!?! What kind of huckleberry would shop at a place like that??? But, you know what?? We put up with it. Why do I think the price increase and that dumb mall might be tied together?

I have been a season ticket holder now for 14 seasons. In that time, the Patriots have gone to 5 Super Bowls...I have attended EVERY Super Bowl in that time. BUT, I have NEVER won the "so called" season ticket holder lottery...which means I paid through the nose every time! I could see justification if we were guaranteed the right to buy SB tickets.

Now the price is jacked up to $117 per game??? Rediculous!! Oh, and let me take a wild guess...we don't get any type of price break on the 2 pre-season games, right?? Of course not.

Well, I guess this guarantees that Randy Moss & Asante Samuel will be back next year...oh yeah, and now it looks like you'll have enough to sign EVERY free agent in the league.

-Disgruntled in 216

PS- Yes, I will be renewing my tickets (There, Mr. Kraft...I know that's the only part of this message that you wanted to read)

well someone has got to pay for that megaplex!!!

I am also in the lower part of the upper corners. 50% increase in ticket prices!!!! That is absurd!!!!

Plus parking is a fortune, we have to buy 2 preseason games and if we try to sell any of our tickets we get our tickets revoked. And the capper is we don't have a chance at Superbowl tickets!

That isn't exactly the way to build fan loyalty for the inevitable lean years.

Type your comment here...Dear Mr. Kraft, (I know there is no way you are going to read this...but typing it will make me feel better)

No one is arguing with the quality team that you put on the field, but I am starting to see diminishing returns on my investment. When we won the title in '01 and opened the new stadium the following season, we had a 63% increase (from $46 to $75)...but you know what?? No problem.

This past season, you dumped that crummy mall onto Route 1, and brought back traffic nightmares of the old stadium. I mean...c'mon...Bass Pro Shop?!?!?! What kind of huckleberry would shop at a place like that??? But, you know what?? We put up with it. Why do I think the increase and that dumb mall might be tied together.

I have been a season ticket holder now for 14 seasons. In that time, the Patriots have gone to 5 Super Bowls...I have attended EVERY Super Bowl in that time. BUT, I have NEVER won the "so called" season ticket holder lottery...which means I paid through the nose every time! I could see justification if we were guaranteed the right to buy SB tickets.

Now the price is jacked up to $117 per game??? Rediculous!! Oh, and let me take a wild guess...we don't get any type of price break on the 2 pre-season games, right?? Of course not.

Well, I guess this guarantees that Randy Moss & Asante Samuel will be back next year...oh yeah, and now it looks like you'll have enough to sign EVERY free agent in the league.

-Disgruntled in 216

PS- Yes, I will be renewing my tickets (There, Mr. Kraft...I know that's the only part of this message that you wanted to read)

I'm done. Been going almost 15 years and finally Bob Kraft has taken the fun out of it. Can't park where you want anymore. Traffic worse than ever, plus $40 parking(soon to be 50, you know it). Asshole Staties, always have been, always will be I guess. Full price for two pre-season games. That wasn't even so bad when it was cheaper but $117 bucks to watch the scrubs!! I bought Hi- def last year and don't be fooled, it's better than being there. Have fun with all that cash Bob. Your a real jerk.

I had been calling that since September...

Even with this ticket price increase, I still believe that it represents GREAT value for money. But what pisses me off here is that we all know that this steep increase is to cover the $750K fines set by Goodell for the Spygate and also to subsidize the development of Patriot Place (will lower the mortgage).

VR - the customers always pay

I wish Tom Terrific wasn't so Hollywood these days. What happened to the days when Tom was head-butting his teammates before the Super Bowl? Now he's on the field carousing with Pat O'Brien before the big game. Depressing to see. I think we may have seen the last championship for a long time. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Oh, and the ticket price is a little steep....5%-10% could be tolerable, even justified...but 30+% seems a bit much in one off-season.

A 35% increase in ticket prices!!! After that SB debacle ... the Kraft clan has huge b*alls to ask for such an outrageous price hike ... and that's on top of the most expensive ticket prices in the NFL ! And, look at the 2008 home schedule ... 7 out of the 8 opponents have the worst records in the league!!!

Memo to Mr. Kraft ... remember the 1-15 and 2-14 seasons?? At $169 per ticket, you'll be looking at oceans of empty seats ... go ask Ralph Wilson (who, by the way, charges $70 for his best seats!!)

I have always said that about the pre-season games. I would like to get a letter in the mail saying this is your price for your tickets A) with pre-season or B) without. My solution to this is why not give the person on the waiting list a chance to come to the stadium, help incease the fan base, get more and DIFFERENT people into the stadium? Ask the Season ticket holder if 'he' wants the pre-seaosn games. If 'he' says NO then call the people on the waiting list and offer it to them. . Acording to my math, my tickets went up 35%! from 125 to 169. had a notion that they might go up when i saw how much they were for playoff tickets. was doing some cleaning before the game and came across 3 old tickets to the pats, IRONICALLY, they were all against the San Diego Chargers nad i noticed the increase EVERYTIME on each ticket. Somewhat of an Ironic Omen i think! I would appreciate keeping the parking at 40 or perhaps going back down to 35. It gets harder and harder to buy the storebrand generic chips and salsa and such and make it look like $40! if it goes to $50 oh man I'm screwed! lol might actually have to spend 50 while other person buys parking.
So now with the ASSUMPTION parking stays at $40, it will now cost me for ONE ticket over $200 bucks befor ei even BUY food or other stuff for the game. It will NOW COST $716 PER GAME! befor eyou buy gas, food, etc etc.
I'll still keep the tickets cause hey, i dont have a boat or a motorcycle so they are why weekly vice, but when will people or hell THE NFL step in and say 'hey, you are pricing out your fans, this cant happen, a 35% increase, i mean WOW!

Oh and one more thing, can somebody please tell Arlen that what happens in the NFL is NONE OF HIS BUSINESS. Not just cause i am a pats fan but a football fan. Is this guy THAT OUT OF TOUCH? Sick of hearing about something that EVERY TEAM DOES and it doesnt just ahppen in football. Why does he get involved in the accusations about teams stealing signs from second base? or how about shutting down XYZ team for using the centerfield camera. Brace for the sarcasm here - but heythe guy on y bench is a greta lip reader, better make sure they put the gloves up to their faces so you cant 'read' what they are saying. GIVE IT A BREAK MAN!

As a 36 year season ticket holder I think its getting out of control.Looking at a 1972 ticket stub section 125 in Schaefer was 8 bucks...Wow how this game has become popular.I will continue to pay for my season tickets but its frustrating.If they wernt on the 50, 14 rows up my decision would be easy. A total trip ( from new york)i s almost $1000 per game now... Cmon Mr Kraft....

wellllllllll paying $125.000 in sect 109 last 3 yrs was still high but now increasewill make more fans sell there seats and odds are parking will go from $40 to either $45 or $50 despite losing half of lots to patriot place there should be no excuse but usual salary cap excuse for not signing samuel and moss ,,50,000 waiting list might be wating long time for seats because now season tickets will sell there seats now and prices online like hub stub will rocket

I believe that people are a little fuzzy on what Mr. Kraft has been up to since he built this new stadium. In 2001 my seats were $48 for lower sideline seats and this ownership made a very big deal on the decision not to charge a licensing fee to each season ticket holder. The PR they gained for this was huge. At the time the average licensing fee in the league was between $5000 and $7500 per seat and for that you have the right to transfer your tickets to someone else. When the stadium opened those same tickets were increased to $99 a 52% increase. In 2004 they were increased again to $125 a 26% increase and now 3 years latter to $169 a 35% increase. These increases add up to over 350% in seven years. No professional teams in the history of US sports have ever taken increases like this. Our parking and concessions are also the most expensive in all of sports. The stadium he built is beautiful but the food is horrible. In 2005 the brain trust came up with the great idea of offering the season ticket holders the opportunity for a 1 time transfer of ticket ownership to a family member for a fee of $5000 per seat. This is a very important feature to ticket licensing but now we were fortunate enough to be able to pay that fee not for a true license but for a 1 time transfer. Who is he kidding; I and most other season ticket holders would have paid the fee up front to gain the rights that a licensee would gain. And let us not forget that our owner got caught during the week of the Superbowl in 2004 selling the team tickets that should have put into a lottery for season ticket holders to a reseller of packages in Providence. His response to the article was that the tickets belonged to the team and thus he could do with them as he wished. Now don’t get me wrong Mr. Kraft took a HUGE chance buying this team and he deserves the rewards of building them into a contender year after year but my worry is that he will bleed the fan base dry and then sell out to the highest bidder leaving us all to hold the bag. As a season ticket holder for both the Sox and the Pats for over 30 years I can tell you that I feel much better about the organization in Boston than the one in Foxboro. I would expect this from an outsider like John Henry but not from one of our own.

Why anyone would prefer to go to Gillette, and pay those usurious prices while spending the entire day surrounded by drunken troglodytes is beyond me. Me? I'm at home, warm, watching on the bigscreen. 3 hours and out. Only the rubes go and pay the rent.

Suck it up. You could be rooting for a team like the Cardinals or the Raiders. Be happy your rooting for a winner. There are plenty of others on the waiting list ready to step up and take your seats if you don't want them.

I wish Tom Terrific wasn't so Hollywood these days. What happened to the days when Tom was head-butting his teammates before the Super Bowl? Now he's on the field carousing with Pat O'Brien before the big game. Depressing to see. I think we may have seen the last championship for a long time. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Oh, and the ticket price is a little steep....5%-10% could be tolerable, even justified...but 30-50% seems a bit much in one off-season.

dear complainers, give up your seats so the wait list folks can get a crack at them.

I still have my ticket stub for an unreserved end zone seat, Patriots-Bills, December 20, 1964.....$2.50. Two whole weeks worth of allowance!

No kid can afford to go to a Patriots game this year unless....his last name is Kraft.

Shame on you, Patriots...especially after the dismal display during Super Bowl 42.....the biggest disappointment in Boston sports history, worse than the '67 World Series, '75 World Series, '86 World Series and playoff losses to the hated Yankees along the way. You have a heck of a nerve, Mr. Kraft.

This increase has me on the fence on whether to renew or not.

I love how all the peple who DON'T have tickets say "I'll take them, stop your whining". Well when you are dishing out $2500 ( if you put it on your credit card it can only be Visa, Kraft says so) then spending 10 hours on your Sundays in the fall, 4-5 of which are ususally sitting in your car in traffic, and shelling out $40-$50 for Parking and then having to walk over a mile to the stadium per game, It's not so glorious.

Don't let Krafty fool you that stadium was paid for before the first game was played.
There isn't a square inch of that stadium that isn't sponsored by some major corperation. I'm also sick of hearing how He remembers sitting up in section 216 or whatever it was (only because there were no luxury boxes) and watching the games. That story is played Bob, think of something else.

To the poster regarding the seat licences.. In those stadiums, they own rights to those seats. Not so in Gillette, you are paying for the priviledge to sit there and Kraft can take those tickets away without notice or reason. I know that for a fact, it has happened to former season ticket holders I know. Try selling your tickets on stub hub, or even to a friend, if your friend's friend get into an argument or gets too drunk...bye bye tickets and bye-bye $2500.

$117 for the last row in the end zone. I don't know man, I don't know.

I could go on but I think you get the idea. Kraft did save the team and build a great stadium, I just know if I want to pay for him to fly Brady to see his kid in Cali. anymore.

Like many of my fellow posters, I'm a 15 year season ticket holder, and have liked and admired what The Kraft Family has done with the team and stadium, but I think the increase is too steep and if the patriots were in every superbowl for the next 20 years I still wouldn't comeout of what appears to be a "nonexistant ' lottery.
Do we ever get any numbers on that?
Unfortunately the NFL is going very corporate and I wonder will it come back to bite them especially in game attendance,

Thanks for nothing Krafty. You should be embarassed, and lower prices for this season now. Or at least, keep them exactly the same.

This is the thanks I get for screaming my butt off at every homegame. With friends like you, who needs enemies?

A 50% increase in the cost of my season ticket.

Get ready yuppies...you'll have lots of chances to get that wonderful Gillette experience. But don't hurt your throat trying to help the team. Just bring an extra 100 bucks for a couple of hot dogs, a couple of beers, an overpriced hat, and a hot chocolate. And the 50 bucks to park.

This increase has me on the fence on whether to renew or not.

I love how all the peple who DON'T have tickets say "I'll take them, stop your whining". Well when you are dishing out $2500 ( if you put it on your credit card it can only be Visa, Kraft says so) then spending 10 hours on your Sundays in the fall, 4-5 of which are ususally sitting in your car in traffic, and shelling out $40-$50 for Parking and then having to walk over a mile to the stadium per game, It's not so glorious.

Don't let Krafty fool you that stadium was paid for before the first game was played.
There isn't a square inch of that stadium that isn't sponsored by some major corperation. I'm also sick of hearing how He remembers sitting up in section 216 or whatever it was (only because there were no luxury boxes) and watching the games. That story is played Bob, think of something else.

To the poster regarding the seat licences.. In those stadiums, they own rights to those seats. Not so in Gillette, you are paying for the priviledge to sit there and Kraft can take those tickets away without notice or reason. I know that for a fact, it has happened to former season ticket holders I know. Try selling your tickets on stub hub, or even to a friend, if your friend's friend get into an argument or gets too drunk...bye bye tickets and bye-bye $2500.

$117 for the last row in the end zone. I don't know man, I don't know.

I could go on but I think you get the idea. Kraft did save the team and build a great stadium, I just know if I want to pay for him to fly Brady to see his kid in Cali. anymore.

i want to say thankyou to the coaches and the team for the past 15 years i have been a season ticket holder. but i would like share my displeasure in the ownership. we were already the highest ticket in the league, but now bob you have taken this to another level. this is outrageous i expected tickets to go up by 5 to 10 dollars but you really did it this time. everybody says how you are such a great owner, well i disagree as far as i am concerned you are greedy. it was great when you did not make us buy psl, now i wish you did you say how you want it to be a family atmosphere well guess what the average family now cannot afford to go to the game. thanks agaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin bob.

Get ready for the pay toilets! The Kraft's have an uncanny ability to undo all of the goodwill they've built up over the past 14 years and enrage their fan base. We season ticket holders should all be thrilled with the success of the team, but every time you turn around you're getting gouged. They can go to the SB every year and I will never get tickets (it's insulting that the team holds a lottery when they have no intention of offering tickets). The gameday experience is terrible with traffic congestion, parking costs, inconvenient footpath into stadium, and I haven't even gotten to ticket and concession prices yet. If I wasn't married with two small kids I wouldn't even consider spending my Sundays there!

Mr. Kraft & Family,

Here are a couple of suggestions:

> For people coming to the game with four or more people in a car or van, ( no parking fee increase). (Create a little less traffic)

> Create more satellite parking lots in the area with free van transportation for fans to the stadium. This will motivate some fans to use the satellite parking lots and therefore ease up on the traffic at the stadium.

> In order to raise revenue > A NE Patriots credit card that will give fans a
15% discount at the pro shop and Patriot place. Credit card will give one credit point for every dollar charged (two credit points at the pro shop & patriot place) and will allow fans to turn in points toward purchasing tickets. (Similar to what the airlines do)

> Allow non-season ticket holders to purchase those preseason games. Those who do purchase those games will accumulate credit points that will put them higher on the season ticket waiting list.

> Tell these ticket agencies that if they want choice regular season tickets to resell then they will have to take a certain amount of preseason tickets to sell.

I am sure you can come up with even more "creative" ways to help YOUR fans out
in this recession that some of us are struggling through.

Respectfully,

AW from Waltham

I am a season ticket holder from upstate New York and travel 6 hours round trip every weekend the PATS are home. Tickets prices have increased a number of times since the new stadiun was built: 63%, 20% and now 31% to $117 in the lower corner endzone. Outrageous !!!!!
I have been a season ticket holder for 14 years over which the PATS have participated in 5 Super Bowls. I have never been a so-called winner in the lottery which I believe doesn't exist. This year Kraft received 17.5% of the SB tickets (12,410 tickets). How were the tickets distributed? Why can't the front office give out a list of the individuals who received the tickets?
The SB tickets have increased over the years but the prices are set by the NFL.
The years I had a chance of winning in the so-called lottery and the PATS participated: XXXl ($275), XXXVI ($400), XXXVIII ($400), XXXIX ($600) and XLII ($700-900) have also seen the tickets increase dramatically. I would just like to attend one SB in my lifetime.
I anticipated the Patriots going to Arizona this year, so I booked a trip early to Phoenix and flew out the Wed. after the AFC championship game. Of course my name wasn't drawn in the lottery and the tickets that were for sale in Phoenix were outrageous.
Nonetheless, we had a great time in Phoenix at the NFL Experience, playing golf and then watching the season end in a Sports Bar.
I will be back next year putting up with the increased ticket prices, increased parking prices and increased concession prices and hopefully have another chance to purchase a Super Bowl ticket in sunny Tampa.

Wow... what a bunch of whiners! Let's go back to when the Pats were 1-15 and give you your $40 seats back. Wouldn't that be great! Get a grip folks. Enjoy the success of a quality team. Quality does come at a price.

Well, at least we're not in a situation where the housing market is in freefall, the stock market is down almost 10% in 6 weeks, and the economy in general is headed into a recession, because then this spike in prices would really be a slap in the face to the common fan.....oh, wait.....

I don't want to hear how Bob Kraft is doing us a favor by not charging us season ticket holders a PSL. Don't forget, the NFL gave Bob Kraft $200M to keep the team in New England.

The stadium is already paid for. This 31% increase is to pay for his new empire of a shopping mall and hotel. What do you think it is for ?

This team made it to the Super Bowl twice with the old stadium. Tom Finneran was right about this guy. This is not about being competative. THIS IS ABOUT GREED !

It's nice that us loyal fans freeze during night playoff games and cheer on our team when they need us but when the Super Bowl comes around we are not needed any longer and stand no chance to obtain tickets.

Just as long as we keep paying for those useless preseason games now at $117 a pop and all those jerseys. Thanks Bob. I wont buy another damn thing from these greedy crooks. I don't care if I starve to death.

Boycott his concessions, Pro Shop, and shopping mall.

I cant beleive some of the comments im reading. I think people need to sit back and put in some perspective. I also think there are a lot of pink hat newbies in the crowd. Everyone would have sold thier twenty years ago to have what the patriots have now, but that you have it, no one wants to pay. Are you aware that you went from the worst professional sports organization in America to the Best?

First, let me acknoledge that I am a season ticket holder of 27 years. I thought it was in poor taste and greed that there was no season ticket holder lottery. As you may know, those tickets were sold in "packages" by "agencies" that, as the gentlemen said, are really scalpers themselves. It excludes the true fans, who are already excluded anyway, and it sucks.

It is also true that you can lose your season tickets for just about anything, including cauffing the wrong way.

But as far as the ticket increase, particuarly for those who are really effected, the season ticket holder, the increase is not so dramatic. Yes the high percentage is troubling, but indivually, for the lower bowl, the increase is $440 dollars per yer, per seat, excluding playoffs.

Now wait a minute. That is a lot of money.

For those of you who were with us before Parcells took over and the stadium flooded with attention, you will remember all the lost years. The real nightmare that Foxboro Stadium was. The riot, the plane crash, no cheerleaders the empty seats. It surely wasnt a place to bring kids under 16, nevertheless a family. Remember parking in the woods because the stadium was literally on top of Route 1?

Are you kidding me. I guess they need more $ to pay for the shops they just built which I'll never shop in. What do we have to pay??????????????

The Patriots organization has just used a 51% increase to tell me that my upper deck seats with a prime view of the lighthouse are as good as the guy in the upper deck sitting at the 50 yard line, hmmm. Thanks for the great season!

I am a season ticket holder from upstate New York and travel 6 hours round trip every weekend the PATS are home. Tickets prices have increased a number of times since the new stadiun was built: 63%, 20% and now 31% to $117 in the lower corner endzone. Outrageous !!!!!
I have been a season ticket holder for 14 years over which the PATS have participated in 5 Super Bowls. I have never been a so-called winner in the lottery which I believe doesn't exist. This year Kraft received 17.5% of the SB tickets (12,410 tickets). How were the tickets distributed? Why can't the front office give out a list of the individuals who received the tickets?
The SB tickets have increased over the years but the prices are set by the NFL.
The years I had a chance of winning in the so-called lottery and the PATS participated: XXXl ($275), XXXVI ($400), XXXVIII ($400), XXXIX ($600) and XLII ($700-900) have also seen the tickets increase dramatically. I would just like to attend one SB in my lifetime.
I anticipated the Patriots going to Arizona this year, so I booked a trip early to Phoenix and flew out the Wed. after the AFC championship game. Of course my name wasn't drawn in the lottery and the tickets that were for sale in Phoenix were outrageous.
Nonetheless, we had a great time in Phoenix at the NFL Experience, playing golf and then watching the season end in a Sports Bar.
I will be back next year putting up with the increased ticket prices, increased parking prices and increased concession prices and hopefully have another chance to purchase a Super Bowl ticket in sunny Tampa.

I've been a season ticket holder for 12 years (Lower EndZone) and I have WON the Superbowl lottery (2003 vs. Carolina). Not happy about the increase BUT you to remember that we do not pay seat licenses like a lot of the teams w/ new stadiums requires.

All I can say is WOW!!.....This is an incromprehensible slap at all the fans who have attended games for 20 or more years...For those of you telling people to "calm down" or defending this action in any way. You are either a waiting list "hater" who never had enough faith in the team during the lean years when tickets where plentiful, or you are a lemming with plenty of F-You money to throw around....For the majority of us, we live check to check, raise our families, take an occasional vacation, and drink a few bears watching the game. For people like us this should be a personal affront. We are being asked to choose between what we love to do, and what is best for our families....My tickets will cost me an additional $850 this year...I dont know where some of you are from, but that hurts!!!

Kraft is getting greedy and destroying this organization's reputation. I for one am not going to put up with it and I don't think anyone should. After turning the parking situation into a big mess with all the USELESS construction going on down there now this. I think Kraft needs a big slap in the face to start to realize he's hurting this franchise and pushing away Patriots Fans that have been loyal to the team since before our winning days. I think everyone should Boycott the Preseason games just so he can take a little hit in the wallet and maybe realize he's pissing us off!

Just so everyone knows, out of the 12,000 Super Bowl tickets the Patriots received, 8,000 go to Club Seat owners because when they sign up they get garanteed Supe Bowl ticket rights. The rest go to the organization, players, sponsors, and friends. Very few are left to go in the lottery.

So, when Bob Kraft and the NFL needs us in the stands to make it look good for TV while we freeze to death cheering on our team during Jan night playoff games (remember the Titans game ?) it's OK. But, when it's Super Bowl time they no longer need us and it becomes a social event.

If you don't want to give up your tickets then get back at them another way. Don't buy anymore jerseys, don't buy anymore food from them, don't park in their lots, don't go to Revolutions games, and don't shop in their new mall.

31 % increase and no frisbee dogs at half time! please send a free sample of k-y jelly with my invoice. at least when we paid $32.00 back in 1995 for my same seat we had half time entertainment. granted we do have a better stadium now , a better team but,can we at least see some good half time shows? how about a real sb ticket lottery for the fans in the stands and give us a break on the parking.

Kraft has all these waiting list members fooled. All of you people that keep saying stop complaining and give up your seats you have no idea what you're getting into once you have those season tickets. It's a bunch of crap and it's going to get worse, and this from someone who has been a loyal patriots fan since before we were good. And to those of you who keep saying we're paying for a winning team? Did you not watch SuperBowl 42, or the past 3 years? Because I haven't seen a Championship in awhile, yet the prices keep on going up. Somehow that doesn't make sense to me. I used to love Bob Kraft for building this new stadium and a winning team, but now he's just getting greedy!

My ulitmate issue and some has mentioned it is I have 6 tickets in the end zone for $117.00. That is $1404 for the two preseason games, which I won't be able to give away because for most, it is not worth $50 to park and other costs to see the 3rd string or guys who are going to get cut play sloppy pre-season football. I tried to give them away last year to friends with elementry school kids and all the games start at 800 PM. Too late and not worth it for them.

$117 dollars to see a regular season game, i can justify, the BS super bowl lottery I can live with, but being forced to pay regualr season prices for preseason games is rediculos. It is funny how we pay more money for Post Season tickets but not less for preseason.

Are you kidding me. I guess they need more $ to pay for the shops they just built which I'll never shop in. Why do we have to pay??????????????
I paid 50.00 in Miami vs. the Pats this past Oct. for just about the same seat/view that I sit in at Foxboro, which is going from 75.00 to 89.00.
Utterly ridiculous, the rich just keep getting richer.

The Patriots organization used a 51% increase to tell me my upper deck seats with the view of the light house are as good as sitting at the 50 yard line. Thanks to the Kraft Group!

To all you non-season ticket holders who are saying to suck it up...Would you pay $400 for two meaning less pre-season game? One of which the starters play one series. Thats where the pain is. A rise in price is undersandable, but 35-50%....

The waiting list people are Krafts bunny in the hat, if we do not like the prices he knows he has 50,000 others he can pull out of his large hat to buy the tickets. It is disgraceful what he is doing and in my mind he has gone from hero to ZERO in just a few short years.

I keep seeing all of these fans who say they have been season ticket holders for 15 years. That's right about the time Bledsoe and Parcells came on board. You folks aren't die hard fans. You jumped on the bandwagon once things looked promising and now you're thinking of jumping off because the dynasty may be dead.

Quit whining about the Super Bowl lottery. The people who were supporting the team long before you get more entires into it than you do. Their loyalty is rewarded with tickets to the game.

You also complain about getting your tickets revoked for any infraction. Stop being a drunken loudmouth and you won't get tossed from the stadium or selling them to your drunken friends.

You say that the increase in ticket prices will bring in yuppie, corporate types. I got news for you. If you have been paying the prices you've been paying, you are the yuppie corporate type.

Finally, thank goodness the team is so good. They've been playing without a home field advantage for the past couples years. It seems like this is the first time you have made any noise all year.

I have had my tickets now for 14 years and like most of the "fans" that sit out in "great" New England weather has seen the price of the tickets increase by approximtely 150%. In that same timeframe, the PATS have gone to 5 SuperBowls without me getting one sniff of a ticket from the Krafts.

I seems to me the Krafts do not want the hardcore fans anymore in their stadium. They want the "suits" to fill the place up. They are pricing the bluecollar worker out of the stadium.

As it is, Gillette is the quietest stadium there is in the NFL. With the rise of the ticket prices, I know some people (including possibly myself) will be selling tickets back to the Krafts. This will allow them to sell the tickets to more suits for business purposes.

And by the way, some parking lots are already at $50. So I anticipate that cost of all lots to be the same.

One last note. I went to Dallas last year and sat in the 13 row. The face value of the ticket was around $45. That would be a $117 ticket here.

Parking was only $20. And I heard that Dallas was expensive.

Just imaging if we did win the Super Bowl what the costs would be? I am wondering what the costs will be next year if we win the Super Bowl.

Disgrunted fan in Section 214

Just making it harder and harder for the regular guy. People that have been there over 20 years are getting pushed out. Paying $169 for preseason is totally unreasonable. How come we pay more for postseason shouldn't preseason be cheaper ???? Looks like people on the waiting list are going to get lucky. Do the math and figure how much this puts in the coffers 5 months before the season.

I'm a regular guy and I bought my season tickets the day the signed Parcells. I have had the best time over all these years and it has been worth every cent.

Still is even after the increase.

Don't for one minute think that Uncle Bob does not keep us regular joes in mind. When he built the awesome stadium we go to each Sunday, he did it with his own money, not ours. If it came down to seating licenses like the Cowblys fans now have in front of them, I'd have been on the outside looking in.

It's never easy paying more, but that does not mean that it's not worth it!

Go Pats! 18-1 was a lot of fun.

This is another PR hit for Mr. Kraft. I'm having a hard time reading sports news after the stinker in PHX and spygate, now this. I don't hear or see a rational reason for the increase other than money grab while you can. Season ticket holders are so loyal that Kraft can use the cash flow to subsidize Patriot Place. I will not spend my money on any Patriot Place shops because I'm already overtaxed by season ticket prices. As it is, we had to walk through all the mud and muck and get herded like cattle through a maze of fences to get the stadium only to have to get herded out again and wait 2 hours to get out of the p10 parking lot.
I'm glad I got that off my chest. I love the Patriots, always have and always will. I'll pay the increase.

Just Curious how long poster #55 "Tom" has been a season ticket holder. Tom you notice the ones with the tickets are the ones with the issues? Do you think that maybe there is something to it? By the way when Parcells came on board they were not immediate winners, it took a few years. Do you think paying $40 to park is fair, no doubt it will go up. It doesn't even cost that to park across the street from Fenway. Kraft has seaon ticket holders and waiting list members by teh short hairs and he exploits that.

And what do you have the say to the people who have been there through the really lean years in the late 80's early 90's? These people are also on here. Just because you can afford to go to games doesn't make you a die hard fan (look at the club seats when they are playing the Cardinals) and to keep buying tickets when you can't afford them just makes you stupid.
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Whether the Pats are winning isn't the issue. Sure, the team is well-run and the Pats are winners. LOVE it!

How long you've been a season ticket holder isn't relevant. Do you love the Pats more because you were able to get on the season ticket holder's list back before the new stadium was built? Hooey!

The issue is: What do we get for our money. How do they show their appreciation.

The parking situation is ATROCIOUS. I've complained innumerable times, and what did we get??? A freakin' new MALL that took up more of the parking.

The traffic situation on Route 1 is RIDICULOUS. I've been to other NFL stadiums... it's not like it is here. Do they fix it?? No!

I'm seriously ticked-off about the whole problem of getting into and getting out of the stadium. It's made the whole experience a LOT less fun.

And now... because we're getting such good service... they raise the ticket prices 30%??

Darn... Doesn't seem like da boss man be listen'

**ATTENTION SEASON TICKETS HOLDERS**

Here's how to voice you concern:
Customer Service - John Crasts
508-543-8200

I called to get an explanation of how that 30% increase is being invested back into my seat. You should do the same.

The Krafts should be ashamed of themselves. Period.

Bob has been turning me off in recent year and this tops it off. I almost hopes he gets tied into spygate and goes down. He's full of himself and has lost touch with the true fan base - the people like me that sat on cold bleaches watching a 2-14 team.

Well the rest of the country hates the Pats because they think they are an bunch of arrogant pricks. I always defended them tooth and nail. But maybe they're right. Increasing my ticket price by 50% is extremely arrogant! I wonder what my clients would say if one day I jacked up my prices by 50%. Kraft had always been my hero for saving this team and keeping them in Foxboro. But this definitely tarnishes his name for me. I will pay the increase for now to support the greatest dynasty ever assembled, but I am boycotting Patriots Place and the Krafts can go to hell.

By the way, I think Gillette is an extremely overrated stadium. It took me over an hour to get through the gates for the AFC Championship game, the jumbotron is the size of my home tv, the stadium is too open and doesn't hold any noise, there are way too many women's bathrooms and not enough men's rooms, the traffic sucks and the parking is ridiculous. Whoever designed that place doesn't know what a real football stadium should be like.

Ok, I'm done. Go Pats!

Well bob you finnally did it. After 31 years i have to give up my tickets i can no longer afford these prices. i have traveled over 5oo,ooo miles to keep these ticket but at 117.oo i can no longer afford to sit in the stands with people who dont know the game or the stuggles this team has gone through. bob you have lost the real fans who built this stadium for you and given you millions in revenue. when is enough , enough ,by the way the people on the waiting list cant afford the prices either

22 year season ticket holder. Just making it harder and harder for the regular guy. People that have been there over 20 years are getting pushed out. Paying $169 for preseason is totally unreasonable. How come we pay more for postseason shouldn't preseason be cheaper ???? Looks like people on the waiting list are going to get lucky. Do the math and figure how much this puts in the coffers 5 months before the season!!!!!

I have been a huge fan of the Patriots for some time, and yes long before Belichick ever showed up. I have also worked at Gillette Stadium full time for the past few years and can tell you that basically this increase is picking up the tab for this wonderful Patriot Place that has been created. Believe me when I tell you, this organization has transformed into just another corporation, and the main purpose to a corporation is to make as much money as it possibly can, and boys does it ever. Unfortunately like most upper class Americans, they get very greedy and want more, then more and so on. The so called season ticket owner that Kraft claims to be is essentially no more, you are not looking at the NE Patriots with owner Bob Kraft, you are looking at the Kraft Sports Group, which was created to make him as much $$$$ as they can to keep their jobs. The ad revenue that the stadium and TV deals bring in has paid for that stadium about 2 years after it was built, but now he has streched himself a little thin with ALL of outside business interests that Kraft Group has taken on and now the fans are paying for it.

There is a harsh truth to realize, someday and possibly sooner than most people think, this Patriots team will take a downward turn, thats just the way this sport/business works. When that happens, only the true fans will hold on and even then, this will come full circle for our so called incredible leader. I believe we have become far to comfortable with this team and situation, but soon the reality will present itself, it's amazing what you can hide from the public when you are winning.

The announcement of the ticket increase was the same day that Clemens grabbed all the headlines by testifying on the hill. Real Krafty move. I love the Pats and realize that it is all about $. Fine. So please Bob, admit that you are all about making $ and quit with the stories about the old days when you and your sons were season ticket holders, trying to make yourself out to be the "average Joe fan" because you never were. You think Gillette is quiet now- revisit when Tom Brady is done -

"Memo to Mr. Kraft ... remember the 1-15 and 2-14 seasons?? At $169 per ticket, you'll be looking at oceans of empty seats ... go ask Ralph Wilson (who, by the way, charges $70 for his best seats!!)"

As a Bills fan, I had to laugh at that reference to Ralph Wilson. Buffalo has real (and not just bandwagon) fans. We sell out our games (sold out all 8 this year, for ex.) and have 40,000 season ticket holders even when we go 3-13. Anyone here remember 15 short years ago when the Pats had less than 20,000 season ticket holders in a city 5 times the size of Buffalo? Think first before you cast stones.....

Let them have the increase but let us resell on StubHub and EBAY without fear of losing our tickets. That way we can decide which games we can afford to see.

Does everyone think Brady is going to live forever? They have a couple good more years left in them if Spygate does not take them down. After that it is back to the Rod Rust days. I have had season tickets for 18 years. The whole experience sucks minus the games. Parking is outragous, not to mention the nuclear detonation on route 1. Right now you have hard core fans. I was there through thick and thin. The suits won't stick around in the cold to watch a losing season like some of us did. Have you ever been to a Bruins game? They will have to put puppets in the seats to make it look like there are fans there for TV. Last I knew puppets can't flip the bill for these ticket prices.

Go get them waiting list. You have become the only fan to win a lottery. Sometimes you better be careful for what you wish for, you might just get it.

I will be watching you and the puppets with my new HD LCD flat screen now that I will have a little money free up.

Going on my 12th season and despite a great season, I cannot believe that I'm seriously thinking of this a possibly my final season.

A few key points for those on the waiting list that you may want to consider before getting all excited and anxious for the phone call from the Pats organization:

Things that really Gring MY Gears:

- Traffic and parking is an abomination. Our drive has close to doubled in the past 5 yrs and the parking lot selection is worse. Each game, this starts off your day in the negative. Plus we are approaching the $50 mark. There is a reason private lots get away with charging $60, because the system is broken.

- In the preferred South parking lot, they reduced the entry gates from 4 to 2 and put in arm gates!! I mean the traffic is SOOO backed up, where do you thing we'll speed off to?? This one has me more than baffled. No wonder the traffic backs up on lovely picturesque Rt 1 just 4 hrs before the game!

- The parking organization is a complete joke. EVERY week I witness dozens of people ready to go toe-to-toe with the attendants (and I feel bad for them). Then one week we spoke with one and he said they offer ZERO training and every week its the same old mess. Talk about setting up people to fail. I mean put 300+ random people together with no training in the parking lot to park cars....what do you think is going to happen!?!? Geez...unbelievable, and Bob is suppose to be a master businessman....red mark on your resume on this one.

- Don't even get me started on that stupid retail mall with all those UNUSED parking spaces.

- The stadium is gorgeous, I'll give him that but after a few seasons, it will start to wear off given all these other headaches. It will start feeling like going to the dentist.

- I am not sure why the Staties are so angry but you won't find a positive one in the bunch. It seems they make it their sole purpose to piss you off before you get into the stadium. Plus they drive around 90 minutes after the game when traffic is still at a complete standstill and yell at you to "pick it up NOW and get moving". If they only knew how ridiculous that comment is, maybe they'd relax. All it does is make people sit in their running care for 60 extra minutes to ensure maximum polution in the Foxboro area. If I were a local resident, I'd sue to have this practice haulted.

The team has performed tremendously and we love the fact that this team delivers (except for 1 game this year) but we'll recover before Sept. The problem with raising prices so greatly will only ensure that some will drop them, more tickets will be scalped (to opposing fans willing to pay the price), and put more wealthy and less dedicated fans in the seats. ALL of which will contribute to a diminishing experience in the stadium.

Sorry Bob, but it appears you have officially sold out to the corporate giants and the rest will be history. I guess once I get my 55" flat screen later this year, that may be the tipping point for me, other season ticket holders, and future ticket holders. It will be a sad day when we watch an average Pats team on tv playing the Jets and seeing a sea of Green in the seats because they are the only ones who will pay for tickets to deal with these headaches. Bob, at that point look in the mirror, point at yourself and say "I did this, I ALONE did this!"

Oh yeah, you'd better sign Samual AND Moss now....NO EXCUSES!!!

Let them have the increase but let us resell on StubHub and EBAY without fear of losing our tickets. That way we can decide which games we can afford to see.

This is my 15h season and despite a great season and this may very well be my last one as well.

Things that fans of the Patriots should know:

- Traffic and parking is an abomination. Our drive has close to doubled in the past 5 yrs and the parking lot selection is worse. Each game, this starts off your day in the negative. Plus we are approaching the $50 mark. There is a reason private lots get away with charging $60, because the system is broken.

After walking a mile to get to the stadium,you must negoiate broken glass and empty alchol containers strewened all over the place. Then you are hearded into a gate area like animals to be frisked...There are not enough gates for Men and you are stuck for 25 minutes trying to get in.

After negoitating through all the Standing Room Only people who block the spacious concourse(Thanks Jonathan Krafty) to the overcrowded and lack of Mens room you get to your seat.

The "State of the Art" facilty is a bunch of crap...It is true for the corporate luxury box owners but for the common fan same old story. When will they ever fix the Bathroom situation,it is HORRENDOUS especially for small children and elderly people..

--- Don't even get me started on that stupid retail mall with all those UNUSED parking spaces for a place that has limiting parking before.

The team has performed tremendously and we love the fact that this team delivers The problem with raising prices so greatly will only ensure that some will drop them, more tickets will be scalped (to opposing fans willing to pay the price), and put more wealthy and less dedicated fans in the seats. ALL of which will contribute to a diminishing experience in the stadium.

Bob,you are losing your Blue Collar fans..Wake Up...We are not as dumb as you think we are...we know when we are getting fleeced...You did not even give away Pom Poms or towels for the AFC Championship game......You have taken all the fun out of going to games all in the glorification of a buck...We are not a corporation we are real fans..............Take a page out of the Red Sox ownership...When have we seen any of the 3 Super Bowls trophies on tour.......NEVER.......no money to be made so it does not happen...look at all the improvement to Fenway enhancing the fan experience( ESPECIALLY ADDING MORE BATHROOMS).......It's too bad all these situations come from the price of success.........I wishing for for The old Sullivan stadium at least there were true fans there who cared.............

PS: They can take away your tickets for any reason...talk about contol freaks

Thanks for nothing Dictator Bob & Jon Jon

The sad fact is Kraft is charging this amount because he knows that he can get it. Another sad fact; how many kids won't be able to see the Patriots play at the Razor because their parents simply cannot afford to go.

I agree. I thought I would never say this, but I miss the old stadium. Traffic sucked, but it was better than today. True football fans. A lot of noice from the fans. No mall. No "you just spilt your beer, let me see your ticket your gone" I saw it happen and the guy was escorted out. Probably lost his seats.

No soon to be $50 dollar parking. What the flip is that anyway. How much higher can it go? You don't pay that much if you leave your car at the airport for a week.

Its sad too, because this is when everything begins to go down hill. That part or Route 1 will end up being Kraft's mausoleum. A cold place where tumble weeds blow around, but if you listen close, real close, you may hear the cheers of the fans that saw Viniatari kick the 45 yarder in the snow. It was a beauty, wasn't it?

I was thinking of not renewing, but I will and then sell my tickets on EBay or Stubhub. I'll use my profit (hopefully there will be one) towards a Big screen HDTV. If I get caught, Oh well, I wasn't going to renew anyway so who cares. I might as well squeeze some profit out.

Bob Kraft and "The Business of Money": Mr. Kraft and the Patriots Family have been on quite a ride since his purchase of the team. He has made some great high stakes decisions in the process and deserves accolades for his accomplishments. As a season ticket holder since 1974, I have enjoyed the ride with the Patriots during Mr. Kraft's tenure.

Currently, Mr. Kraft is taking his greatest risk in building his legacy project, Patriot Place. (We do not have enough malls?) The recent ticket price increases are probably necessary to help service his debt on Patriot Place. I cannot help but think that Mr. Kraft is currently making some decisions that will turn out to be folly. Does Mr. Kraft think that the average person can afford over several hundred dollars to attend each Patriot game including pre-season games? Does Mr. Kraft believe all those people on the season ticket waiting list will still be willing (and able) to shell out hundreds/ thousands of dollars for a season ticket? Does Mr. Kraft believe the economics (overpriced tickets) of every game is the equivalent of the Super Bowl? Doesn't Mr. Kraft understand that the housing refinance "ATM" is out of cash and our economy is tanking? Does Mr. Kraft really believe that he is like the majority of season ticket holders? (LOL) Before Mr. Kraft continues on his path of (IMO) of arrogance and greed, he should read the newspapers, consult with the Boston Bruins (on the alienation of fans) and talk to Chuck Sullivan about overextended failed business ventures (the Michael Jackson tour) before he has to go fishing for cash at Bass. I cannot help but think that Patriots "Bubble" Place and Spygate may be his Waterloo. But why would Mr. Kraft listen to me, I'm only one season ticket holder and not a marketing consultant. Full disclosure: I'm not a billionaire!

Mr. Kraft: Good Luck.

P.S. Why do I think of Mr. Kraft when I'm watching William Shatner as Denny Crane in Boston Legal or a Priceline commercial?

Please do not disclose my full name for fear of retribution/losing season tickets.

Too bad people haven't seen this coming over the last 5 years...We are no longer loyal fans but pawns in a corporate world who look at us as revenue not people...Bob and Jonathan..

They have become GREEDY...Funny Boob and family are BILLIONARES and have built us a newer facility which has the same problems as the old stadium and charge the most expensive price in the league..Only people benefiting fromthis are the luxury box owners...Guarannted Super Bowl tickets,uncrowded bathrooms, I have an idea why not put SRO people in the luxury box area..........

I too wish for the old stadium...39.00 tickets parking was 25.00...as for the new stadium with cup holders you can put your 8.00 beer or your 5.00 in it....you can keep it......Everything in that old stadium was genuine,unlike the sterile enviroment we have now,it is no longer our team it is Kraft Enterprise.....

Too bad they couldn't change ownership with the Red Sox who do evrything for the fans.......

Come people lets rally around Bob so that we can help finanace the mall, the parking lots he needs to build to replace the ones where the mall now is, and all future fines that will be levied by the NFL for more evidence for video taping. It does not matter that he hords all the Super Bowl tickets for corporate buddies or sells them to travel agencies for package deals because it generate money for building non-football related projects that somehow will increase our game day experience. Just think you can stay in a hotel after the game for a mere $599.00 a night (season ticket hold please add on a $30.00 process fee). Giants & Jets fans only pay $15 a game to park in front of the Meadowland but they dont have a Mall; we get to pay $40-50 to finance improvements. Just think, in 3 more years we'll have another 30+% increase and tickets will be $152 - $219 per game. Just think what Bobby will have have in store for us then to enhance our game day experience; maybe beer and soda taps at every seat, a computer at every seat so that we can make a purchase at the Pro Shop and pick it up on the way out. Maybe a Doctor from the Medical Center will visit you during the game to cure what ails you. Come on people just think of what the Wizard can do for you.

This message endorsed by B & J Karft paid for by Season Ticket Holder Ticket price increase.

Do you think he'll put in escalators for those of use that have to walk back and forth on those long ramps???? Gillette is the only newer stadium that doesn't have them!!!! Incredible!!! And if you want to sell your tickets on the Patriot ticket exchange, no problem (but you CAN'T post the preseason games there)...now THAT'S even more ridiculous!!!!!

This rumor just in the Kraft Family Conglomeration will be adding the following new features to Patriot Place in 2009.

They are building a 30 cinema movie theatre so that you can bring the whole family to the movies while you enjoy the game while getting his hands on more of your hard earned buck. The affordable family atomsphere will include a small popcorn, small soda or water and parking for just $65 per person (straws and butter are extra).

Adjacent to the theatre will be a full service spa for mom so that she can be papmpered while you watch the game and the kids watch a movie; a 10 week program runs only $1720 (thats only $169 per week plus the usual $30 handling fee). Parking not included.

If you still need more there will be Pat Patriot's Pet Grooming Shop so that Spot the dog can shampooed, clipped and cut during every home for only $117.00 each visit. An extra $10.00 per half hour will be charge if you pick-up your pooch more than 10 minutes after the game is over.

And finally a 10,000 square foot Senior Center with an Olympic Size pool so that you can drop off the elderly family members for a Sunday of fellowship and socializing while you enjoy the game (for season membership fees please call - prices based on where your game seats are located). Bingo will also offered for only $65 per bingo card. (Bingo game winners will be eligible for the Super Bowl Tickets Lottery - Odds of winning the lottery can not be disclosed).

Nobody will be left out in thier plans to suck more money out of the family pocketbook.

All this will be financed via a mere 35% increase in the 2009 Season Ticket Prices.

If you can no longer afford to keep your tickets please do not feel pressured; give them up so that they can be sold to corporate sponsors. Instead Kraft will be selling Standing Room Only OUTSIDE of Stadium so that you can still be close to the action (Outside SRO price will be the same as inside SRO price set at an affordable $490 per season, trust us the experience is the same). Bring the only family for under $200 per game but please remember no caps are allowed on water or soda bottles. Headset rental for listening to Gino an extra $10 per game.

Please keep in mind that on sight parking will no longer be available once these new features are completed. All fans will be bussed form the Wrentham Village Premium Mall for only $75.00 per game on the newly acquired Kraft Family Express Line but parking at the Mall is free.

This will only add to your already amazing Game Day Experience. Remember Bob brought you multiple Super Bowls Championships now let him bring everything else that you never needed to watch a game.

You would never have gotten all this in Hartford, CT.

Not only that, Kraft will sell Lipitor pills at every concession stand so you don't have to worry about your cholesterol skyrocketing when you eat those hot dogs and fried chicken wings.

We should have seen it coming ? Remember that cold day years ago at the old stadium when Bob Kraft raised the price of hot chocolate and took criticism in the media for it ? We should have known back then what this guy was like. By the way, where is all that media criticism now ?

Ever wonder why all the media members were given access to write books and do stories behind the scene after they won the first SB ? Well, the payback is now he has the media in his back pocket. This forum is the best were are going to get so enjoy it while it lasts.

Has any of them asked the Kraft family for an explanation as to why such a huge increase ? You think all the suck ups on TV and sports talk radio would discuss it ?. Of course not.

We are all suppose to be fortunate that we have an NFL team here, a new stadium with Club Seats and luxury boxes, we don't have to pay PSL's, and that there are 50,000 hungry out of work crack addicts on the season ticket waiting list just waiting to jump on available tickets. So, in other words, we should all be honored to get screwed by the almighty Krafty Bob.

I think the remaining season ticket holders should show Bob Kraft just how much he is loved every time he walks on the field next year. I hope Matt Walsh lowers the boom on this evil empire.

The only thing we should be thankful for is we don't have to work for Krafty Bob.

MORE CONTACT INFO TO VOICE YOUR COMPLAINT
Great stuff posted here! We need to unite our efforts to voice our frustration and get answers. Please pass this info below to anyone you know and post on other websites.

Some of us have also already contacted major media investigative teams. The more people that send complaints to Pats customer service and the media, the better chance they'll pursue this:

Patriots Customer Service
508-543-8200 (ask for John Crasts)

Channel 4's I-Team
iteam@cbs4boston.com

Channel 5's Team 5
jberryman@hearst.com

Channel 7's Help Me Hank
mschuler@whdh.com

We need the media to put the Pats on the spot and ask whether or not the season ticket holders are paying for the $750k in fines the team got. If so, this is highly unethical and would be a huge black eye against this franchise, which may have them reconsider the increase if exposed.

Here's a great piece - right on the money from Rich Garven, Worcester Telegram.

Sorry about that! I didn't include the link to get you to the piece.....
http://www.telegram.com/article/20080217/COLUMN49/802170501/1009/SPORTS

Its all down hill from here my fellow faithful. Between the greed and Spygate he will be luck to fill a seat.

I sit in section 236 for whoever wants my seats.

You season ticket holders should be gratefull that you have tickets. For those of us who dont paying $300-$400 from stub hub is the only way to watch the game. I thought scalping was illegal. Three or four times the face value on the ticket. That is why the prices are going up. because people will pay it.

Just buy your season tickets and sell a couple of games you make your money back.

Attention ALL SEASON TICKET HOLDERS, lets boycot the preseason games.

DO NOT Go to the games
DO NOT Give your tickets away
DO NOT Sell them

Just STAY HOME - Just think no parking revenue, no concession revenue, no Pro Shop revenue, no money to the KRAFT Conglomerate.

Let's Band together to show Bobby just how meaningless the full price preseason games really are.

PASS the word to all SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. Just don't go - it is truely meaningless anyway so let's stick it to him.

Dave from VT-

You are missing the point of why we are angry. A 30+% increase is unjustified. Since the new stadium was built in 2002 the second tier seats which we were bumped to from the lower level has increased 56% ($75 to $117) and the lower level seats I believe have risen 70%. A further slap in the face - In 1993 a lower level seat cost $28, now that same seat costs $169, that is a 503% increase in 15 years. Dave I used to feel grateful that I jumped in before the waiting list started; it was a great deal at $280 per seat per year and nobody cared that the preseason tickets were full price. That's right a whole season for $280; now 2 preseason games cost me $234; others on the lower level pay $338 for preseason (feels more like grateful to be raped). I no longer feel grateful; I feel abused by the KRAFT FAMILY CONGLOMERATE and all of their lies (making believe that there is a SB lottery for tickets) and wasting of money on none football crap that is financed in part by season ticket holders. I thought the Patriots were about FOOTBALL, not shopping at the Christmas Tree shop for bargains or Bed Bath & Beyond for doillies while pushing the fans further and further away from the stadium and charging 3 times as much for park as they charge at the Meadowlands.

Dave haven't you heard that if the person selling their tickets to Stub Hub or on E-Bay is caught that they will lose their season tickets. We are only allowed to sell our tickets on the OFFICIAL PATRIOT RESELL SITE so that our account is credited for next year.

Hey Dave, you interested in 4 PRESEASON tickets, because we are not allowed to sell them on the the Patriots Site: its a Kraft NO-NO rule. 4 tickets @ $117.00 each
only $468 to attend a meaningless game, you might even get a glimpse of the starters. Sorry, I decided to JOIN the Boycot of the preseason games.

Dave, if you want to get cheap tickets there are scalpers positioned at every game on the walkway leading into the North endzone. The State Troopers and Gillette security don't appear to care that they are there.

Leave your phone number or email address for all those that think we (season ticket holders) are lucky. I will sell you my pre-season tickets for LESS then face value.

You will get a "deal".... and then come back to tell us if you felt like you got a "deal" or you went through one of the biggest days of getting screwed in a long time.

Count me in for the preseason boycott! That is if I decide to renew.

My husband and I have 5 tickets in the corner end zone at $117 per seat, which will mean a $1400 increase for this season. If we attend every game and sell back the other 3 tickets to the box office we are actually paying $190 per ticket. The more tickets you own the higher your price per seat.

This year the preseason games will cost us $1170. A complete, total waste of money. Every night game during the real season I have trouble finding people to go. I posted a ticket for the Eagles game at the resell site and it didn't sell. This year should be even worse thanks to an almost $30 increase.

The "lucky" ones are those on the waiting list. They actually do pay face value when they find seats on the official resell site. They don't have to come up with the money 6 months in advance and take the chance that they can't sell them.

Do those on the wait list get kicked off if they don't take the tickets offered? Let's see how many jump at the chance to come up with $6000 in a week's time for games that take place 6 months from now.

Thanks to Joining the Boycott for a great post. I plan on spreading the word about the boycott and hope it happens.

People, I am a 22 year season ticket holder and you can count me in on the boycott. I don't usually go anyway but I will certainly not be giving them away this time if I decide to renew. This is a no-brainer.

My friend has been struggling to go with me at $89 a pop nevermind $117 so I can only imagine how hard it's going to be to find someone else if he can't afford it. It's just not worth the aggrevation anymore.

I figure let someone else have the honor of eating $500 worth of preseason tickets every year. I can save my money by dumping these tickets and just go "on demand" by buying select games from a scalper or agency.

What does the season ticket account get me anyways ? A free private training camp workout on a hot summer weeknight during my vacation ? It certainly will never get me to the Super Bowl. That I will have to do on my own anyway.

It gets me the ability to freeze to death during night playoffs like that Titans game a few years ago or this year's Charger game for that matter. Just imagine what the playoff tix will cost next year. The handling fee will probably be around $50 because there will be more money that needs to be handled. So, why bother ?

15 year season ticket holder here. My seats in the old stadium were $18 per game when we got them. Nine years later, when we moved to the new stadium, they would have been $75 per game to keep. We moved to the cheapest seats there were, and still paid $490 for the crappy section 304 seats because they were all we could afford, despite the $110 price increase.

Now, with this latest increase, our nosebleed seats will cost a lofty $890 per year. Throw in the $45 for parking, $15 for a couple of beers, and God knows how much for playoff tickets ($100 per game last year, and it's always due right around December 20th...who in God's name has that much extra spending cash on December 20th?).

I'm sorry. Kraft has gone from "The Guy Who Saved The Pats From St. Louis Or Los Angeles" to being "The Guy Who Knowingly Priced The Guys Whose Loyalty Saved The Team Right Out and Sold Out To Corporate America and Will Probably Bail As Soon As the Team Fails To Show A Profit ."

In today's world, 'Greed is Good'... When Kraft took over the club in the early 90's he had the backing and the loyalty of the fans. We remember the days of Tommy Hodson and Hugh Millen. The days when being a 'patriots fan' meant constant ribbing and ridicule from others. The 1 -15 seasons where you proudly paid your $19, with $5 parking, to support the club. I miss those days and believe me, sports is cyclical, they will be back but, will the strong loyalty still remain??? It is quite interestlng that this price increase is announced when Kraft is 'rumored' to be interested in purchasing Liverpool Football Club. For those of you who do not recognize this club well, they are 1 of the top fooball (soccer) clubs in the world. It just so happens that they play in the Barclay's Premier League which is the top league and top watched league in the world... It is obvious to me that Kraft wants to be a 'big fish in a big pond' and he is doing what he needs to do generate additional revenue to make his vision a reality.
My family has had season tickets since the early 90's but not any more. Enough is enough! I will miss the $7-$8 'dixie cup' beers, the $40 parking, and those most 'hospitable' State Police that patrol near and around the stadium. Adversity will be on the horizon... Maybe next year, a year from now or a few years from now. That is when Kraft will need the fans but, will they be there for him???

Just spoke with the Patriots ticket office about the possibility of downgrading my seats that increased 51%. I was told to send an email to tickets@patriots.com with name and account #. They will check availability and let you know what is available if you are interested in moving. I suggest all season ticket holders send an email and flood the ticket office...even if you have no intention of moving!

I'm in on the BOYCOTT of PRE_Season games for sure. I'll pass the word on to other DIEHARD ***TRUE***Patriot Season ticket holders as well.

These ticket prices are simply OUT OF CONTROL! Krafty really blew it with this move!

Check out comment #83 - good stuff.

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http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/01/cleveland_browns_plan_to_incre.html

The Browns announced today an increase in 2008 ticket prices for much of 72,300-seat Cleveland Browns Stadium.

While not all seats will be affected, those that are will increase about 10 percent, pushing the average cost for a seat to about $66. Most fans will see their tickets increase $5, $8 or $10 per seat.

Mike Keenan, senior vice president of business operations, said ticket prices are reassessed each year. The decision to raise prices for the first time since 2005, he said, was based on various factors, including higher labor costs and other league economics, the need to stay competitive within the Browns' division, the AFC North, and team performance.

Specific price increases will be explained to Browns season-ticket holders late next week
within mailed information about renewing their seats.

Fans in the lower Dawg Pound will see the biggest jump, to $50 from $40. Seats in the
upper section of the Dawg Pound will increase to $45 from $40.

Prime seats, including club seats and suite tickets, climb to $85 from $77.

But 20 percent - about 14,000 seats - won't change. Those, mainly along the corners of the upper bowl, will remain at $32 per seat.

The last bump in prices, about $3 to $4 per seat, was in 2005.

http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/01/cleveland_browns_plan_to_incre.html

Hey Bob, What's your projected gross profit next year? Come on now be honest leave out all the Non-Football Construction just Patriots renenue (tickets, concessions, parking and TV rights) minus Patriot Football expenses!!!

By the way, along with boycotting the preseason games, we should also boycott the concessions, parking (if you can), the Pro Shop, and Patriot Place. Don't buy another souvenir if your life depended on it.

In fact, stop buying game jerseys and if you already have one stop wearing it to any game next year. This is not much of an inconvenience. It's time we send a message. If you keep your tickets then absolutely DO NOT give Krafty Bob another dime.

Here we are all worrying about getting layed off, keeping our houses, paying gas prices and this guy raises tickets 31%. What arrogance and what nerve !

I’m a 17 yr old season ticket holder!
I went to the SB this year in Arizona, paid threw the nose for scalped tickets. Parking at the most sought after game in American sports, $10….

I parked about ¾ of a mile away at the High school. They accommodated almost 500 cars or so on a paved lot. Not a bad idea for the Foxboro School systems, I can feel an eminent domain coming on. Just like Krafty Bob did at the mobile home park.

Hey #58 Randy,
Krafty bought the stadium only with the help of our taxpaying money for road infrastructure. Otherwise he would have moved it to another location, where they would of pony’d up their taxpayers dough. However you look at it “he needed tax payers $$”.

With that said, I want my money back, amortized with yearly gains equivalent to what his ticket price increases have been over the course since he bought the team.
My initial ticket cost $18, today $117, that a 550% increase, so the taxpayer’s money invested was 70 million times the 550%, that’s roughly $455million. So Bob please write a check to the “Commonwealth of Mass” for the proposed sum. We’ll put it into a state economy stimulation package for all the tax paying people.

Finally, I’m banning the preseason.
Go PATS!

as season ticket holder in 100 sect the good thing that come out of this increase is you now can sell your tickets to any game waiting list crowd and those few hundred who get single game tickets in july about 2000 tickets plus this years home games arent as attractive as 2007 schedule or online ticket outfits will pay top dollar so those season ticket holders your tickets are like a winning lottery ticket you can cash in any time but for now deadine is march 31 2008,,,,,,,,payment in full,,,,,,,,,,,visa offical credit card of new england patriots only now all you bitching on price increase you get see a new patriot place and if you sell a few game tickets you can reserve hotel at patriot place and dine and visit hall of fame just make sure briong yr visa card so enjoy 2008 season

I have been a season ticket holder since 1979. The 1979 season I paid $10
per ticket.

Kraft has no respect for the ordinary season ticket holder. He has his phony
superbowl ticket lottery for the ordinary folks while the club seat people
get a ticket to every superbowl. I had a better chance at the megabucks, that
that phony lottery Kraft runs.

I remember in the mid 80's the Celtics had a season ticket waiting list a mile
long. Then Bird, McHale & Parrish retired and they could not sell all of the $10
seats.

Nothing lasts forever Mr Kraft.

When Brady & Belichick retire and the team hits the skids, the club seat rats
will be the first ones out of the burning building.

You will someday wished you treated the fans that suffered through the
Ron Earhardt, Rod Rust and Dick McPhearson days better.
Not to mention all the years with the LA Beer !

How many people remember the LA Beer?
If I had one today, I would dump it on Mr Krafts head !

Moving to Cleveland Post #98 - what you fail to mention in your rant is that the Browns charge season ticket holders a PSL fee ($500 - $2000). Enjoy the playoffs in Cleveland.

While Booby Krafty is raising our ticket prices and parking is sky rocketing...Why is it free to park at the Revolution games?? Raise thier prices as well............

Thanks for the traffic jams that extend down 495 on to Route 1

Thanks for the mile walk to the stadium that is hard on elderly and litte children

Thanks for turning a game experience into a nightmare..

Thanks for overcrowding the stadium with Standing Room Only tickets

Thanks for designing a 375 million stadium that does not have adequate Men's room facilities.

Thanks for raising the ticket prices in an economy where regular people can just about afford gas,mortgage payments and oil to stay warm.

Thanks for turning a family owned business into a Corporation=Greed and forgetting the middle working class stiffs..Billy Sullivan would be turning over in his grave.

Thanks for not letting the Common fan have an opportunity to purchase Super Bowl tix..

Thanks for putting a ridculous mall that hampers the limited parking for games and for the angry parking lot attendants.

Thank you for letting me see what greed and power can due to a family that once cared about the fans.

Thanks for pricing me and my family out of going to games to see our beloved Patriots who we have supported for 30+ years.

BOB & Jon Jon you should be very proud of yourselves.

Hey Tom B #104

I would rather have a $500 - $2000 PSL then a $2000 - $5000 per seat Pass It On Program if you want to "PASS IT ON" (your seats) to a family member. Then if prices get really out of control and you decide that you want to give up your tickets after you bought into the Pass It On, Kraft will keep $500 for each ticket an administration cost. Read the brochure on the Program that comes with the Season Ticket Package - Its a joke. A PSL would have been far better. At least Cleveland is on the rise - Go Romeo!!!

Mike,

Obviously (based on previous comments) , many long time season ticket holders are very unhappy with the increase in ticket prices this year. The Krafts and Patriots have alienated many fans and may face some backlash from their recent actions.

Your column on the Patriots' ticket price increase has generated more comments that any other article that you have written over the past several months. How about writing a follow-up article on Patriot fan reaction? Why was such a large increase implemented at this time? Do the Krafts need this money from the fans to keep the construction of Patriot Place on schedule?

Thanks.

A two thousand dollar PSL would be paid off in less than two years' worth of ticket prices in Foxboro.

My stomach is in knots over this increase. Sadly, I'm probably going to renew because I have been promising my 5 year old son that he'll be able to come to games with me when he gets older, and it would kill be to not be able to take him once a year or so, especially when he gets older.

Count me in for the preseason boycott...a fantastic idea!

When the new stadium was built. I received notification of the new ticket prices. From $39.00 to $99.00 dollars. Parking went from $20.00 to $35.00. Last year we were looking at $2500.00 for 10 games and $40.00 to park. For two people to go to a game was around $400.00. Now I am looking at $3380 for the season. Two preseason games that mean nothing for $676.00. That would be around $500.00 a game. THIS IS CORPORATE GREED. Driving in is a nightmare. No parking has forced fans miles away from the stadium. I go there to watch football not to buy a fishing pole. Everywhere I travel outside of New England I am chastised for supporting a team that cheats. Even if they are innocent the perception is that they are cheaters. I am not renewing. Good luck to the fools on the waiting list.

I am glad people are finally realizing what the Krafts are doing to our beloved Patriots..Ever since Jonathan started to weasle his way into power about 5 years ago(He is in team picture,on the podium at SBowl's) he has screwed the fans with that dorky smile of his. From the ridiculous "Ticket handling fee of $36.00 for reg. season and $46.00 for the playoff tix...it used to be under $10.00...Parking prices have increased while parking spaces near the stadium have decreased(Stupid mall)...What the Krafts are trying to do is get rid off the long time season tickets holders who enjoyed tailgating and supporting the Pats and replace them with people on the season ticket waiting list..Why? Because they will be more inclined to purchase the over priced Pats merchandise and they are looking to do away with tailgating forcing the people to buy the food and drink inside at astronomical prices thats why.....When you see the helicopters flying above the parking lots before games they are assesing open spaces which are a 40.00 loss thats why they jam you in with little or no room to tailgate...Look around for every parking lot a total of 4 port o potties for about 500-700 fans .....I have been to several other stadiums where there is adequate Rest room facilities in and around the stadium...
Why is it that Pats fans have not have the oppurtunity to see any of the 3 Super Bowl trophies...they are too cheap and there is no money to be made by doing this.. The only person who would challenge the Krafty's was Will Mc Donough and he did right up to his untimely passing......Will represented the fans and I wish someone would step up on behalf of us to the Krafts and let them no of our feelings...I have emailed,called the Pats Corporation with no response......

Bobby Kraft you have sold us regular blue collar fans out in the name of greed......

Shame on you

All these brave fans who claim they will gladly buy the insanely priced tickets are the same fans who would scalp them when the team is not winning as much. In a NFL stadium report last year, Gilette ranked no better than a medium stadium that was buoyed by the recent championship seasons. Otherwise, the location in Foxboro sucks, the parking and access is terrible, the concession prices are outrageous and the quality terrible. It is well known that Kraft is reaming the fans on ticket prices, and that was before the recent hikes. The funny thing is, the Kraft family gives away millions each year to charity, as well as shipping boatloads of cash to Israel. It is the fans he is screwing. Experts think as soon as the team starts losing, the fans will stop coming. What do you think the Krafts will do then...

It is very simple now. The cost of the preseason tickets will be folded into the regular tickets. I will divide the number by 32 instead of 40. If anyone wants a ticket before the season starts it will be 215.00 ( facevalue) after the season starts 250. I might even sell them on Craigs list or e-bay or whatever! Let the new "Sillys" take my tickets! The excitement and joy of attending games has and will diminish when one needs to pay over $200.00 to see a game.

One other note- anyone attending games must boo any of the Krafts! if they dare to show themselves! pass this along!

I just got my season ticket renewal in the mail today. I guess I should feel honored about the fact I am given the opportunity to renew and get screwed at the same time.

I think it's funny that there is absolutely no mention of the ticket increase except on the invoice. Imagine that ? Krafty Bob doesn't even have the guts to formally announce the price increase to us.

I can see Krafty Bob and Jonathan at a meeting with the rest of the ass-kissers trying to decide what to write. Jonathan then tells his father...."Dad, lets just not say anything. Who cares what they think. Screw them. What can they do anyway. They need us. We don't need them".

Did anybody lose their season tickets over the StubHub debacle?

Seeing the continuing comments to this story it should be obvious to Mike Reiss, The Globe, and the Kraft Group that this issue is NOT going to go away. All season ticket holders who choose to pay by check should be sure to post date the check to March 31st and include a note stating there will not be sufficient funds available until March 31st. Let's see if the Kraft Group even bothers to listen to the fans.

I just finished reading everyone's blogs. I have been a season ticket holder for 18 years and I have four seats in the 100 section. My tickets went from $125 to $169...that is an $6800 invoice. Shame on you Kraft. I called the ticket office when I found out that our tickets had a 44.00 increase and I asked if we could downgrade our seats to the $117.00 section. I was transferred to Jonathan's voice mail and of course he didn't answer.....he just forwarded the call to someone else to return my call. Jonathan doesn't have the courtesy of anwering his calls. Let's see if the corporate big wigs will sit out in 20 below weather, snow or rain. Let's see how many seats will be filled during these games. The true fans sit through all the elements of weather in New England. I'm sick of getting to my seat every game and having somebody seating in my seats. I recall one game this guy bounced around my section and ended up in on of my seats. I told him the seat was being used and he said no problem I do this all tlhe time. I asked where his seats are located and he said in the 300's and he told me in the fourth qtr he ends up there. After he got up I went up to security and told these employees to do their job. Why should be pay that kind of money and have fans feel than get just walk down to our seats. Kraft start with you security and fire them all for not doing their jobs. Enough is enough.....

I am a loyal Pats fan since 1976 and have loved the Pats through thick and thin. The one thing that is turning my stomach is not a losing team it is the ownership.

They have lied to and manipulated the fans after the 2001 season. They have turned an enjoyable autumn afternoon into a cluster f___k.........From making the drive in unbearable and right into the parking lot Nazi's who scream and threaten you as you pull in....What is going on in Foxboro how come no one in the press has questioned King Bob and Joker Jon Jon...We have a new mediocore stadium that still has the problems of the old stadium(bathrooms)...the only difference is plastic seats instead of aluminum bleachers....cup holders?? Who can afford an 8.00 beer to put in it........Bob you are treating us loyal fans like crap...Put together a fan advisory board composed of long time season tickets holders to give us a voice in the fan experience...

The solution to the problem lies in the antitrust exemption. I'm not a lawyer but,
here's what I know.
1) The league (and all sports leagues, I believe), violate antitrust laws because they don't allow competition within a city. Remember the Giants and Jets were hassling Kraft when he wanted to move to Hartford because it was their "turf".
2)Because of this exemption from local competition, Congress reserves the right of oversight in order to protect the public from predatory pricing.
3)Raising my ticket price 30% with no appreciable increase in his expenses is predatory pricing. (Since 2001, my ticket has gone up a shocking 380% from $31 to $117). Write your Senator, or better yet ,Arlen Spector.

Hey Bob, Get ready for the mass exodus next year...every season ticket holder that I know is thinking of giving up their tickets. Many ST holders are calling each other to see if anyone wants to buy their tickets to some of the games. There are no takers. Most of us are going to renew this year but next year is completely different story. We have already seen the best that the Pats have to offer and as fans were tired of being disrespected. Enough is enough. You and your family are blowing it.

It's been reported that the Patriots cost of debt may have skyrocketed to as high as 20% with the recent credit/liquidity crisis.
link: www.cnbc.com/id/23256667

The Kraftys

Now, I feel a whole lot better knowing that I am helping to finance Patriot Place.
Now, I feel like that I'm really part of the family.

What are families for , if not for helping out other family members in difficult times?
What happened guys, you're asking the fans (oops, family) for a bailout and not the FEDeral Reserve Bank(Bernanke).

What a country, Patriots Place!

Keep up the good reporting Mike!

Dear Mr Kraft,
You win, I'm done. You have priced me out of the market. Just remember when the team starts to lose, and it will, your coporate buddies will be gone and I, and regular fans will not be there to buy your tickets.