The new Yankee stadium holds 4,611 fewer people that old one. Yet, even adjusted for inflation, it cost fifty times more to build than the old stadium. At a cost of $1.5 billion and a capacity of 52,325, Ira Riklis calculates that’s an investment of $29,000 per seat! How will the team recoup that money? By raising ticket prices to scary levels, especially for premium seating.
After getting over the sticker shock, Ira Riklis decided against buying a seat license and season tickets. Instead, since he’s likely to be able to attend just a few games a year, he bought tickets to just three games, but chose premium seats in the Legends Suite. He reasoned that he might as well splurge for the very best seats since for the few games he could attend. He was more than happy about his decision. After he got passed the ridiculous p of money that he was spending for a few hours of recreation, the seats and the suite were quite luxurious.