Teams in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota and Seattle are tearing out luxury boxes. Some are being replaced with midscale, less private "party areas," which go for $125 a ticket. Russell Adams ...

MLB will set a new attendance record if current figures hold up through the second half of the season. Given high gas prices and shaky consumer confidence, this is somewhat ...

After last night's Twins/Tigers game - helluva game, no? - the announcers for TBS mentioned that the fans played a big part in the Twins win. 54,000 Twins fans hollering ...

At Baseball Prospectus, Nate Silver provides a thorough analysis of the downsizing of Major League Baseball stadiums in recent years. (Silver's piece is free until 7/27, gated thereafter). I'm struck ...

In Missouri, ticket scalping at prices above face value is now legal.. And there was some rejoicing (and economic development???). To wit: Hal Wagner, owner of Ace Sports & Nationwide ...

I've written before that when you look at how college athletic department officials make business decisions, they act a lot like their professional counterparts even though the athletic departments are ...

This week's issue of the Sports Business Journal has an interesting article about ticket sales for MLB and the relationship of the league to Stub Hub. Written by Bill King ...

From UC's Casey Mulligan: Gloomy Economic Indicators in Chicago Two real time crude sports-based indicators of economic activity in Chicago look bad: (1) My ebay auction for 4 tickets to ...

WhoDaThunkIt.com? The New York Yankees slashed prices on more than 40 percent of their front-row seats by up to 50 percent Tuesday and announced many of those who bought tickets ...

Are baseball fans spooked by the recession talk? The early literature on ticket demand suggested that attendance was not affected much by business cycle swings. Let's take a look at ...

From the Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "Colleges charge a premium for admission to see males play, even when women's basketball teams are ranked as among the very best performers in ...

From Darren Rovell: In 2002, while I was still at ESPN, I was asked to do predictions for the following year. When I predicted that more teams would institute variable ...