Stub Hub and MLB Ticketing
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 ...The Secondary Ticket Market in Boston
Good story by Shira Springer in today's Boston Globe on two proposed pieces of legislation that would lift the cap, one partially, on the secondary ticket market in Massachusetts. A ...The Use of the Two-Part Tariff in College Ticket Pricing
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 ...Report: Lower Ticket Prices for Women's Basketball is Due to Institutional Sexism
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 ...Fans as Inputs
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 ...2009 ticket demand in Chicago
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 ...Yanks Slash Ticket Prices
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 ...Baseball Teams to Use Airline Pricing Model
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 ...Downsizing
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 ...Just like the airlines
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 ...
