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 ...Ticket Scalping in Missouri - Now It's Legal
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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...