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Supply and Demand 1, Gary Bettman 0
This one's too good to pass up. At Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog, Greg Wyshynski reminds us that back in 2004, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman opined that player salary restraints imposed ... -
Progressive Field Becomes Winter Sports Field
The Cleveland Indians are getting ready to open a skating track and 10-lane snow tubing hill at Progressive Field during the offseason. ...Senior director of merchandising and licensing Kurt Schloss ... -
MLB Postseason Ticket Pricing
I am spending the weekend in the NYC area, so the New York Times is my local paper for the next couple of days. I came across an interesting tidbit ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Electronic Ticket (Re-)Sales
TMQ's Gregg Easterbrook, after a sensationalized introduction, asks an interesting question: On Monday, sellers on StubHub were asking from $750 up to a rather comical $164,710 for tickets to the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
No Price Discrimination Here
Despite their non-profit status*, university athletic departments price their tickets using strategies like the pros do. For one thing, they practice price discrimination. Students get cheaper tickets than the general ... -
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 ... -
PSLs in NYC
They played in Charlotte, and now it's time to see if they'll play in the Big Apple. Personal Seat Licenses (PSLs) will be used to finance the construction of the ...
