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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 08:03 AM) But now, when you go to priceline, travelocity, orbitz, expedia, etc., all the fares quoted are exactly the same as the others. There are very few "deals" anymore like it was possible to find. Price fixing and collusion rule the day....that's their choice, obviously. Even if you go directly to the airline's website itself, the prices are almost always the same as the other "search engine" sites list or charge. There's a lot more competition for the teams now with StubHub involved to undercut their own ticket markets significantly. stubhub/ebay/ticketsnow/ect are SECONDARY market. the prime market is still mlb.com/box office/ticketmaster/tickets.com it's the job of the primary market (like the sox) to let buyers know that they are not only he safest method to buy, but also the leader in value. dynamic pricing, where the price rises even when not a single ticket has sold in a given section, does not accomplish that. i doubt the sox are reading this, but i wish they were. maybe they can see the insanity of thier actions.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 06:00 PM) It's definitely working a lot better for the airlines, that's for sure. More people travelling than ever before, fewer airlines and seats, the explosion of "new wealth" in countries like China, India, the Middle East...it used to cost "only" $600-900 to fly from the US to Asia in 2007/2008, and now that price has roughly doubled in the last five years. dont give brooks any ideas. and to punch a hole in your airline theory, sites like priceline and travelocity kill the airline's profits, as all but southwest allowed these middle men to sell their tickets for them.

I can see why the sox would want to use dynamic pricing, but it is not working. Let's look at this simple math. For a weekday, "regular" game, Let's say there's a row of 10 tickets in a section in Lower Box. The SEASON TICKET price per ticket is $40. So if the sox sold all 10 tickets in the row at $40 their income is $400. Now let's say the box office price in February(when tix went on sale) is $50 per ticket. If all 10 tickets sell at the box office(when dynamic prices are inactive), then the sox made $500, a profit of $100 over what the season ticket cost was. And that means to simply break even off the season ticket revenue, the sox would only need to sell 8 tickets. Now, with dynamic pricing, even if NONE of the tickets sold yet, the price is $60. The sox would make $600 off the 10 tickets that MAY sell. Because as we know, they are not selling. at all. The break even point for the sox is literally 6.66 tickets (at $60) to make the $400. And IF they sold all 10 tickets, you look at $600 in revenue. But let's be honest, those 10 tickets will be available at the box office day of game. In fact, if you go to the "special events" page at http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/ticket...cial_events.jsp, you 'll probably find a discount offer for those same 10 seats at $25 each. The sox have a better chance of the tickets selling for $35 LESS than the dynamic price that they did even at the season ticket level. But we're the jerks for not buying tickets, right kenny?

the current system is clearly not working. it's so out of whack that people are forgetting that the sox LOWERED prices across the board in the offseason. dynamic pricing of upper reserve tix has made that $14 ticket in February $16-$18 in june. when there are THOUSANDS of unsold tickets and a clear lack of demand. The non-dynamic price of a upper reserve ticket was $17 in 2011. it's a goddamn shame that the box office has a paper print out of each day's ticket prices. and speaking as the guy pushing the 1/2 off codes, there's way too many hoops to get through to find deals.

HELL NO!

QUOTE (SouthSidePride05 @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 11:56 AM) ^ Agree. They need to release $7 LD Corner seats just to fill those sections out. They could also have employees roam the UD concourse and ask people "Would you mind giving us 2 minutes of your time to answer a few questions for passes to the Lower Deck"? That could fill out the bleachers. A packed lower deck sure looks better on tv.you WONT see lower deck tickets for $7 when upper box are $24. best you can hope for is $25 for lower corners.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 12:10 PM) I guess they "stole" this idea from the Cubs, because they used to be among the MOST affordable. But I remember them raising the bleacher seats to much more exorbidant levels 10 or even 15 years ago. Probably with all the improvements out there, the backdrop, patio deck....what is the price now? It seems to be it was in the 20's or low 30's around 10-12 years ago already. My Season ticket package in the bleachers was $18 a game in 2003, the last year of non-tier pricing. The box office price was $22.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 11, 2012 -> 02:28 AM) so they can't go into the merchandise stores down there? that sucks. Aside from the fact that there are several merch stores and booths up there, fans upstairs have full access to the chicago sports depot. A store that has more items in it than ANY of the lower level stores.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 10, 2012 -> 09:43 PM) Same with baseball. Get 'em in the park and let the fans walk downstairs and they'll prolly buy tons of merchandise and food and beer and also pay the parking. The lower deck being reopened to upper patrons will NEVER happen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2012 -> 10:49 PM) The difference being a decent amount of people could have gone for full price.those people came BECAUSE of the deal. they were not coming when the tickets were $16.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 9, 2012 -> 05:19 PM) Stubhub has Sox - Brewers tix starting at $25 for nosebleeds. Ridiculous. I'll wait until a couple days before the games and see if the prices drop. that same seat at teh box office is $29. the deal is on stubhub. unless you have a code.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2012 -> 11:06 AM) That doesn't mean they made more money during that series...butt in seat is worth more than butt not in seat.

Averaged 24,840 this series. 2,630 more per game than the weekend series against Seattle. $5 tickets bring fans out to the park? #whoknew

1/2 price ticksts at http://www.whitesox.com/satc . code is SATC

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 7, 2012 -> 03:08 PM) Did they sell them all? It was pretty crowded up there yesterday.they made the entire upper reserved sections $10. but there is not much left of the original "$5" seats. but remember, you can still get 1/2 off lower level tix with the code TOURISM at http://www.whitesox.com/tourism

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 10:46 AM) So is this deal still going on? I can't find anything anywhere online mentioning $5 tickets. http://www.whitesox.com/tourism for 1/2 price tickets upstairs AND downstairs

QUOTE (Tuna @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 03:15 PM) There are other options...if you are referring to "other options" as in parking or transportation, yes. I know know that. I didnt say I BOUGHT the parking. the same "other options" to get to wrigley exist for sox park. in fact, the other options for sox park are better. two cta lines within 3 blocks of gate 5, one metra line within 2 blocks of gate 5 come to mind. only the red line is that close to wrigley. the metra is at ravenswood, and the brown line is at southport.

QUOTE (soxmaniac! @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 11:40 PM) I think these would both be interesting people to go out for beers with. Personally, I would choose Robin because I wouldn't be able to understand Ozzie in a bar. Ozzie can be a bit obnoxious too. neither.

QUOTE (Tuna @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) Jesus...how would you know such a thing?!?!?! they happened to play an al central team a few weeks ago.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 05:43 PM) That is private parking........................Cubs have nothing close to $42.00 parking that is Cub owned Mr. Fact. when you go to buy tickets on cubs.com, they offer parking as you checkout. there is a $42 parking option.

QUOTE (bighurt574 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 11:14 AM) It's baffling to me that Bulls parking is cheaper than Sox parking (maybe the other lots around the UC keep the Bulls more honest).bulls have $27 parking.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 3, 2012 -> 06:22 PM) People are still not happy about paying the highest parking in MLB at $25.00..............this has kept people away also.the cubs have $42 parking. but let's not let facts get in the way of a good rant... and let's not forget that the $25 parking is for weekdays only. the $23 cost still applies to weekends.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 02:13 PM) I think Tuna's story is VERY commonplace. People for some reason don't want to talk about ticket prices and parking, but it HAS TO BE a major factor. It's not worth blowing 300 dollars in Tuna's case to see one baseball game. I'm assuming the 25 dollar ticket he's talking about also would have been a lousy seat for the wife and kids. If you are gonna go to a game you want a decent seat unless you are a wacky diehard. If the Sox want to have high ticket/parking prices, fine, but in this economy it will show up on the attendance board. The Sox should try to sell more tickets to corporations. At least the seats would be sold to the few rich people left in society. they sell a lot to corporations. like this link: www.whitesox.com/aon aon is a pretty big company

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 03:47 PM) Actually, it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world to let fans bring drinks/food in (maybe for Mon-Thursday games)...but once you started, it would be a pain in the ass to stop or reverse. Or maybe they could let fans who sit in the upper deck do this...to make them feel poorer or cheaper, like steerage class on the Titanic or the current trend in "economy/budget terminals" like they have in Singapore. you can bring in food NOW. you just cant bring in soda or beer. food and SEALED water bottles are ok.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 23, 2012 -> 02:21 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85456oh...that. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!