Tampa Bay Rays to give away 20,000 free tickets
by ZBW on Sep 28, 2010 5:14 PM EDT
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PrintJust got inside scoop that David Price and Evan Longoria will be making amends for their recent comments about attendance by offering up 20,000 free tickets to the Rays next home game, tomorrow 9/29. More details to come...
CONFIRMED: Marc Topkin confirms the story - http://twitter.com/#!/SPTimesRays/status/25820437773 (2 minutes after I broke it on Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/zwendkos/status/25820330395)
MORE DETAILS: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/rays-give-away-20000-free-tickets-wednesday
Silverman: "I don't think we would have" done it if Longo, Price hadn't spoken out on crowd size, but it's more about creating Trop energy
EDIT: TBO.com is reporting this: .
Rumors began circulating almost immediately on Twitter that Longoria and Price bought the tickets, but Silverman said that the team made them available.
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Good for them.
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
So how much do you think it'll cost them? $200K?
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
I'm sure the team will pay for it or sell to them at a discount
Neither of them makes all that much right now.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
The team can't give away tickets on a regular basis
Because then they can’t sell them, but right now, a full seat is better than an empty one either way.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
It'll be nice for Carl.
i'll tweet that prick right now
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, I know. Wonder if they would deduct it out of future earnings though.
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
The article makes it sound like it's the team giving away the tickets
Not the players
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Oh ok, the title of the fanpost is misleading than.
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
Tomorrow's attendance still wont clear 22k
i'll tweet that prick right now
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
why can't MLB teams like the Rays adopt a "freemium" business model?
Give away X amount of free tickets to every game (mostly for weekday games with less appealing match ups – 5k? 10k?, none for weekend premium games) and make them available only in person, i.e. you will have to wait in line, thus making it less appealing. They are for the worst seats in the house, and Rays would gain in concessions, merchandise, etc. Plus you encourage people to come back or to upgrade to paid seats in the future. The fan base grows. The economy surrounding the stadium is boosted. Obviously there’s a lot more to it, and I could go on, but in short I think it’d work wonders for the Rays attendance and revenue, not to mention PR and marketing.
this seems like a good idea that just wouldn't work for some reason.
like communism
Leave me alone, I'm watching Ren and Stimpy.
by mrichardkent on Sep 28, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Too "bush league"
Also, I don’t believe the team makes much off of concessions. They get money off the gate, but concessions mostly go to the city.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Price and Longoria didn't give these tickets away, the team did.
Sign lady must die.
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Per TBO
Rumors began circulating almost immediately on Twitter that Longoria and Price bought the tickets, but Silverman said that the team made them available.
Sign lady must die.
SUPPORT THE SITE-WIDE SILENT TREATMENT - NOBODY TALK TO STERNFAN1
Follow me on Twitter @Josh_Frank
by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Enough already.
Silverman: “I don’t think we would have” done it if Longo, Price hadn’t spoken out on crowd size, but it’s more about creating Trop energy
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT
Astros
On a trip to Houston this summer I found out that during the summer if you purchase a full price ticket you can get another ticket for a kid for free.
I thought this would be a great idea for a team like the Rays who need to build a fan base and have trouble getting people to the park.
Like
buy two get two free season tixs (’10 Royals, ’11 Nats).
Are you concerned about the high mortality rate of your players?
by Ryan Gilliss
by CubFanRaysaddict on Sep 28, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
They still need 20K to show up and take the tix. I don't see it happening for all the reasons that we can't get 20K on a normal Wed.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 29, 2010 8:57 AM EDT reply actions
It doesn't matter if anyone claims the tix or not, they've been sold at this point.
Whether they are used or not, they’ve still sold these 20K tickets. It’s no different than why Fenway can be half full and they can claim a sellout.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 29, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
The only reason to do that is to play up the fact that attendance is low, agenda'd
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 29, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
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