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To Mayor Mike, Making Money Might Be Our Real Pastime
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Billy Parker
Published Apr 22, 2009
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Despite grumbling over imperfect records and some early criticism of the new stadiums, there seems to be a general air of goodwill towards baseball right now as both local teams celebrate their inaugural seasons in their respective new ballparks. Good thing we have Debbie Downer Mayor Bloomberg to keep us in check. When asked about fans complaining about how high ticket prices are at the new stadiums, Bloomberg said, "Don't ever think sports is anything but a business." You hear that, Freddy? So stop crowing about not getting into the Stadium and feel lucky the Mayor doesn't call 311 on you for noise pollution. Bloomberg also called the parks "great additions to the skyline" and defended that the city "put next to nothing into (them)" financially. As for the expensive tickets going unsold, one marketing expert tells the Times, "It’s lost revenue they anticipated getting. This is the worst possible time to debut a stadium.” The paper also points out that Cleveland's Jacob's Field was able to fill itself to capacity for 455 straight games soon after opening in 1994.
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