pez Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Bruce Allen is worth his weight in Gold. I have to think he's behind this sudden change. That.. or Dan finally got his ES account confirmed and has been reading all of our recommendations. The video screens were already in the works before Allen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Pez...this is wrong. The amusement tax was always there..it was just included in the price of the ticket. When they raised the ticket prices 40% that year they decided to break out the tax and show it as a separate line item on the invoice. I still remember the insulting line from Mitch Gershman..."we just broke it out because our ticketholders like to see what they're paying for" when all it was was a way to print $99 on a lower level ticket and add another 10% increase.Edit: RememberOsaka above is correct. Gotcha... wasn't sure how that worked.... I do know that that tax was hiked up a substantial amount a couple years back though... As if PG wasn't getting enough kickbacks already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFKFedEx Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 New video screens? :whoknows: Art has a way of knowing these things,:cool: I won't be fully convinced until Karl Swanson drops a press release, if not a full media conference. I expect it sometime in early Feb. just as season ticket invoices are mailed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sens11 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 No ticket price increases! Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan44 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I bet they raise the price of Club and Suite tickets. I better not get an increase on my Club tickets, or I just might go postal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I bet they raise the price of Club and Suite tickets.I better not get an increase on my Club tickets, or I just might go postal. Yeah - I think they will. The price hikes are already built into the premium seat contracts. I am sure they'll continue offering steep discounts (i.e. 40-50% off) to new premium seat contracts though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da#1skinsfan Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'll believe the new video screens when I see them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphil006 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 only in a retracted economy would Danny "hold" prices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bay Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I was really surprised to hear that the prices had remained constant for five years now. The way the grapevine was talking he raised it every year with impunity. :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I was really surprised to hear that the prices had remained constant for five years now. The way the grapevine was talking he raised it every year with impunity. :whoknows: He doesn't raise it often. But when he does, look out! Because the hike makes up for any benefit we might see from multiple years of prices holding steady. Consider - prices for LL were as low as $55 in 1999. Those same seats went up to $79 in 2000. Then they went up to $108.90 in 2006. That's almost double in seven years - or eleven years to-date. That's a pretty substantial increase relative to inflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 He doesn't raise it often. But when he does, look out! Because the hike makes up for any benefit we might see from multiple years of prices holding steady. Consider - prices for LL were as low as $55 in 1999. Those same seats went up to $79 in 2000. Then they went up to $108.90 in 2006. That's almost double in eleven years. That's a pretty substantial increase relative to inflation. Don't forget too that we've also added seats in there too. So prices went up and so did the amount of seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu2008 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Figures. I'll believe the legit jumbo hd tron when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenic Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 damn.. we paid $115 to sit in the uppers Was a Christmas present from my brother. Bargaining men, we are not. Hey.. I got to cuss out a few Turds fans, though.. "Priceless" <-- See below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan44 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Yeah - I think they will. The price hikes are already built into the premium seat contracts. I am sure they'll continue offering steep discounts (i.e. 40-50% off) to new premium seat contracts though. I think in my contract it says that it CAN go up as much as 6%. I don't think it says that it will automatically go up 6%. Oh well, 2010 is my last year as a Club season ticket holder anyway, but after what we fans had to put up with last season, the TO should reduce the cost of tickets as compensation for our pain and suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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