Hey, Let's Make Fun of the Nats and Marlins
Yes, let’s.
While I’ll willingly acknowledge that the season ticket renewal deadline extension notices* the Phillies keep sending my father and I are a sign of decreased demand at CBP this year (the Phillies have sold more than 3,000 fewer season tickets for 2013), it still may not as bad as the issues plaguing some of our NL East friends.
Marlins
After selling their entire team to the Blue Jays, many expected that the Marlins would play in front of HUNDREDS of fans this season. But perhaps initial assumptions were too high.
Here is a photo of the line for single-game Marlins tickets, which went on-sale Saturday:
via (@joecapMARLINS)
And the concession stand from the Marlins’ “winter warmup” event:
via (@clarkspencer)
Frightening. Both of those photos come via this Yahoo! article, which includes this startling statement:
The Marlins might have more players at camp (74) than fans who showed up to buy single-game tickets on the first day they were available. Seriously!
Nationals
No doubt that the baseball team in Washington will see its attendance increase this season on the heels of their horrific NLDS choke… but don’t expect demand to outpace supply. They’re still giving away free tickets:
via (@getzy89)
Of course, this is a far cry from the BOGO on season tickets the Nationals had going last year. So we applaud their progress there.
*No, we haven’t renewed yet. Not sure we will. It doesn’t make a ton of sense to lock into 16 games, half of which wind up getting traded in or sold for a different date, when you can almost always get tickets below face value on the secondary market (yes, Crossing Broad Tickets). The playoff guarantee is an issue… but with the money saved during the season, you can splurge on jacked up postseason tickets.