Citi Field Tickets & Concessions

[D-Dubs]

I remind the folks posting here that this thread is dedicated to the tickets and concessions at Citi Field. Any other discourse goes astray of the thread's intention.

There's a thread in the Mets forum focusing on management and ownership, and another thread in this forum dedicated to Citi Field the ballpark. Kindly keep your eyes on the ball. Thanks.

I believe many of us were posting about tickets and upgrades, etc. before we came under attack for how we spend our money.

Perhaps the Occupy Citi Field movement should move to the other boards you reference.

[nickyrods19]

To get back on topic, what are partial plan holders thinking come Tuesday? Up it to the 20 game plan? Or pick out 15 games? I've been thinking long and hard and I still don't know what I'm doing. Guess I'm going to wing it... any suggestions?

[Gary Dunaier]

Perhaps the Occupy Citi Field movement should move to the other boards you reference.

The REAL Occupy Citi Field movement is comprised of the people who work in the ticket sales department. It's their job to make sure Citi Field is occupied each and every game.

[alpineinc]

[robardin]

The REAL Occupy Citi Field movement is comprised of the people who work in the ticket sales department. It's their job to make sure Citi Field is occupied each and every game.

[robardin]

To get back on topic, what are partial plan holders thinking come Tuesday? Up it to the 20 game plan? Or pick out 15 games? I've been thinking long and hard and I still don't know what I'm doing. Guess I'm going to wing it... any suggestions?

Well, I'm definitely not going to be taking on both a full season plan (for a pair) AND a weekend/Saturday partial plan (for 5+ seats) any longer, there is no point. I did some accounting and I will simply use a combination of STH exchanges and a la carte buys through the expected promos like Plum Benefits, "Kids For Free" or "Home Run 4-tix-and-food" or "33-50% off" that we've seen every year for at least the past 3-4 years. (Thank goodness they added the fairly generous ticket exchange policy last year for FSTs, or I might not even do that.)

It used to be worth it to lock in a location I knew I would like for my 10-12 family outings a year, because the other 3-5 games would be easy to move at average cost (especially since I forgo the Yankees series), and on average I was not overpaying for the games I went to. But last year I resold at a loss, gave freebies to friends or donated to charity not just weekday games but even most of my Saturday games due to scheduling conflicts or to upgrade with the promos to Caesars or Field level for the same cost as my partial plan seats in section 515 Row 10.

If I were not a full season plan holder I'd consider the 20-game plan, as the whole point of having a plan year over year (full or partial) is to have "my" seats for the games I go to and some kind of guarantee for playoff games - while I've always scored tix through pre-sales of whatever kind, it's annoying and the selection is a crapshoot. But then I'd be kind of PO'ed that in a down cycle for the Mets, when I might otherwise feel good about "buying low" to get a great location while supporting the team while others are bailing, I'm being asked to buy 33% MORE tickets than the past 3 years - and more than 50% more than the old 13-game Saturday plan at Shea - to get those benefits. Because I know I wouldn't use more than about 12 games of the 20.

PS - Once I'm thinking of taking as many as 20 games, though, I'd rather think about hooking up in a 27-game (1/3 season plan) share agreement for a full season plan where the guaranteed playoff tickets are in the plan location, the pricing would be better, the club access would be greater, the perks too, etc., etc. There are many ways to get in on such a deal, the key is finding someone you can trust I suppose.

[ribant]

Not sure you've learned much. Between Mets and SNY revenue Wilpon should be in the black with the Mets. Most likely it's the poor real estate environment that's his problem. Most likely he's siphoning money from the Mets to meet his other commitments.

It wasn't Omar that got him in trouble, it was his taste for easy returns with no questions asked. It was also his greed. Nobody forced him to launch a war of conquest on his neighbors by building a new stadium on the eastern parking lot and pushing for a big development on the toxic dump. Finally Fred is basically a speculator and the market he speculates in turned bad.

The bad contracts were a function of a Wilpon strategy that pre-dated Omar - to overpay for the second or third best free agent rather than spend for the best. He was also happy to field a "contender" rather than spend the extra for better players and the depth needed to be a champion. He refused to spend on the draft. That's why his teams always fell apart like a house of cards.

If you were paying attention you'd know that. You'd also know Fred is an even crummier owner than Lorinda Deloretes (whoever that is).

If any one is curious I posted a response in the Ownership and Management thread

[dstoffa]

To get back on topic, what are partial plan holders thinking come Tuesday? Up it to the 20 game plan? Or pick out 15 games? I've been thinking long and hard and I still don't know what I'm doing. Guess I'm going to wing it... any suggestions?

I am on my rep's call list for Tuesday.

I am going for a 20-game plan (assuming the offerings are decent). I will spend my money the way I want.

Cheers!
-Doug

[LI METS FAN]

I am on my rep's call list for Tuesday.

I am going for a 20-game plan (assuming the offerings are decent). I will spend my money the way I want.

Cheers!
-Doug

good luck and let us know who it goes.

[Gary Dunaier]

I will spend my money the way I want.

No... you will spend your money the way *I* want. And *I* want you to spend you money on the hottest collectible this side of Roosevelt Avenue...

[Flushing Roots]

To get back on topic, what are partial plan holders thinking come Tuesday? Up it to the 20 game plan? Or pick out 15 games? I've been thinking long and hard and I still don't know what I'm doing. Guess I'm going to wing it... any suggestions?

As a former 15 game weekday plan holder I have decided I am going with the 15 game pack. With the 20 game weekday plan I have no OD and they front loaded 3 to 4 April games, ones that no one cares about. Also with the plans there are some games that are 2 days apart and sometimes back to back. Coming in from Jersey, I'd rather have them spread out and I'd like to avoid April. I also can't see where my seats will be that much worse than a 20 game plan holder. And 15 spread out games with a variety of different seats will be much better suited for me than 20 games; some back to back all in the same seats. One thing I did notice about the choices for both... No Left Field Landing seats were being offered? I find that odd...

[jfvmets]

so Does some know where the 40 games plans start from in the prom box, i will say 419-420 are for ST.. someone here have any 40g plan?

i heard that the 20 game plans will start far in the outfield for this PR BOX (425).

for the plp that has the presale tomorrow, keep us updated. i 'm getting something on thursday

[rjsallstars]

Well, I'm definitely not going to be taking on both a full season plan (for a pair) AND a weekend/Saturday partial plan (for 5+ seats) any longer, there is no point. I did some accounting and I will simply use a combination of STH exchanges and a la carte buys through the expected promos like Plum Benefits, "Kids For Free" or "Home Run 4-tix-and-food" or "33-50% off" that we've seen every year for at least the past 3-4 years. (Thank goodness they added the fairly generous ticket exchange policy last year for FSTs, or I might not even do that.)

It used to be worth it to lock in a location I knew I would like for my 10-12 family outings a year, because the other 3-5 games would be easy to move at average cost (especially since I forgo the Yankees series), and on average I was not overpaying for the games I went to. But last year I resold at a loss, gave freebies to friends or donated to charity not just weekday games but even most of my Saturday games due to scheduling conflicts or to upgrade with the promos to Caesars or Field level for the same cost as my partial plan seats in section 515 Row 10.

If I were not a full season plan holder I'd consider the 20-game plan, as the whole point of having a plan year over year (full or partial) is to have "my" seats for the games I go to and some kind of guarantee for playoff games - while I've always scored tix through pre-sales of whatever kind, it's annoying and the selection is a crapshoot. But then I'd be kind of PO'ed that in a down cycle for the Mets, when I might otherwise feel good about "buying low" to get a great location while supporting the team while others are bailing, I'm being asked to buy 33% MORE tickets than the past 3 years - and more than 50% more than the old 13-game Saturday plan at Shea - to get those benefits. Because I know I wouldn't use more than about 12 games of the 20.

PS - Once I'm thinking of taking as many as 20 games, though, I'd rather think about hooking up in a 27-game (1/3 season plan) share agreement for a full season plan where the guaranteed playoff tickets are in the plan location, the pricing would be better, the club access would be greater, the perks too, etc., etc. There are many ways to get in on such a deal, the key is finding someone you can trust I suppose.

If 2 in 417, row 1, aisle is something you would be interested in for a 1/3 share let me know, I am willing to discuss. Thanks

[robardin]

If 2 in 417, row 1, aisle is something you would be interested in for a 1/3 share let me know, I am willing to discuss. Thanks

Thanks, but I do have my own pair of season tickets (Caesars Box, sec 326 Row 4)... I guess I didn't make that very clear in my latest post, but I used to have both a pair of season tickets AND kept on renewing a 15-game Sat+ plan of 5+ seats, since I have a family of 5 and we go to 10 or so games a year. Now that they have a STH Exchange policy and now that I've seen how many family friendly promos they have all through the year, I see no real reason to renew the partial plan. I have plenty of tickets from my season plan that I can exchange for 5, buy 4 in a promo and exchange 1 to be adjacent to them (which I did 8 times last year), or just go using a pair (me and one kid) instead of all 5 of us.

That said, if anybody has or knows someone who's got a season plan of 5+ tickets in the Prom level (PR, PRI, Prom Box or Prom Gold) and would be looking to sell some of the Sat or Sun games, I'd be interested in talking some time in Feb or March next year.

[nickyrods19]

ok, so my ticket rep called me tonight to go over plans and locations (called aroound 08:00 oclock pm). i think a lot of people are going to be dissappointed in the locations they are offering. for 15 game plans, he was said they start in 506 and go out into the outfield. i had a plan in 507 row 9 and i couldnt keep them with a 15 game plan.

so on to the 20 game plans - in prom box the closest to home was 403 on first and 427 by third. he said closer to home in prom box was being held for 40 game plans.

in promenade reserve the lowest row offered to me was row 3 in 524 , row 5 in 523 , row 7 in 522 , and row 9 in 521
on the first base side row 9 in 507.

i grabbed the pair in 522 row 7. he did say some seats that were not renewed and seats that were available thru people upgrading have not been uploaded yet. i think they are making the rules as they go along. seeing what they can sell and what they cant and hopefully they lower some of the row restrictions or open up the prom box a little more..we'll see..

anybody have pics of 522? good luck tomorrow, and please let us know how you make out..

[jfvmets]

ok, so my ticket rep called me tonight to go over plans and locations (called aroound 08:00 oclock pm). i think a lot of people are going to be dissappointed in the locations they are offering. for 15 game plans, he was said they start in 506 and go out into the outfield. i had a plan in 507 row 9 and i couldnt keep them with a 15 game plan.

so on to the 20 game plans - in prom box the closest to home was 403 on first and 427 by third. he said closer to home in prom box was being held for 40 game plans.

in promenade reserve the lowest row offered to me was row 3 in 524 , row 5 in 523 , row 7 in 522 , and row 9 in 521
on the first base side row 9 in 507.

i grabbed the pair in 522 row 7. he did say some seats that were not renewed and seats that were available thru people upgrading have not been uploaded yet. i think they are making the rules as they go along. seeing what they can sell and what they cant and hopefully they lower some of the row restrictions or open up the prom box a little more..we'll see..

anybody have pics of 522? good luck tomorrow, and please let us know how you make out..

my rep told me similar things towards locations, but i could not buy 20 games plan today i had to wait till tomorrow, how u got the tickets, u lucky that u got tickets before anyone, hope they open better section down the road.

[nickyrods19]

my rep told me similar things towards locations, but i could not buy 20 games plan today i had to wait till tomorrow, how u got the tickets, u lucky that u got tickets before anyone, hope they open better section down the road.

Your rep told u similar locations? Its hard for me to believe, I was thinkning my rep screwed me.. anyway, I don't feel so lucky, I'm a section further from home than I was last year and only 2 rows lower...and I had to buy an extra 5 games for it...

[DN4L]

To get back on topic, what are partial plan holders thinking come Tuesday? Up it to the 20 game plan? Or pick out 15 games? I've been thinking long and hard and I still don't know what I'm doing. Guess I'm going to wing it... any suggestions?

I don't know what I'm going to do either..

[Paul W]

I have been following baseball since back in the day when you was spelled you, Y-O-U, not "U". I do not know everything but have been following NY baseball since the early 70s. That includes the Payson's, Deloretes, Doubleday's and the bad boss and the good boss. Am I qualified to have an opinion now? Wilpon, or as you call him "Fred-o", (must be a west coast thing) has gotten into trouble for spending too much money, not too little. Minaya and his bad contracts have gotten them in the mess they are in now, not to mention Madoff. What Alderson's plan has done is still give the Mets a chance at signing Reyes for a contract that will not kill the team. After all, "WE" want the Mets to win, don't " WE"?

i started in '67, was old enough to be told by my parents (one-time nyy employees) to understand the difference between "we" and "them" and not to take what a baseball franchise (a business) to seriously or personally.
for the same reason that the co. that built the car i drive isn't part of my persona, it's a business.
alderson is in there to assist them to retain the franchise (expense reduction) and not to spend for expensive
and injury-prone players.
if i still lived in the metro area (*sigh*) i'd be calling him fred-o, it's a term of scorn and reminds me of...

[Paul W]

if anyone thinks that mlb owners are concerned whether their customers will fork out more $$$'s, the minimum
salary is now $480,000 a 16% increase from last year. i guess labor "peace" is more important than keeping
the product affordable. this will be passed along to the customers - YOU.
anybody out there get a 16% increase recently?


http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.p...news&Itemid=42

[Gary Dunaier]

anybody have pics of 522?

It's not row 7 - it's ten rows higher (aka row 17, also aka the very last row), but it is in 522... row 17, seat 22, to be exact...


(Photo taken April 13, 2009. © Gary Dunaier. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)

...and yes, that's Tom Seaver's ceremonial first pitch to Mike Piazza from the 2009 home opener...

[nickyrods19]

It's not row 7 - it's ten rows higher (aka row 17, also aka the very last row), but it is in 522... row 17, seat 22, to be exact...


(Photo taken April 13, 2009. © Gary Dunaier. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)

...and yes, that's Tom Seaver's ceremonial first pitch to Mike Piazza from the 2009 home opener...

thanks gary! always love your pictures!

[peterrod16]

I am debating on droping my 15 game plan and just buying off BBF STH and Stubhub.
I only care about opening day and maybe two other games.
The cheap solution if i were to do the 15 game plan Buy OD and 14 value games Total $204.
Go to OD sell 7 games on Stubhub and donated the remaining 7 to charity.
Im wondering do the perks/benefits overrride the cost of the 15 game plan?
Blue Friday at the team store at Citi.
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/art...r_nym&c_id=nym

[LI METS FAN]

I just checked on seating for the 15 game plan, mostly Saturdays and opening day. Best available in Caesars Gold was section 315, row 5, best avail for Caesars Box was section 308 row 5, best avail for Prom Box was 402 and best avail for Prom Res Inf was 510, row 9.
Most of the games included the same exact seat, the ones that weren't the same exact seat were in the same row.

[StadiumGraveyard]

The online options are attrocius, if I don't end up getting through and getting anything better with a rep, I'm punting my plan.