Originally posted by rjsallstars
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Fred wanted to make the new stadium season ticket holders only, so he slashed capacity by nearly a third. He then moved the bulk of seats down to the expensive lower bowl - while simultaneously moving an enormous amount of seating into the outfield. He also wanted to reconfigure the ballpark experience into an orgy of consumption, so obviously the prime seating areas had to be hijacked for suites, clubs, restaurants, etc.
Wilpon built a monument to his insatiable need for "More". In its way it sums up much of what's bad in society today. It's a lightless cluster of retail areas with a ball field in the middle. Mets baseball takes a back seat. Wilpon's real mission is to expand his subsidized retail areas over his neighbors' land like a tapeworm expanding itself throughout a host's bowels.
I think a lot of fans have developed such a distaste for the product Wilpon offers that it would require an enormous amount of winning to wash it away. It might not be possible, especially with Wilpon apparently unlikely to ever again spend commensurately with revenue. I'll agree: some will forgive and forget if winning ever occurs; probably enough to fill the artificially low number of seats. For some reason I can't figure out, others will keep throwing money and support at Wilpon with no winning required. Right rj?
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