So why can't we change ticket price during the season now?

[RonCo]

Regardless of how anyone feels about the modern day practice, the point is that baseball teams have always changed prices throughout the year. I remember back in the 80s somewhere, the Reds were struggling and attendance was way down. They made a huge advertising blitz about mega-price reductions to get people to come out to the park. This was when I was in college an hour away, so it was probably 1981 ... give or take a year.

It is unlike OOTP to take a feature away, isn't it? Especially one that helps people play the game like real GMs do?

[OakDragon]

Originally Posted by RchW

I remember having a chat with a Giants executive in the Phoenix airport late in ST either 2011 or 12. They were using dynamic pricing to get $25 for a ticket to sit on the grass berm. I told her the Giants would never see a penny from my wallet with that practice. She admitted that the feedback was overwhelmingly negative but that it was coming from people like me who wont buy. Apparently there are enough fools (my word) out there who make the practice profitable so they had no intention of changing it. She suggested that the Giants considered restricting ticket availability in order to drive demand and prices up during ST.

I like live baseball but will not get sucked into paying more than what I perceive as fair value. Interestingly the Los Angeles Angels took a completely different approach during the regular season of 2013. We took a chance by not ordering online and walked up to the box office a few hours before a series with the Jays. Not only did they knock $50 off the package we bought for the series but they threw in food and drink coupons because it was our first visit to the stadium. I suppose one could expect that since the Blue Jays are a poor draw on the road. All things considered the Anaheim experience was great inside and outside the stadium.

Given my limited experience with ML games as an adult (basically just the Giants), that's refreshing to hear about the Angels.

I don't know how prevalent it is in other ML cities, but the Giants are firmly focused on the more-money-than-brains market, which seems to be huge down there. Yet another reason to never go to a Giants game again. It's sad. ML stars or no, I'd much rather get a $100 Crabs season ticket for 40 or so home games and be able to sit wherever I darn well please and get cheap food and souvies to boot. Local baseball, FTW!

[Honorable_Pawn]

Originally Posted by RonCo

Of equal interest is why OOTP hides a team's ticket prices from from online league opponents. It seems like everyone knows these in real life.