Thursday, May 09, 2013
Washington Post: Red Carpet Rewards Loses Its Luster For Some Nationals Fans
(www.washingtonpost.com)
posted 1 week ago by The Yankee Clapper to attendance, economics, tickets, washington nationals
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Read More...But with no preseason notice, the Nationals front office for the 2013 season significantly diluted the Red Carpet Rewards program, and the number of points needed to buy extra benefits increased dramatically. For example, a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, May 25, costs 1,000 Red Carpet points for a field MVP or club seat, which is 10 times what it cost last year. The Nationals also shortened the window in which tickets can be redeemed ahead of time to one month; last year ...
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1. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on August 30, 2012 at 09:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0I have a hard time believing there's a big downside to having a rabid fan base. The Sox rake in a crap-ton of cash even though they've been down for the past couple years. Yes, they really do have to go out and spend a bunch of cash this year and turn things around pretty quickly, but that's not a function of their rabid fans--every team has to deal with that. The difference is that having rabid fans means you have a way to finance your winning teams.
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But it seems too real to tell you why
Freed from the century
With nothing but memory, memory
And I just hope that you can forgive us
But everything must go
And if you need an explanation
Then everything must go
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