Big Cat Country: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
Around SBN: Cal RB Jahvid Best Seriously Injured, Carted Off Field

The High Cost of High Class Stadiums

I'm sorry if this isn't Jaguars centric but I feel its something that needs to be said. With the Stadium Mania the league has been in for over a decade, their has been a Cold War to have the most club seats, the most luxury boxes, etc. All this has done is forced out die hard middle and lower class people in favor of more fair weather upper class families.

My uncle had been a Giants season ticket holder for 20 years, but he won't be when they move to the new stadium in the Meadowlands. His reasoning? With the amount of money he's going to spend on the PSLs he could get a HDTV and pay for  two years of my cousin's tuition. This is a common sight all over New York City. For the most premium seats, the Jets are requiring a $5000 non-refundable deposit for the right to bid for seats.

With the economic downturn, it will be interesting to see how teams react. While their luxury boxes will still remained booked, the irony is that many teams may advance a few years into their fabled waiting lists as more people give up season tickets and those on the list will be unable to afford them. Yet, just as long as the $100,000 luxury boxes are full with people buying $150 bottles of scotch, will anyone care about the guy paying $100 a ticket and buying the $9 beer?


Honestly, what happened to the days of just needing the essentials. When I go a football game, so long as it isn't played in the middle of a nuclear waste dump, all I care about besides me seats, is can I get a beer, some nachos, and have a place to take a piss.


Jaguars-Broncos Game Preview coming in abit

-John

0 recs  |  Comment 1 comment

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Big Cat Country:: Jacksonville Jaguars news, commentary, speculation and fun, all from a fan's perspective
Start posting about the Jaguars »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

J_page_small
Arrowhead Pride answers your questions about the Chiefs
Board_small
Jaguars' Coach Jack Del Rio: Weighed, Measured and Found Wanting

Recent FanPosts

Small
some weird questons
King_crimson_-_larks_small
Maybe the Jaguars aren't so bad at pass rushing
Go_jags_2_small
The Eraser
Art-disguise_small
You Can't Draft Ticket Sales
Kép_008_small
Being the Devil's advocate-my view on the Jack Del Rio watch
Spags_victory_small
3k from Turf Show Times back for some mock help
Dscf0987_small
It is time to say good-bye
Rc9ubca0n5jbncalor6ipcaeoow8scapb9djjcajqq8vjcaj39wbpcanrq9hncauk2hepcax6gnl8cadr98u6cauaqzgzcaxta3ddcawuv9nbcalkc6kmcast1rh1ca4svkemca14mepcca8gp318cai4htzy_small
Diamonds in the Rough: Players to Watch for in 2010 Draft

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

Latest NFL Headlines from SB Nation

Field Gulls
Sunday Night Game Thread
Buc 'Em
For Veterans Day, Tampa Bay falls in love with Free-man.
Mile High Report
Winning the (AFC) West the old fashoned way.....Earn It!

Founder

Delriosad_small River City Rage

Editor-in-Chief

Picture_007_edited_small silencecs

Associate Editor

Pict0319_small Tkopa

Duke_small FSBlueApocalypse

Jaguar_growl_small JvilleJag2