Why are spring training tickets more expensive than regular season tikcets?

Does anyone have an answer for me?

Wish I did have an answer. $20 plus $5 parking is salty for a Spring Training game. And I like to catch at least a few.

If I was going by myself, I'd get the $7 bleacher seat in left field corner and then play musical chairs with vacant good seats.

(When ordering on-line, don't forget Cardinals are listed as AWAY games. Of course, they are at Roger Dean Stadium.)

well, it's a much smaller stadium than PPS and i know it only seats around 7000 or something like that. that's 1/10 of our total capacity and 1/5 our regular baseball capacity. i've never been to roger dean, but i'd guess that the seats are much, much closer to the field than the seats you'd normally get at PPS and there are probably far fewer rows per section.

 

if i think about it from the team's perspective, the type of fans who attend spring training games are probably more willing to pay higher ticket prices than regular season fans at PPS. hiking up the price a couple bucks probably won't affect turnout since the fans who would want to attend spring training games typically don't base their decision to attend games on the price of tickets (unlike casual fans).

 

if you think about it, dropping ticket prices for spring training games would probably have a very minimal effect on ticket sales.

 

also, the fans in palm beach county are wealthier and probably won't be turned off by a couple extra bucks.

 

of course i'm just hypothesizing. $20 is cheaper than most lower level seats at PPS and the $7 bleacher seats are almost as cheap as the fish tank. if you wanted to see the marlins in ST, i don't think $7 would turn you away.

I'm seeing the fish play the mets at fort st lucie! So how does it work when you have "berm seats", everyone for themselves?

I'm seeing the fish play the mets at fort st lucie! So how does it work when you have "berm seats", everyone for themselves?

 

Bring your beach towel and try to get there on the early side.

You gotta be a fool to pay $5.00 for parking at Roger Dean Stadium. If you get there early enough you can park in the garage across the street for free!

 

Plus, for $7.00 you're sitting right by the field. Also, food is much cheaper at Roger Dean Stadium, than at JRS. A berm seat is just that, you sit on a berm. Do you know what a berm is? You're basically sitting on the side of a "hill" in right field (which is the visitor side when the Marlins play). Remember that whether the Marlins are the home or road team at RDS, they will always be on the third base/LF side.

Yea...they are prob. more expensive because they are closer...and its true that most people who go to spring training games dont care that its more expensive....they prob. just go for the game bc. it dosen't really mean much-its just spring training.

I'm seeing the fish play the mets at fort st lucie! So how does it work when you have "berm seats", everyone for themselves?

 

Bring your beach towel and try to get there on the early side. good idea, thanks

Just for your info: Astros play in Kissimmee, Braves in Lake Buena Vista/Disney World, Expos play in Viera, Mets play in Port St. Lucie, Cards/Marlins in Jupiter and the Orioles in Fort Lauderdale. They are all within a three hours drive of each other.

well, it's a much smaller stadium than PPS and i know it only seats around 7000 or something like that. that's 1/10 of our total capacity and 1/5 our regular baseball capacity. i've never been to roger dean, but i'd guess that the seats are much, much closer to the field than the seats you'd normally get at PPS and there are probably far fewer rows per section.

 

if i think about it from the team's perspective, the type of fans who attend spring training games are probably more willing to pay higher ticket prices than regular season fans at PPS. hiking up the price a couple bucks probably won't affect turnout since the fans who would want to attend spring training games typically don't base their decision to attend games on the price of tickets (unlike casual fans).

 

if you think about it, dropping ticket prices for spring training games would probably have a very minimal effect on ticket sales.

 

also, the fans in palm beach county are wealthier and probably won't be turned off by a couple extra bucks.

 

of course i'm just hypothesizing. $20 is cheaper than most lower level seats at PPS and the $7 bleacher seats are almost as cheap as the fish tank. if you wanted to see the marlins in ST, i don't think $7 would turn you away.

and people wonder why I say the Marlins should come to Palm Beach county...