You may have heard that New York City will have two new ballparks to attend in 2009. Of course that means that Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium will close their doors forever after the 2008 season. And if you want to be there for the last scheduled game at either venue, you better have a lot of money. Tickets for the finale at Yankees Stadium are being scalped online for as much as $17,000 with tickets for the Shea Stadium finale, and last chance to see the Home Run Apple, going for “only” up to $6,000.
Before you go and empty your retirement plan, consider a couple of things. First off, if either team makes the playoffs, the last game will be a playoff game and you will have wasted your money. Secondly, the Mets have not sold out all of their ticket plans, so you could always get tickets that way.
It’s not just the end of 2008 that has scalpers in a frenzy. The All-Star Game is going to be at Yankee Stadium and tickets for that are going for up to $25,000. With the economy in the tank and all this money being asked for tickets, does this mean we might have a chance at tickets to Opening Day 2009?
