Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Giants Love Their Fans

"We have 130,000 people on our waiting list. We could charge anything and still fill the stadium." - Giants owner John Mara, as quoted in the NYTimes today, on WFAN
This link is worth the firewall, if only for the shadenfraude you'll feel at New York Fan's considerable and escalating expense (the Mets, Yankees, Giants and Jets are all getting new pleasure palaces soon). Everyone get on board with their love for New Stadiums!

Really, folks... at some point, when does the sporting public say uncle? Even the swells who have gone to these games historically have mortgages, pay for gas and groceries, get nicked for health care and college tuition and have seen their houses become worth a lot less than they used to be. I can see going to a game here and there as a special event, but the idea of passing up vacations and retirement so I can have a season ticket to games I can see at home seems a bit, you know, much...

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