As they do every odd year...ticket prices go up

[PhillyGirl]

As with most things, prices rise every year or 2....its to be expected..not just with tickets, but with just about everything.

I'm not going to stop buying stamps either.

[Diomedes]

At the pace it is now, by 2013, it will cost over $100 for the worst seats in the house.

And people will still pay it.  You really think they won't?

[Diomedes]

I'm not going to stop buying stamps either.

three things about this analogy

a.) stamps are cheap/the scale is hugely different
b.) stamps are kinda necessary
c.) I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure stamps havne't increased in cost 65% in 8 years

[Wingspan]

At the pace it is now, by 2013, it will cost over $100 for the worst seats in the house.

And people will still pay it.  You really think they won't?

Eventually, i dont think they will have a choice. I think people will pay it, as long as they can. But there is a line somewhere, granted it's apparenly not been found yet.

[Father Demon]

As Cerevant said up there, if your seats become too expensive, let me know.  You can sign them over to me.  Waiting list be damned.

[SunMo]

i'd rather keep paying for them and sell them on ebay

[Diomedes]

don't get me wrong here folks...I don't have a problem with YOU paying whatever they charge.   I just won't do that.  Same for concert tickets, and all kinds of other hugely inflated luxuries. 

if your favorite thing in the world to do is go to professional sports games and you'll pay whatever it takes to get in, good for you

but quit your bitching...your absolute willingess to pay is why the prices are going up so drastically

[ice grillin you]

As with most things, prices rise every year or 2

yeah but not at the % sports tickets go up...the cost increases in tickets are out of whack compared to every day inflation


bottom line is im willing to pay for something i love to do....no different than someone paying x amount of dollars a year on their car cigarettes traveling going to the movies and dinner ect....

until it gets to the point where its to much i will continue to do it

and im not even close to that point yet

[Cerevant]

but quit your bitching...your absolute willingess to pay is why the prices are going up so drastically

What he said.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Yep - supply and demand.

In the words of Robert Klein: "We have the supply, and we can demand whatever we want!"

[MDS]

I just want to thank Mr. Lurie for his business decision.

[SD_Eagle5]

I just want to thank Mr. Lurie for his business decision.

I don't mind the ticket increase because I know Mr. Lurie will put that money back into the team.

[QB Eagles]

Of course people will keep paying. As much as they charge, it's still far below market price. Imagine how much the Eagles would get if they just auctioned off seats.

[Diomedes]

Of course people will keep paying. As much as they charge, it's still far below market price. Imagine how much the Eagles would get if they just auctioned off seats.

I hadn't thought of it that way.

[ice grillin you]

So what did 16 wins, 16 losses, two playoff games and enough pathos and drama to fill a screenplay get Eagles fans who watched these last two seasons unfold?

Oh, just the usual biennial adjustment to the price of seeing a game at Lincoln Financial Field. The hikes were announced late yesterday afternoon and affect the following areas:

• Lower-level and some premium seats will rise to $90, from $80.

• Lower-level end-zone seats will move to $75, from $65.

• Upper-level seats will move to $65, from $60.

Ticket manager Leo Carlin said in a release that "providing quality entertainment and a terrific game-day experience is our priority. Historically, about every 2 years we have adjusted our ticket prices to remain comparable to the league average for a team in our sized market."

Indeed, the amount and scope of the ticket hikes come pretty close to matching what the Birds did less than a month after losing in the Super Bowl. Then, the lower bowl went from $70 to $80, the lower end zone from $60 to $65 and the upper bowl from $55 to $60. Eagles president Joe Banner at the time called those increases "modest."

The accepted barometer for the price of attending a game is the Team Marketing Report, which still reflects prices for the 2005 season. On that list, the Birds ranked ninth in what's called the Fan Cost Index, which adds up the cost of a family of four attending a game, and ranked ninth in the average cost of a ticket, at $66.09. That was less than the taterskins and Giants, and about even with the Cowboys. The average cost of an NFL ticket in '05 was just below $59.

Among the teams that announced ticket increases for 2007 are the Bills - who unveiled their highest price increase in 17 years on the price of an average ticket that will remain the league's lowest, at $46.45 - and the Dolphins, who are raising prices on more than 4,000 club seats, some more than 200 percent. They just finished a 6-10 season.