IS GLAD SPRING TRAINING IS FINALLY HERE
Some standing-room tickets still remain for the Army-Navy Game on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field. The tickets, which are $45 each, can be bought at Philadelphia-area Ticketmaster outlets, online at http://www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling Ticketmaster at 215-336-2000. There is a limit of six tickets per purchase.
Activities will begin as early as 8:15 a.m. Saturday with the Fan Fest at the stadium. The March-ons will start at 9:30, and the game is scheduled to start at noon. It will be the 81st time the game has been played in Philadelphia.
SEPTA says it will be running Broad Street Line Sports Express trains throughout Saturday morning. They will operate about every 10 to 15 minutes from 6:25 a.m. until 11:50 a.m. from the
There also will be extra service on Market-Frankford Line, putting train in motion every 5 to 8 minutes. That will begin from 69th Street Station at 6:21 a.m. and continue until 12:15 p.m. Extra trains will leave Frankford Transportation Center between 7:08 a.m. and 12:40 p.m.
Paul Vigna still has the seat he wrestled out of the concrete at Connie Mack Stadium parked in the finished basement, a 1980 Phillies championship mirror hanging above it. Now, why he’s kept an autograph of former Flyer Bruce Gamble on a sheet of Hockey Hall of Fame paper is another story. A native of Philly who grew up in Lansdale, he’s an assistant sports editor at the Daily News in charge of special projects who has written two columns related to sports and consumers: View From the Seats and Savvy Consumer.
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Athletic contests were, for a long time, simply fun and games. Nowadays they’re just a small part of a sports entertainment industry that puts billions of dollars into play and a number of issues into motion. Moneyball indeed. You might be closer to the action than ever before, but that privilege comes at a price - and often it’s beyond what you can afford.
With that as the backdrop we’ll use this blog to dig out stories and swap advice about how the fan experience is changing and what it’s costing you now and in the future. Some of it will educate, some will let you vent. And in a sports panel format, it should allow for a consensus of opinion that can carry some weight.
