Phillies increase ticket prices
The Phillies will be increasing ticket prices in most areas of Citizens Bank Park for 2011 by $2 to $5 per game.
Phillies increase ticket prices
Daily News staff
Coming off a franchise attendance record, the Phillies will be increasing ticket prizes in most areas of Citizens Bank Park for 2011 by $2 to $5.
Season ticketholders have been sent renewal invoices this week reflecting the change.
Single-game tickets in the lower bowl from sections 1115-132 and rows 1-6 along the baselines have increased to $65 from $60. Tickets along the baselines in sections 112-114 and 133-135 have also increased $5, to $50. Tickets in the outfield (sections 101-107, 140-148) are $36, up from $33.
Tickets for the Pavilion deck, Terrace deck, rooftop bleachers and standing room only remain unchanged.
Full season ticket plans range from $4,930 in the lower bowl and baseline to $1,316 in the terrace and pavilion decks.
"It's never easy," John Weber, the Phillies' vice president of ticket sales, said. "We want to remain family affordable ... Families are the backbone of our success. We want to keep things as low as we possibly can, and we think we have done that with this scenario."
Weber said the Phillies look around the league and at comparable markets "each and every year and adjust to the different factors." He also pointed to the high demand on the secondary ticket market for Phillies tickets.
The Phillies capped season-ticket sales at 28,500 last season to insure tickets were available for groups and single-game purchases. Weber said the cap could be in place again at the same figure, if needed. The Phillies are collecting information and deposits for a waiting list, should current season ticketholder decide not to renew.
He also said the Phillies are not planning to cut back on any of their promotions "to make it a fun environment for our fans to come out and watch Phillies baseball."
Six-game plans will go on sale in late November or early December. Single-game tickets will go on sale Feb. 17.
The Phillies set a home attendance record of 3,647,249 and will enter the 2011 with a streak of 123 consecutive sellouts. The average attendance was 45,028.
"We have gotten unbelievable fan support," Weber said. "It's pretty incredible."
According to Team Marketing Report, the Phillies' average ticket price in 2010 was $32,99, which was fifth in baseball and had reflected a 6.1 percent increase from the previous season.
Here are the single-game prices for 2011 and 2010:
Infield (115-132) and baseline rows 1-6 up to $65 from $60
Baseline (112-114, 133-135) up to $50 from $45
Baseline (108-111, 136-139) up to $47 from $45
Outfield (101-107, 140-148) up to $36 from $33
Pavilion (206-211) up to $36 from $33
Arcade (233-237) up to $36 from $33
Scoreboard porch (241-245) up to $40 from $38, including a $10 credit for food, beverage and merchandise
Pavilion (201-205) up to $30 from $28
Pavilion (306-310) up to $28 from $26
Pavilion Deck (301-305) remain at $20
Terrace (312-329) up to $36 from $34
Terrance (330-333) up to $28 from $26
Terrace deck (412-429) up to $28 from $26
Terrance deck (430-434) remain at $20
Rooftop bleachers remain at $28, including $10 credit for food, beverage and merchandise
Standing room only remain at $17
A championship quality product cost money. So either pay the increase or give your seats to someone who will.— MSG71- raising money for Davey Lopes?
- Can guarantee you, all the morons saying it's no big deal either don't have season tickets or go to 2 games a year or less.— JBinPA
- This is outrageous. I hope the greedy, self centered players are happy. The Phillies raise ticket prices so the MLB player's union sees more money coming in so they feel the players are entitled to more money and their salaries go up. Mr. Montgomery, haven't you heard there will be no social security increase AGAIN and people are still losing jobs. How can you sleep at night? Charlie said our expectations of the players are too high so the answer is give them big raises.— rolenfan
- For those unhappy with ticket prices, feel free to go to NY Citi Field and watch the Mets. They have reduced ticket prices there -- you get what you pay for: Cordially, RAJ— BillyFortune
- I don't live in New York and I don't make New York money. I've b een watching the Phillies for 45 years. We paid Halladay and Oswalt and Utley and Howard multimillion dollars last year and the last time I checked we didn't win (or get to) the World series. — rolenfan
- Trenton Thunder behind home plate $ 12.00. There's the place to go for affordable baseball.— ALJ
- Yet Amaro still cries poor and laments at keeping or getting talented players.— MrLincoln
- Haven't heard Ruben ever cry poor. As well, I've seen Ruben get some of the best players in the game. Are you not being honest, Mr. Lincoln? — vafan
- Better go out and get some talent for the extra bucks!— dskpa
- Although I am not happy about ticket price increases, it should be pointed out the prices listed above are prices for individual tickets, not season tickets. For example, from looking at Phillies website, Infield season ticket prices are $60 per game, single tickets for same section are $65. I am glad Phillies are still maintaining a season ticket discount.— phillyccgwm
- I'm thinking Werth is off the table. Carl Crawford is out there, Cliff Lee and bullpen help. Making Davey Lopes a nice offer to come back may be a good idea.— dskpa
- At least I have a credit coming for my NLCS game 7 and World Series game 2 tickets. Go Phillies.— section117
Comment removed.- I agree with @speakphilly.com and @MSG71. Fielding a great team costs money. It's well worth the price for a team that contends for a championship every year.
Would you rather them field a crappy team and charge less? I didn't think so.
