[Rhodes22-list] Rummy's Packers - and Robert's redskins

[Robert Skinner]

Couldn't agree more about the fan-milking (to put 
it politely).

We have had Skins tickets since '37.  We used to 
have 6 tix on the 50-yard line in the mez at RFK 
stadium.  We could get popcorn or a hot dog 
without standing in the rain.  

When the owner built the new "Jack Kent Cook" 
stadium in "Raljon" Maryland, we were assigned 6 
seats up in the nosebleed section, one of which 
was behind a metal screen.  

It was so bad that the Washington Post sports 
section ran a picture taken from it on the front 
of the section.  I missed the runback of the 
kickoff on the first game because I couldn't see 
the endzone.

We were offered seats at the same altitude as 
those which we had had at RFK - for three times 
the money.

We kept 2 tickets (for sentimental reasons) for 
he rare occasion when we are in Washington and 
the weather is decent, but turned the other 4 in.

We are shifting our loyalties gradually to the 
Patriots, and expect that we will let the last 
two Skins tix go in a year or so.

Robert, disgusted ex-Redskin fan in Maine

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Rob Lowe wrote:
> 
> The Redskins had a similar situation.  All the tickets sold were season
> tickets and the waiting list was up to 100,000.  Now the owner, Dan Snyder,
> has raised ticket prices significantly.  My Dad, who has had tickets for
> about 7 years now, finally threw in the towel and turned his in.  His ticket
> price went from $50 to $175 and parking went from $10 to $25 a game.  His 3
> tickets cost him over $550 a game, and that was before beer ($8 for 16
> ounces).  I friend of mine, who has been on the waiting list for 7 years or
> so, finally had his name come to the top of the list.  They are getting the
> tickets, but only for one year due to the cost.  I'm glad to see the Packers
> haven't run off their fans for the sake of money. - rob
> 
> aka - Rob Redskin
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 7:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rummy's Packers
> 
> > Slim,
> > The other side to that story is that less than a thousand season tickets
> are
> > turned in each year. You do the math.
> >
> > Rummy