When Bud Selig accepted the job as full-time commissioner last July, he detailed his immediate priorities. Keeping the game affordable for families was high on that list. But on the other hand, baseball ticket prices are so low compared not only to other sports but other forms of entertainment. They're incredibly low even when you consider these top increases. Actually, USA Today used faulty math in determining average ticket prices.
Many ballparks have more seats in cheaper areas, meaning the average ticket price is actually lower.
Eighty-five percent of the seating areas had no increases, however. I'm confident we will always be at the lower end of the spectrum, even after we move into Miller Park. It's all market-driven, and we certainly understand our market. Sometimes, what's in reason in L.A. and New York is not in reason in Milwaukee and Kansas City. Finally sinking in Perhaps the powers that be at County Stadium have finally figured out that Paul Molitor's heart remains in Minnesota, not Milwaukee.