$heriff Tom
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 29, 2010 11:01:58 GMT -5
Funny, due to lack of demand, Yankee lot parking will be going up as much as 50% next season. Read a couple of weeks ago that the parking facilities around the Stadium took a major bath this year. Lost millions of dollars. Well, now its taken out on the poor saps who still insist on driving in.
Just about everyone I know that used to drive in gave it up last season. I would imagine more will be doing same. And this way the parking garages continue to lose a heap of money.
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Post by MSBNYY on Oct 29, 2010 11:44:25 GMT -5
I read the same article and laughed. Demand is down because of price gauging, and they RAISE prices? That's about as dumb as raising taxes in a recession.
They are so defaulting on their loans.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 29, 2010 12:22:51 GMT -5
Problem is this is a last-ditch attempt to make some money. Next year things would stay the same at the same prices, most likely. Its just a terrible situation for them. Sucks to be them!
Saw an interesting aside - using one game for an example....sellout vs Boston, and only 5,500 cars used the garages.
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Post by MSBNYY on Oct 29, 2010 13:01:05 GMT -5
Their problem is they don't get the concept of volume. If they DROP the price, more people will be apt to pay.
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Post by 9 on Oct 29, 2010 15:06:07 GMT -5
They're probably counting on the people who HAVE to drive sucking it up and ponying up. I haven't driven to a game in about six years and have no plans to.
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Post by massyanksfan on Oct 30, 2010 9:24:47 GMT -5
I don't have a choice but to drive. It costs me MORE to park than my tickets do. What I do like is that the garage behind the new stadium is close, and very easy to get back on the Degan northbound.
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Post by 9 on Oct 30, 2010 9:42:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I realize some people have no choice, but that pricing is beyond insane.
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Post by nobeernofun on Nov 1, 2010 20:53:57 GMT -5
When I went to my first game at the Stadium ( Giants vs. Miami Dolphins in Dec. 72) We parked at the last stop on the 4 line & took the Subway to the game. E.Z. in E.Z. out. It was true in 72 & it's still true today. PARKING IS TO DAMN HI !!! Was talking to a Boston fan when I was up in Boston last week. He was saying that it's cheaper to pay the parking ticket then to pay for parking around Fenway.
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Post by massyanksfan on Nov 2, 2010 9:42:52 GMT -5
I paid $50 to park at Fenway (Friday game vs. Toronto) I have heard prices HIGHER than that against us. I'm willing to pay good money for a service providing there is a value to it. What bothers me is that these garages are now open to commuters riding Metro-North, and the revenues are greater than before. (Also, the Stadium being is used as a multi-use facility, with concerts, restaurants, football, etc.) There are fewer workers with the automated payment machines. Am I paying 3 times what I did in 2004 because they added advertising, a few port-a-johns, and an option to pay online? Mind you, I have been parking in these same lots since the 1980's.
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