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Price of Sox-cess: Costliest tickets will go even higher
Death, taxes and now yearly Red Sox ticket hikes may be the only certainties in life. Wall Street financier and chief Sox owner John Henry yesterday confirmed what many Sox fans already suspected - the price of admission to hallowed Fenway Park will go up again next season. Henry offered few details, other than acknowledging that any increase - in keeping with the new ownership group's emphasis on a fan-friendly approach - likely would be limited to the single digits. But with the team grappling with how to pay for all its stars, many now free agents, and in the wake of an historic World Series win, don't expect a price reduction, Henry said. ``They are not going down,'' Henry said. ``We had a big payroll last year. We will have a big payroll this year.'' Forced to make do operating out of baseball's smallest and oldest ballpark, Sox average ticket prices top the league at $40.77.Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-20 |
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