A New Revenue Stream For Danny Boy

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

how so exactly?

The ticket prices are overpriced. They've doubled in face value since Snyder has took over.

Don't take my word on it. One person who've I've found that has more definitive knowledge on Fed-Ex, tickets, and game jerseys is a guy named Mark the Homer from Extremeskins. Dude, is a absolute guru when it comes to anything related to Fed-Ex field and tickets. To a point where I wonder if the guy sleeps with a media guide under his pillow....lol

When Snyder took over, some of the lowers were going for $55. So $109 is almost double.

The endzone clubs, priced by Mr. Cooke, were $99 each. That includes tax. They were hiked so much after Snyder's arrival, the team had to eventually tear the seats out.

The last price hike for downstairs was from $79 to $109 - nearly 40%. I think that much of a increase discounts any advantage we might have regarding the number of years between price hikes.
PRESS RELEASE: Redskins Announce No Ticket Price Increase, Full Refund Policy for Season Ticket Holders for 2011 Season

Somebody made this comment in regards to ticket prices on a "Justification of 2011 Season Tickets".
Justification of 2011 Season tickets

...I just like knowing I can go to any game I want and have first dibs on playoff tickets if we ever get a home playoff game. Plus, if the team becomes good again, prices are going to sky rocket and you will not want to be buying on the secondary market then.

lol ...people say this all the time. "The prices will skyrocket."

No. The prices will not skyrocket. The reason for that is because they've already skyrocketed in terms of face value. In fact, both of the huge mark-ups over the past 11 years were immediately after playoff runs. We're paying for a playoff team already - every year.

So here we are charging people for a playoff caliber team, yet what have we done the past 12 years? Won a division? Conference? Super Bowl? Squeaked into the playoffs twice? That's it? That's what those high prices are for?

This is exactly why I made the statement about Danny boy is treading water with fans right now. Hell, half the time on big games (pittsburgh, eagles, dallas, giants) you'll notice the stadium has a crap ton of their fans as well. Lower those pricey tickets and you'll have people more inclined to come out as opposed to paying supreme dollar and knowing your team is going to get dropped kicked in the mouth.


Another fun fact: The Washington Redskins have one of the worst home field records this past decade. The only other team in the NFC with a worst home record is Detroit.

NFL.com news: Redskins' FedEx Field doesn't deliver home-field advantage

Washington hasn't done much winning home or away in recent years. The road record is 33-52 since 2000. FedEx Field doesn't offer much for game-day experience. Traffic is always terrible, parking is expensive, and the nearest subway station is about a mile away. Even coach Mike Shanahan, after the home opener, chimed in on the issue: "I'm not used to this traffic, so it's a little bit unusual. I do feel like we played on the road."