Though the Washington Nationals are well into their third season in the District and moving into their second year under the ownership of Ted Lerner, fans have had plenty to complain about — the team’s record, concessions at RFK and the $611 million stadium debacle. With yesterday’s announcement of a new ticket pricing scheme for the team’s new stadium, set to open next April, add one more gripe to the list.
Prices for the stadium’s best seats are set to rival those of better teams, topping out at $400 per game for front-row spots behind home plate. Seats in the next row up will go for $300, while the 1,800 seats in the next level up will come in at $150. Each of the 66 luxury boxes will retail at $150,000 per season. But it’s not the region’s well-to-do that are complaining about the costs — it seems to be everyone else.
While the Post’s Marc Fisher didn’t seem to be too put off by the price jumps, blogger My Brain Says Rage was quick to respond to the pricing plan, arguing in no uncertain terms that partial season ticket holders were getting screwed. He wrote:
Tickets in the outfield will be $29 a game for partial season ticket holders like myself. No, that is not a typo. That is a price nearly double the gate price at Comerica park and a real slap in the face to those of us that have made the outfield our home in the three seasons here. Bizarrely, the deeper you go into center field, the pricier it gets.
Martin Austermuhle