For the Reds, it would allow them to capture more money from Cubs fans.

For families that are more interested in the game experience rather than the actual matchup, it would make a trip to the game more affordable.

No team would do this if they thought they weren’t going to make more money in the end. I think they fully expect to raise prices more often than drop them.

Better to figure out in advance those games that historically have sucked attendance-wise (sabremetric marketing!) and go from there – make it part of the marketing plan.

I mean to do it daily or even weekly won’t affect families or out of towners. Just the local riff-raff that have nothing better to do but check on the ‘games’ ticket price…kinda like ushere at RR.

so I doubt it ever happens

There’s more to a game’s desirability than just numbers!

What will they think of next?

Wasn’t it the Giants who started the “all you can eat” seats? That turned out to be pretty popular.

Teams already charge more for popular games. (Like when the Yankees are in town.) OTOH, it might tick people off if they end up paying more than the person sitting next to them. That’s what drives people crazy about airline tickets and cars. It’s not so much how much they paid, but finding out their neighbor paid less.

All You Can Eat buffets lost their appeal to me once i hit my mid-twenties, especially ballpark food.

But……..I’d be the first one to buy a ducat if it was all you can eat sushi bar. jch says there is a good one up off Fields Ertel, I dont see why they couldnt have a little section of GABP roped off for this!

Quick story for all the new RR fathers out there…. DONT, DONT, DONT take your spawn to Golden Corral. Inevitably they have to go “uh-oh” and your spouse/love partner is going to look to you to step up and handle the situation, as she is usually cutting food or buttering rolls. In most any other location this is not a big deal at all. But at the GC its akin to walking into the valley of death. Every time I have been there this has happened. I walk the kiddo to the men’s room, push open the door and immediately turn around and make the lady take the reigns. There has ALWAYS been 1-2 extremely large, overfed men in the stalls shatting their brains out in order to clear more room to consume another plate or two of chow.

Just a word to the wise.

If a game is a blowout loss credit vouches would be distributed….one free beer at next game. Or one free lemon chill for Slyde. One free hot dog, pretzel, fish taco. Something. I think that would be a nice little treat for fans who witness a crap game. Plus, very few of these coupons would be redeemed so it wouldnt be that much of a cost center.

My second idea is to get a frickin organ @ GABP. The place needs a little more signature items, and an organ would be a wonderful start. Baseball doesnt need to copy the NBA with all its thump thump music while the game is in progress. Lets return to the national pastime in a pastoral setting. Leave the gimmicks to the minor leagues. And I love me some Florence Freedom, dont get me wrong. But when I go to the big park I want Old Time Baseball, dammit. Except for the cheerleaders. Keep them! Them’s me likey!!!

But this is not a new idea…if I remember correctly (and I’m old, so there is a great chance that I am making this up), The Mets have been doing this for a couple of years and the Reds have been doing a much simpler version of it for at least the last 3-4 years.

It got a little more pointed last year with the Red Sox coming into town, but I believe we had three tier pricing in effect. Unfortunately, the prices never went down. And I think we can all agree that they should have went WAY down after about mid-July for at least the last couple of years.