Thanks to an annual outing at CitiField, the Mets afforded me playoff tickets. In 2022, I was limited to one game, and for 2024, it was a strip of potential games, including the World Series. That’s a huge benefit, and again, it reiterates my thoughts that buying season tickets for any sport is a waste of money for me.
Buying season tickets is expensive. With a wife and two kids, buying two season tickets isn’t an option. It also requires a lot of time commitment. Major League Baseball would have 81 home games, about 41 for National Hockey League, and 8 for the National Football League. That’s a lot of time to spend watching games. But, the reason I would never buy season tickets is what I call the StubHub game. It’s the idea that if I’m paying full sale value of the seat I have through a season ticket, the person sitting next to me might be spending half that. Ticket prices for sporting events depend on the date and matchup, but most of all, how teams are doing. The worse a team is, the less expensive the tickets are. There were times in 2023 in September when I went to a Mets game where two tickets that were supposed to be $45 each, were less than the $40 parking fee. No sports team is consistently good to warrant ticket values at or higher than the season ticket full ticket value, even the New York Rangers.
So unless I’m retired and hit MegaMillions, no season tickets for me.
