Ticket Sales Tip of the Week and the Stars Week #49
(Baseball doesn’t help itself by starting in April)
April baseball dates are competing against 32 playoff NBA and NHL
teams, 2 NCAA Basketball championship and the Masters during the worst weather in 90% of the markets. The negative impact is apparent by the lack of fan interest highlighted by low attendance and secondary ticket listings that are often well below the season ticket holder cost.
Major League Stars- John Santana SD Ticket Sales Toronto Blue Jays
The Jays stuff the April calendar with the years best giveaway promotions to add value to ticket commitments already made by Season ticket holders.
Minor League Stars- Matt Guay Assist GM Indianapolis Indians
The Indians Opening Day policy that if the weather dips below 60 Degrees at anytime in the game, fans are comped a ticket for any other April date.
Interesting stats to start the ’24 baseball season.
3 MLB Playoff teams from ’23 have hosted April gates below 12k.
MiLB: Rochester had to re-schedule their home opener 4x’s due to April weather and the temp for Reno vs Sacramento April 4th was 37Degrees.
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