njskinsfan wrote:I remember years ago I use to sit in the corner at RFK on the Mezzanine level on those little bleachers and every time a high pass or put would go up I would loose sight of it until it came down and those seats arnt much diffrent with one small exception.
THAT BIG FREEK'N POLE THAT IS IN THE WAY.
5,000 extra seats at $60.00 per seat (I'm guessing) = $300,000 extra per game X 10 games per season (including preseason) = $3,000,000.
That is gas money for Redskin One.
Well, your numbers aren't quite right. First, not all 5,000 seats that were added this year were added to the general admission levels of the stadium. I think it was around 4,000 added to general admissions, but I'd have to check that figure. Secondly, teams have to share the revenue for general admissions seats, so The Danny doesn't get all that cash to line his pockets. Teams get to keep the entire take for club level seats, however, and the remainder of the seats added for this season were club level seats.
At any rate, there is clearly a market for more season ticket holders (I personally am #90,541 on the waiting list for general admission season tickets), and the Redskins are trying to exploit those resources.
Also, I'm not sure if all of the tickets are like this, but I went to the Carolina preseason game, and had seats not much better than pictured above. The tickets said "limited view" which I think is a pretty accurate description (as opposed to saying "partially obstructed view," etc.).
