Once again the Bears will be raising their ticket prices. The Bears announced an increase in ticket prices yesterday for the 2008 season. All non-clube seasts will be increased by $3-$4. Club seats will be raised by $10. the Bears' non-club ticket prices will range from $68 to $108 and account for 86 percent of the seating at Soldier Field.
On a side note, the Redskins will keep ticket prices the same as it did for the 2007 football season. The Bears have been pretty aggressive in raising their prices over the last several years. Given that they finished last in their division last season with a losing record of 7-9 and clearly looking at a rebuilding year as they will have significant turnover, it would appear that they are gouging their fans.
That was one of RobsObs complaints with the 'Skins. However, the 'Skins went to the playoffs and now have kept ticket prices the same. The Bears were a tremendous disappointment last year and they will be purging their team and yet they will still be raising their ticket prices significantly. To be fair RobsObs, isn't this gouging?
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Let's get real. The Redskins increased ticket prices on the lower bowl by 39 percent in 2006. They also increased parking by 40 percent that year.
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The ticket increase you are pointing to with the Bears is only about 5-10 percent.
On top of that, you don't actually have to pay for parking to go to the Bears game if you want to just take the CTA bus or train.
Snyder will probably just raise the price of parking, beer, and hot dogs to gouge his fans.
Just imagine how much Snyder would charge for Redskin tickets if they were actually any good!
I knew you would come up with a good answer. The Bears tickets were right up there with the Redskins.
You justified it last year by saying that they were putting a good product on the field so the fact that their prices were high did not matter because the product was good. With the Bears prices jumping again, they have to be even (or perhaps even more) than Redskins tickets. Again, they were the worst in their division, they finished with a losing record, they are overhauling their team in a rebuilding process, and they are jacking up prices.
Based on your argument of putting together a quality product justifies high prices, aren't the Bears now gouging their fans?
Bears are poised for success and have had good success in recent years.
Redskins are constantly changing and don't look to do much in coming years.
Let's see how many empty seats each team has this year and in coming years. That will tell us all we need to know.
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