We all know how sports tickets are expensive on opening day, for any team. Unfortunately for Yankees fans, you’ll be paying twice as much for any seat in Yankee stadium then you would to see the Mets in Citi Field. The Yankees have been known to have the most expensive seats in all of baseball; the Dodgers are a close 2nd, cheaper by 5 to 10 percent. For the Red Sox (2013 World Series winners), opening day tickets are an average of 20 percent cheaper than Yankees’ opening day tickets.

The most expensive tickets on opening day for the Mets are $400, and those seats are in the “Delta Gold” seat section. Now, bear in mind that the average most expensive seat for all teams is $535.00. The most expensive Dodgers’ tickets are $620. The most expensive tickets on opening day for the Yankees are $678, in the “Master Card Gold” seat section.  That’s a big difference.

The average salary in the U.S is $10.25 an hour. It would take between 75 and 90 hours of work for someone making the average salary to afford a Yankee opening day ticket in the Gold seats. By comparison, it would only take 45 to 60 hours of work to afford a Mets opening day ticket in their gold seats.  This difference has hit some of Stamford High’s baseball fans where it really hurts – in their wallets.

Senior Gianni Carpanzano said “a normal person who wants to go see the Yankees opening day won’t be able to afford the most expensive ticket and that they might get discouraged from going to a game for the rest of the season.” Carpanzano added that he may end up not seeing the Yankees play at all this season.

When asked about the prices of Yankees tickets, junior Aolani Hermosa said, “the tickets were ridiculously  expensive; if they were cheaper I would go to more games.” When asked about the comparatively low prices of Mets tickets, junior Chris Hynd said that “they are cheap for a reason: the Mets aren’t really good”.