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In perhaps not the most well timed announcement, although as the inevitable becomes more and more clear, perhaps there really was no good time, the Yankees announced next season's ticket prices in the new ballpark yesterday.

They range from the scandalous, the first nine rows behind the home plate cost between $500 and $2,500, to the merely outrageous, "Field level seats" will go for from $75 to $325, the "main level" from $40 to $100 and the best seats in the front part of left and right field will be $75 to $100. There are a few seats in the barely palatable price range, "upper decks seats" from $20 to $65 and a few more in the best of luck category, nine sections of bleacher seats for $12.

At least these ticket prices will help the Yanks pay to keep A-Rod in town. If you're scoring at home, a pair of $2,500 seats behind home plate would be $405,000 for season tickets.

Special thanks to the New York Times for the assist on this one.

Labels: baseball, sports, Sports Economics