Clarion Content

Like Snoop once said, the McCourts got the mind on the money and the money on the mind...

The Los Angeles Dodgers management must not have been reading the Clarion Content lately. Because despite all we have written about sports comeuppance and the arrogance of ticket pricing in this era and especially in the current economic environment, the Dodgers are raising tickets prices. They are jacking their ticket prices after a losing season.

According to the LA Times, the average single-game ticket will go up to $44.68 next year, from $44.28 this year. A team spokesman, Josh Rawitch, estimated that 60% of ticket prices will remain the same and about 35% of single-game tickets and 20% of season tickets will increase in price. But don't worry Dodger fans the price of the rest, the other 5%, will decrease.

Thanks, Mr. & Mrs. McCourt. The LA Times also reports the Dodgers also will charge a premium for the first row tickets of every section. Too bad nobody's running the team while the McCourt's are destroying each other in divorce court.

Labels: baseball, Sports Economics