5 Reasons the Patriots Jacked Up Ticket Prices
February 18, 2008 by Jodie Lynn Boduch
Filed under Football, Sports Rumors
Last week the New England Patriots, dead to us after the Super Bowl but recenly upgraded to merely comatose, raised ticket prices at Gillette Stadium. Most seat prices have been hiked 31%-51%.
It isn’t clear why the team with the highest average ticket prices in the NFL is price-gouging asking people to fork over a bigger chunk of their hard-earned paychecks. We can’t be certain, but here are 5 possible reasons that might explain the jump in prices:
1. The Pats need to pay for all those 19-0 t-shirts they printed.
2. They need to raise money just in case that $100M lawsuit from the St. Louis Rams goes anywhere.
3. They actually paid for Tom Brady’s vacation in Costa Rica vacation with Gisele Bundchen. (”Tom, you’re job is to create a diversion. Go to Central America with your honey and let the paparazzi follow. This will take the focus off the rest of us. Wear a Speedo if you have to.”)
4. They need to raise funds for Donte’ Stallworth’s $8M salary, not to mention whatever Randy Moss will want.
5. They need to pay out a whole lot of . . . oh, let’s call it ”protection money”. . . to all those Vegas bookies who are ticked at them for losing the Super Bowl.
