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Pirates freeze single-game prices

By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:28 p.m. Thursday

The Pirates, after previously announcing that season-ticket prices would be reduced for 2009, today announced they are freezing prices of single-game tickets.

"We believe that freezing the prices of individual game tickets for the 2009 season was the appropriate thing to do in light of the difficult economic climate," Pirates president Frank Coonelly said in a statement. "Pirates baseball is the most affordable, fan- and family-friendly professional sports experience in the region and, by freezing our prices for 2009, we are doing everything we can to make it possible for our fans to enjoy Pirates baseball at PNC Park."

The team also will continue its season-ticket plan of buying 10 games for the price of eight, and there will be two changes: There will be a new $12 ticket for the left and right grandstands, sections 305-308 and 325-328, and all tickets for the Pirates Cove will come with $5 of credit that can be redeemed for food and merchandise.

Single-game tickets go on sale to the general public Feb. 21.

Posted Dec 04 2008, 03:28 PM by Dejan Kovacevic

Comments

BillyKidd wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 3:48 PM

HEY ALL--Didn't someone at the G2 with FC specifically ask for this type of freeze/offering?

I could have sworn someone asked FC about this. ???

Plenty of Hope wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 4:17 PM

Thank you PBC. I just got my price gouge on 25 percent increase in turnpike fees to GET to the ballgames. At least something is holding the line on my 15-plus games per season.

Disgruntled Goat wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 4:28 PM

If ticket prices are scheduled to go down but do not, is that not a price increase?  It would be in DC.

jersey joe wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 5:00 PM

Billy, your memory is correct but I do not rmember who it was, and I am sure it was asked.

DMac wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 5:05 PM

I think you're right, BK...it was brought up at some point during G2.

Thank goodness!  Thanks, PBC!

Will H. wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 5:47 PM

Nuts, those grandstand seats used to be $9. You could get seats that were on par with the upper rows of the club level for that much, it was probably the best bargain in all of American's major professional sports. Too bad they finally caught on.

SanchezIsBack wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 5:51 PM

Agreed Will...that was an increase...and those seats were a great value@$9

48jj wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 7:26 PM

Sections 325 and 308 were lowered in price, but sections 327, 328, 305, and 307 were raised in price.

Of course, I don't care how inexpensive those seats are, I hate sitting up that high. The only reason I sat there once this past summer was because those were the only seats I could get for one of the games with the Yankees.

BillyKidd wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 9:26 PM

HEAR YE! HEAR YE! HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

WHO:

ALL INMATES OF THE ASYLUM

WHAT:

GATHERING III A and III B

WHEN:

2 DATES

III A: SATURDAY 06 DECEMBER 1:00 PM

III B: SUNDAY 07 DECEMBER 1:00 PM

WHERE:

III A: DUNKIN DONUTS, MARKET SQUARE

III B: VINCENTS PIZZA, MANSFIELD AVE. GREENTREE

WHY:

TO WISH YOUR FELLOW INMATES A HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

SEE YOU THERE!

BillyKidd wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 9:27 PM

HEAR YE HEAR YE HEAR YE

G-3 (A&B)    ATTENDANCE CHECK

ALL IF YOU WOULD PLEASE HELP ME OUT BY SENDING ME AN EM AND LET ME KNOW WHICH OR BOTH GATHERING'S YOU MAY BE ATTENDING. PLEASE ONLY SEND THE EM IF YOU ARE THINKING OF ATTENDING

I WILL SEE YOU AT BOTH GATHERINGS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

SEND TO:    billabraham2004@yahoo.com

Will H. wrote re: Pirates freeze single-game prices
on Thu, Dec 4 2008 10:18 PM

48jj,

I dunno, part of what makes PNC Park so great is that no matter where you sit, you're never really THAT far from the field. If you walk up and get what used to be $9 tickets in, say, section 307 or 327 (which was fairly easy to do for most games except the more popular friday/saturday nights), you're actually at the exact same level as parts of the club level, which costs like $36 a game or something similarly ridiculous.

But I do agree, nothing beats my seats in sec. 110, even if they are a little more expensive.