Comments on: Lions cut prices on season tickets

By: Bious

Bious — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:23:15 +0000

They could be free and I am not sure it would make much of a difference

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:58:14 +0000

Sign of the times, not just for the Lions. Sports in general and the NFL in particular are headed for a crossroad (Eric Clapton). The prices and the salaries cannot just keep rising to infinity. Something has to give.
Bubble coming. Watch.

By: GoJags436

GoJags436 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:19:50 +0000

BradyGazelle, you’re an idiot.
The Jaguars reduced certain tickets $9 per game. The cheapest season ticket for the Jags can now be had for $300. That’s $30 per game.

By: QVIST

QVIST — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:10:11 +0000

In case they haven’t noticed, there has been a boycott of supporting the Lions financially in the state of Michigan for a couple years now. It’s the product on the field that is the problem.
I feel like Schwartz could seriously turn it around after a few more drafts, but it’s going to be a while before they’re even close to successful.

By: Sportnman

Sportnman — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:00:43 +0000

@Obeah says:
Excellent observation.

By: Treima

Treima — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:11:07 +0000

Nobody wants to watch the Lions play. Well, besides the Lions’ opponents. I saw some guy at a convention I went to recently wearing a Stafford jersey and a Detroit cap. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the poor soul.

By: dgreenfi

dgreenfi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:05:52 +0000

Perhaps a late reaction to Barry Sanders retirement?

By: Obeah

Obeah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:00:21 +0000

Cut ticket prices, raise beer prices. if you can get them there they will spend money.

By: goodjuan

goodjuan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:40:18 +0000

saved me $200. woo hoo.

By: topcide

topcide — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:22:50 +0000

Lifelong lions fan and michgan resident here.
While I agree that if they were winning the stands would be much more filled, even with a price reduction going to an NFL game is still pretty ouch of reach for many fans.
Lets say im the average fan trying to take his son to a game.
. I get a coudple of single game tickets. I spring for 2 halfway decent seats , $50 a pop. figure $10-20 to park the car, get the kid a $4.50 hotdog and a 3 coke, myself a hot dog and a coke, and then get a $6 beer. Maybe at half time I get the kid and me a couple of $3 pretzles, another beer and get the kid another coke, and grab him a $25 t-shirt and maybe a $5 gameday magazine.
Thats $176 right there for one afternoon. Not to mention dealing some jackass that spilled his beer all over me, and the 2 other drunken jackasses that got into a fight in the stands.
Sunday ticket is $350 a season, plus $80 a month that you pay for cable anyway.

By: Nittany Munchkins

Nittany Munchkins — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:57:36 +0000

They can lower the price of “Poop in a Bag” to a dollar. That doesn’t mean anyone would want to buy it.

By: BradyGazelle

BradyGazelle — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:56:51 +0000

Are they going to make them $9 a game like the Jaguars?

By: Contra

Contra — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:39:35 +0000

Its the very least they can do.