Ticket prices can have a major impact on professional sports. The difference in ticket prices are what helps and hurts attendance at professional sporting events. When it comes to ticket prices there are many factors that can affect the price per ticket. In this review there are three main categories that are being focused on: (a) attendance, (b) pricing strategies and (c) ticket sales. Each category has different factors that affect ticket prices differently. In attendance, there was the economic crisis that started in late 2007. Strikes can happen at any time in professional sports. There is also the probability about the opposing team and its affect on ticket prices for those events. For pricing strategies, there are two main strategies that can be used for a professional sports team: (a) variable pricing and (b) dynamic pricing. The final factor discussed is the team’s decision process of setting ticket prices. There are four main areas that are being reviewed for ticket sales: (a) tactics used to increase ticket sales, (b) team owners’ role, (c) second hand ticket markets, and (d) price inelasticity. This review will show substantial evidence in each category that affects ticket prices for professional sports in America.
Attendance
Economic Crisis
Attendance at sporting events can be affected by many different factors. One factor that affected Major League Baseball (MLB) was the economic crisis that started in late 2007. In a study conducted by Hong, Mondello, and Coates (2013), they investigated how the economic crisis affected attendance in MLB during the 2008 and 2009 seasons (p. 140). In the 2009 season, the average attendance dropped 6.77% below what it was in the 2008 season (Hong et al., 2013, p. 140). Da...
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... ticket packaging, (c) money-back guarantees, and (d) web-based ticketing. There are benefits to using each tactic, but it depends on the professional sport organizations needs. In addition, professional sports ticket prices are price inelastic, which means the price for the ticket changes based on demand for that event. As stated previously, there were several different factors that can affect ticket prices in professional sports teams in America. Since there are many factors that can affect ticket prices, it would be beneficial to focus on the core factor that affects ticket prices and analyze it. Take pricing strategies for example. With two main types of pricing strategies, it would be valuable to identify which strategy would work best for each professional sports league. This study would help every sports league improve ticket prices and maximize revenue.
(Bradbury). For some, it’s hard not to root for the lower paid teams. If the big money teams, like Goliath, are always supposed to win, it’s hard not cheer for David. This paper will discuss the effects of payroll budgets on the percentage of wins for the 30 Major League Baseball teams of 2007. There’s 30 major league baseball teams divided into two divisions.
For the 2019 major league baseball season, the New York Yankees should employ the dynamic ticket pricing strategy in order to essentially maximize on the overall excitement generated by both the fanbase and sports media outlets due to the influx of premier talent that has worked to transform a rebuilding franchise into a legitimate championship contender within the league as well as the favorable perception of the organization throughout their history of success. The dynamic ticket pricing strategy is a unique approach that ultimately work to increase the organization’s potential revenue streams due to the fluctuations in price based on the supply and demand for the product. Through this specific strategy, the organization would be able to
What Michael describes in his new book is very sensational. Michael handles a topic which in the reality would be interesting only to sport s fans and makes it fit into the field of economics. Michael outlines the way Oakland Athletics’ general manager, Billy Bean, who is described as very charismatic, used all means including statistics to transform his team. Apart from bringing out this exceptional move by Billy Bean, the author goes further to discuss an inspirational story regarding superior database management. This means that Lewis’s book is packed with a lot of items which makes it not only a reserve for those who can differentiate between a screwball and a slider. The book has some broader lessons for everyone to read. The main focus of these lessons is to clarify the efficiency of labor markets as well as the limits of human rationality. Lewis outlines the confusions and blunders of those managing baseball teams. Through this tale about baseball team managers, Lewis goes to explain how the tale has a lot to reveal about confusions and blunders in different other domains (Lewis, 2003).
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The way they can make money, is if fans come out to watch games, buy drinks, food, memorabilia, etc. There are a lot of “bandwagon” fans in all sports. In baseball the biggest bandwagon team is the New York Yankees. That is huge for the Yankees, because fans are how teams can earn money. Which also might be why the Yankees are the richest team in the game. Teams can sign star players and still earn money from it. For example, right after the Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a long term deal, ticket sales started to go up. “The organization sold 400 season ticket packages. By comparison, it had sold only 74 ticket packages by January of the previous year” (Deschiver). There is a positive relationship between star players and attendance, regardless of how the team is doing.“This is because some spectators may be attracted to the celebrity quality of a team’s players rather than the team’s reputation of a playoff contender” (Deschiver). The small market teams could have a good run at a World Series title, then they could bring in more fans, which leads to more money. “A close pennant race
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Baseball used to be a simple game, associated with the smell of hot dogs, the sweet dew of the night air as fans rose for the seventh inning stretch, and the beautiful spectacle of the field with its freshly cut grass and newly chalked base lines. Now it seems like each game is won by at least five runs, the stadiums are half empty, and the pride of a baseball radio announcer, once an honorable career, has dwindled along with the game. Additionally, since 1976 players’ salaries have increased 168% a year, numbers too high to be blamed on inflation (Breton 4). These current conditions reflect the growing corruption of baseball.
The Toronto Blue Jays baseball team was founded in the 1970s and experienced support from the fans during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1992 and 1993, the Jays won back-to-back World Series, yet in 1994, the team faced setbacks. The team had a losing streak, there was a major league baseball strike, and no World Series was played. At the same time, gambling came to Toronto, and the team had to compete for the fan's time. Also, players' salaries skyrocketed at a time when the Canadian dollar fell in value. How could the Toronto Blue Jays adjust ticket prices to improve financial performance and increase fan attendance?
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Ticket scalping has shown much benefits to both consumers and sellers, and where demand meets supply. For the ultimate consumers, scalpers offer an alternative to purchasing the much sought after tickets without waiting in line. However, at a higher monetary value! Demand for these "easy" tickets has been great that keeps ticket scalping going on for years.
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The focal article I chose is Dynamic Pricing: The Future of Ticket Pricing in Sports by Patrick Rishe published on January 6th, 2012 through Forbes. Pricing is an important component of the marketing mix because it is the element where managers have expectations of customers paying their money to the organization (Kopalle, 2009). Compared with other elements of the marketing mix, pricing has the advantage because there is a high level of flexibility. The flexibility is because prices change continually (Smith, 2008). The opportunity of quick price changes also has disadvantages. For much of the 20th century, the vast majority of sport managers employed one of two pricing strategies: the one-size-fits-all approach, where every ticket price
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The Fan Cost Index (FCI) is a statistic used to measure the average cost of a family of four to attend a sports event. Included in this statistic are the average ticket price for four averaged priced tickets, four hot dogs, two small beers, four small soft drinks, parking for one hour, two hats and two game programs (Greenberg, 2014). The FCI for the NBA during 2015-2016 was just over $339. The NBA has the third lowest FCI of the four major professional sports in North America. Only the MLB was cheaper.
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