Baseball for the Rich

In Atlanta, we abandon our stadiums every 20 years and build a new one in another location spending billions in local taxes while our sewer and water lines rot and leak.

Major League Baseball Ticket Price History 2006-2019

2019 $32.99

2018 $32.44

2016 $31.00

2015 $29.94

2014 $27.93

2013 $27.48

2012 $26.98

2011 $26.91

2010 $26.74

2009 $26.64

2008 $25.43

2007 $22.77

2006 $22.21

https://www.statista.com/statistics/193426/average-ticket-price-in-the-mlb-since-2006/

Baseball used to be “America’s Pastime” when blue collar dads brought their kids to watch a ballgame. We also listened to ballgames on the radio and later on television. Now our baseball stadiums have been reconfigured for the wealthy.

Major League Baseball Ticket Price History 1950-2005

2005   $20.26

2000   $18.12

1995   $11.43

1990   $9.20

1985   $6.15

1980   $4.49

1975   $3.29

1970   $2.69

1965   $2.19

1960   $1.92

1955   $1.70

1950   $1.50

http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/earlyticketprices.htm

In 1985, the cost of tickets began to jump from the $6 level to the $20 level by 2006 and to the $30 level by 2016.

World Series tickets cost over $1000 per ticket and much more for the best seats.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader