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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/12/03/patriots_play_tough/?page=full
Grinch stole Christmas for Freddie!
Grinch stole Christmas for Freddie!
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Smerlas should be treated like any other fan and i commend the pats and krafts for doing that. Just because he picks the patriots to win every week shouldnt entitle him to any special tratment
Boy, I am surprised that they would go after Freddie. He is a big supporter of the Pats. He must be making a lot of $$ on the tailgating business; they probably asked him to stop; he said no and they called his bluff. He doesn't sound too upset in the interview.
"The basic tailgate ticket costs $250, although Smerlas said he offers two-for-one specials to some games. For $375 more, a customer gets a parking spot and a ticket for a seat in the lower level of the stadium with a face value of $125."
I also applaud the Pats for doing this, but this is not enough. Be aware that the Pats have resold tickets to travel agencies.
Case in point in the last few Superbowl years, they have taken tickets that should have gone to season ticket holders and sold them to these agencies. They claim since you are buying a travel "package" it is not re-selling. Total BS IMO. They may be doing this with regular season games as well.
Untill they stop this practice they are still hypocrites IMO. These tickets ought to go to season ticket holders!
BTW those prices for Smerlas's tailgate are obscene!
I am happy the Pats are cracking down on scalping too, but they seem to be going after the wrong guys. It is the ticket brokers who mark up the price by upwards to 500% per game who are the ones they should go after. Granted a lot of those guys sell them on Stubhub, but many more advertise in the Globe and Herald.
I have looked into Freddie's packages in the past. They are too expensive for my taste, but at least he is charging the same for a ticket, access to the tailgate, and even a limo ride to the game for what many ticket brokers are offering just for the ticket. They didn't mark up the tickets too much because I looked for pricing for a group of my firends with some of them having tickets and just wanting the limo ride and access to their tailgate. He isn't one of the worst violators of ticket scalping.
In the old stadium, my season tickets were behind a whole row of ticket broker's tickets and speaking to some of the people who sat in front of me, they rarely paid less than a 200% mark up on the tickets.
I am happy the Pats are cracking down on scalping too, but they seem to be going after the wrong guys. It is the ticket brokers who mark up the price by upwards to 500% per game who are the ones they should go after.
I also applaud the Pats for doing this, but this is not enough. Be aware that the Pats have resold tickets to travel agencies.
Case in point in the last few Superbowl years, they have taken tickets that should have gone to season ticket holders and sold them to these agencies. They claim since you are buying a travel "package" it is not re-selling. Total BS IMO. They may be doing this with regular season games as well.