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Article: Fans didn't deserve hike in ticket prices
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2003
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Mike Vandermause
Fans didn't deserve hike in ticket prices
By MIKE VANDERMAUSE
Thursday, April 10, 2003
The Green Bay Packers decided to stick it to their fans again.
For the fifth time since 1992, the Packers raised their ticket
prices, this time by $4. In a span of just eight years, the price of
the cheapest ticket at Lambeau Field has jumped from $24 to $50, an
increase of 108%.
Listed below are some pretty good reasons why the Packers feel
justified in jacking up the price of their product, followed by my
rebuttal.
1. The Packers claim they are merely keeping up with their NFL
brethren. "We were in the bottom third of the league with our ticket
prices and now we will be in the upper half ...