Update 2: I got one game mixed up because now you can just select the pricepoint $5 for the obstructed view bleachers when before you could not. I’ve adjusted the table and hopefully that’s it. I did notice that for some games the Yankees have discounted the Grandstand tickets by a few bucks ($26/$19 instead of $29/$22), I’ll see if I can find them all.
Update: I found a few more games and added them. 12 Game #1 is once again strapped with more of the games than the other plans but I think my conclusion is still fair.
Last year, the Yankees had 10 $5 ticket nights. In case you’re not familiar with these nights, they’re low draw games (well, for the Yankees anyway) and they price the Grandstand/Bleachers/Terrace at $5 a seat. They come to about $10 a piece after Ticketmaster fees which is still a good discount. I believe these days it’s just the outfield terrace that is discounted but in the past it was the whole Tier Box area. In any case, in 2009 12 Game Plan #1 holders were annoyed to find out that 10 of the games they had tickets for were $5 nights.
Because I enjoy follow-ups let’s see how things turned out this year:
| Date | Opponent | In A Partial Plan? |
|---|---|---|
| April 14th | Anaheim | Yes, Fri+ |
| April 15th | Anaheim | Yes, 12 Game #1 |
| May 5th | Baltimore | Yes, 12 Game #2 |
| May 20th | Tampa | Yes, 11 Game |
| June 30th | Seattle | Yes, 12 Game #1 |
| July 22nd | Kansas City | Yes, 12 Game #1 |
| August 3rd | Toronto | Yes, 11 Game |
| August 18th | Detroit | Yes, 12 Game #2 |
| September 7th | Baltimore | Yes, 11 Game |
| September 23rd | Tampa Bay | Yes, 12 Game #2 |
There might be a few more $5 games floating around that I don’t know about, but it seems that this year they spread out the dates so that it would hit more plans instead of lumping them all together. While still frustrating it’s a bit more fair, and the money difference isn’t as ridiculous in these plans when you consider that this year every midweek plan includes not only a Red Sox game but a Phillies game.
The 11 game plan used to be the old E plan before relocation and was always discounted a lot, I wouldn’t be shocked if they changed it to be that way again over the next few years.