$795 for a pair of tickets to 1 game?

[cards2468]

To each his own. For some people $750 is a chip off their entertainment budget. To people like me, $750 is a semester's budget. Would I pay it? No, but if I could afford it, I'd consider it.

[ghostrunner]

I suppose it's different if you're single, and certainly if you're wealthy. Even then, it's just not something I'd shell out a lot of money for. Watching a high quality broadcast is pretty satisfying for me. The end result is you've seen the same game either way, and the crowd experience isn't enough to compensate for the difference in cost. I budget out about $100 per month for myself for entertainment or frivolous stuff, so this would pretty much clean that out.

[Popeye_Card]

$795 in Boston is a whole month's mortgage payment! (on a parking space)

[jim]

I could be a billionaire and I woulnd't pay that kind of money for a baseball game. I've walked out of coffee shops before because they wanted $3 for a cup, now I can certainly afford the $3. As we speak, I am riding on fumes waiting for the gas prices to drop to save a dollar on a 1/4 tank that will last me over a week. Pennies a day, yet I won't do it. I expect the light to come on during my drive home, and if it's still 4.15 at the local station I know I have 1/2 gallon at home that should get me buy me a couple of days.

[Popeye_Card]

I could be a billionaire and I woulnd't pay that kind of money for a baseball game. I've walked out of coffee shops before because they wanted $3 for a cup, now I can certainly afford the $3. As we speak, I am riding on fumes waiting for the gas prices to drop to save a dollar on a 1/4 tank that will last me over a week. Pennies a day, yet I won't do it. I expect the light to come on during my drive home, and if it's still 4.15 at the local station I know I have 1/2 gallon at home that should get me buy me a couple of days.

Well I wouldn't pay it either, but it's not because of it's outrageous price compared to what's "normal" for baseball tickets. At some point, there's a limit to how much I'll spend to watch a game live vs. watching it on TV for free. That limit is much lower than $795.

Though if I were a billionaire, I probably wouldn't have to worry about tickets, because I'd probably be trying to buy the Cardinals.

[docellis]

I'd probably pay even more than I did - but I'd never pay that amount for a television. I have no interest in high definition big flat screen things. Everyone has different priorities or whatever.

[Popeye_Card]

I'd probably pay even more than I did - but I'd never pay that amount for a television. I have no interest in high definition big flat screen things. Everyone has different priorities or whatever.

But if you had one of those high definition big flat screen things, you wouldn't need to go to the game because it's *that* realistic.

And you can drink cheap wine at home.

[ghostrunner]

I'd probably pay even more than I did - but I'd never pay that amount for a television. I have no interest in high definition big flat screen things. Everyone has different priorities or whatever.

But if you had one of those high definition big flat screen things, you wouldn't need to go to the game because it's *that* realistic.

Seriously. Have you seen the ad where the guy catches the ball on his couch? Happens all the time.

[Arthur Dent]

I'd probably pay even more than I did - but I'd never pay that amount for a television. I have no interest in high definition big flat screen things. Everyone has different priorities or whatever.

My old cheap TV recently broke, and I was ready to spend $200 to replace it like the old days, but it turns out that this is all they're really selling these days.