Friday, January 13, 2017

Doubtful

This story in the Sun this week says the Ravens are possibly raising ticket prices. 

Tthis quote from the team president caught my eye.

"Also since we last raised prices, we've spent about $45 million improving the stadium and over the next 2½ years, we're going to spend an additional $120 million, and that will include putting in some escalators and elevators to the top level, which will make a lot of our PSL holders up there happy," he said during the franchise's annual season review at its training facility in Owings Mills. "So we're seriously considering a price increase."

I do NOT think for a second that the Ravens actually spent $45 million in stadium improvements since 2013 (the last time they won the super bowl). Nor do I think they will be spending $120 million over the next two years in further stadium improvements. $60 million per year?!? Maybe by "they" they mean "the city of Baltimore" but the assertion is so absurd and the numbers so outlandish and obviously false that I hope somebody calls them on it.

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