Reds Payroll to Increase - Tix also increase

[Kirkendall]

Cincy E...

Fans, Reds will pay more in '05

Club raises ticket prices, but Allen says payroll's going up too

By John Fay

Enquirer staff writer

All but the most expensive and cheapest Reds tickets at Great American Ball Park will cost more in 2005.

For the first time since 2002, the club announced a price bump virtually across the board. The increase is for individual games only. Non-premium season tickets can be bought at 2004 prices.

Reds chief operating officer John Allen said higher ticket prices will mean a higher-priced team.

"We're not talking huge dollars here," Allen said. "It will probably generate $3 million at best. That's not a huge windfall.

"It's an attempt to keep up. The player payroll will up go up more than ($3 million)."

Allen would not say what the payroll will be.

"We don't have the final number yet," he said.

The Reds' payroll for the start of 2004 was $46.6 million, - down from $59.3 million for the start of 2003.

The ticket-price hike won't suddenly put the Reds in the running to sign Pedro Martinez. The Reds could push their payroll into the mid-$50 million range and do little more than retain their current players and re-sign Paul Wilson.

The Reds wanted to offset the increased cost of doing business and keep tickets prices reasonable.

The Reds pointed out in the announcement of the increase that 14,000 tickets - a third of Great American's capacity - were kept at the same price or raised $1.

The biggest increase was for the best tickets. The terrace dugouts seats, for example, went from $50 to $60. The terrace infield box seats went from $30 to $36.

Tickets in the upper section of the park went up either $3 or $1. The cheapest seats - outer-view level - remained $5. The most expensive seats - the diamond club - remained $200.

The only season-ticket prices that were affected were those of 4,000 premium seats.

"Half of the people who attend our games aren't affected, the season-ticket holders," Allen said. "We held the line there."

[jamesbrooks21]

The ticket-price hike won't suddenly put the Reds in the running to sign Pedro Martinez. The Reds could push their payroll into the mid-$50 million range and do little more than retain their current players and re-sign Paul Wilson.

Yeah thanks for nothing Reds.

[WHO DEY AGAIN?]

Man I'm getting pumped about next year ...

[Barbarian]

Man I'm getting pumped about next year ...

WHY????? It's just going to be another year of being tied for the basement of the N.L. Central with Milwaukee or s**ttsburgh.

[WHO DEY AGAIN?]

Easy man, that's sarcasm. See the rolling eyes on the smilies. I agree that if they don't pump some cash into pitching they will end up as bad as last year.

[Barbarian]

Easy man, that's sarcasm. See the rolling eyes on the smilies. I agree that if they don't pump some cash into pitching they will end up as bad as last year.

My bad. I should have read more into it.

[The Brew Man]

Cincy E...

Fans, Reds will pay more in '05

Club raises ticket prices, but Allen says payroll's going up too

By John Fay

Enquirer staff writer

All but the most expensive and cheapest Reds tickets at Great American Ball Park will cost more in 2005.

For the first time since 2002, the club announced a price bump virtually across the board. The increase is for individual games only. Non-premium season tickets can be bought at 2004 prices.

Reds chief operating officer John Allen said higher ticket prices will mean a higher-priced team.

"We're not talking huge dollars here," Allen said. "It will probably generate $3 million at best. That's not a huge windfall.

"It's an attempt to keep up. The player payroll will up go up more than ($3 million)."

Allen would not say what the payroll will be.

"We don't have the final number yet," he said.

The Reds' payroll for the start of 2004 was $46.6 million, - down from $59.3 million for the start of 2003.

The ticket-price hike won't suddenly put the Reds in the running to sign Pedro Martinez. The Reds could push their payroll into the mid-$50 million range and do little more than retain their current players and re-sign Paul Wilson.

The Reds wanted to offset the increased cost of doing business and keep tickets prices reasonable.

The Reds pointed out in the announcement of the increase that 14,000 tickets - a third of Great American's capacity - were kept at the same price or raised $1.

The biggest increase was for the best tickets. The terrace dugouts seats, for example, went from $50 to $60. The terrace infield box seats went from $30 to $36.

Tickets in the upper section of the park went up either $3 or $1. The cheapest seats - outer-view level - remained $5. The most expensive seats - the diamond club - remained $200.

The only season-ticket prices that were affected were those of 4,000 premium seats.

"Half of the people who attend our games aren't affected, the season-ticket holders," Allen said. "We held the line there."

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[ackley1]

I think we've finally found a worse owner than Mike Brown. Unfortunately this owner resides in Cincy too. I bet Mike Brown and Linder get together and talk about what they're going to do to f**k over their teams next.