Citi Field, Home of the 2013 All-Star Game

[G-Fafif]

Official announcement of long-expected news coming at City Hall (not Citi Field) tomorrow, 5/16, per Ken Davidoff in the Pest.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Official announcement of long-expected news coming at City Hall (not Citi Field) tomorrow, 5/16, per Ken Davidoff in the Pest.

do you think they just repost the same story they've been using for years and do quick edits?

hell, I've even got like two posts pre-written for the topic!

[metirish]

The only surprise here is that Davidoff works for the Post now?

[Edgy MD]

When did that happen?

[G-Fafif]

Around the beginning of the season.

[Edgy MD]

Following through tweets.

Somethings changing in the air. Even the day after an embarassing loss, folks are either resisting or (more likely) have grown tired of the it's-funny-cuz-its-the-Mets! punchlining.

[G-Fafif]

ASG threads usually unleash a torrent of "I don't watch it" posts, but for those who watch it and get a kick out of it at least in concept if not for every waking minute of it, glad Citi Field will be The Place in 2013. Wish Shea Stadium could have been The Place one time after I was 18 months old, but what's done is done.

[G-Fafif]

Despite MFY tinge, Fan Fest at Javits in 2008 was A LOT of fun. Not just a lot, but A LOT. Strip away the pinstripes, embellish with orange and blue and 2013's version holds much promise.

[G-Fafif]

O/U on how long it takes Klap to insist Rivera be starting pitcher for both teams?

[Gwreck]

G-Fafif wrote: ASG threads usually unleash a torrent of "I don't watch it" posts, but for those who watch it and get a kick out of it at least in concept if not for every waking minute of it, glad Citi Field will be The Place in 2013. Wish Shea Stadium could have been The Place one time after I was 18 months old, but what's done is done.

Agree on all counts. I will be very excited to attend.

[Ceetar]

I'm even looking forward to the Futures game and celebrity softball event.

Home Run Derby is gonna be a lot of fun too. Left field seats? stand on the bridge for the true bombs? Porch?

[G-Fafif]

Johnny Callison's name will be spoken more for the next 14 months than it has been for the last 40 years.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I learned how to add trying to figure out when the next ASG would come to Shea, and my mind was blown to assume late 1980s or thereabouts.

Seems like every team in the game had at least 1 or 2 ASGs since '64.

[Ceetar]

so after 2013..when again? 2043?

[Edgy MD]

Be in the moment, man! Have we learned nothing from R.A. Dickey?

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Be in the moment, man! Have we learned nothing from R.A. Dickey?

I learned stuff. I'll never try to swim across the Missouri river.

[HahnSolo]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I learned how to add trying to figure out when the next ASG would come to Shea, and my mind was blown to assume late 1980s or thereabouts. Seems like every team in the game had at least 1 or 2 ASGs since '64.

Angels have had three since then I think.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'll be far more excited when we find out that Citi Field is going to host a World Series game.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'll be far more excited when we find out that Citi Field is going to host a World Series game.

This is unrelated to that.

I'll be more excited when they start adding beer to the water cooler at work.

[G-Fafif]

Who gets what, according to Brian Costa in WSJ: MLB, not the Mets.

While announcing that Citi Field will host the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that the event will have an economic impact of $191.5 million on the city. But despite the sellout crowds expected for three days of festivities, there will be virtually no direct financial benefit for the Mets. All revenues associated with the All-Star Game, Home Run Derby and Futures Game will go to MLB. That includes ticket sales, parking, concessions and merchandise. What the Mets get in exchange for hosting the game is essentially a marketing tool. They can use the game to help 2013 ticket sales by offering full and partial season-ticket holders a chance to buy tickets for the events. They can also use it as a showcase for Citi Field. And they can tout the additional exposure it will give their sponsors. But that's about it. "Every dollar generated from the event goes to MLB," said Dave Howard, the Mets' executive vice president of business operations. "The benefit is the opportunities that you present to your season-ticket holders, plan holders, customers and sponsors to be associated with it." An MLB spokesman said that is generally accurate and declined to comment further. Howard said all full-season ticket holders and luxury suite holders will have a chance to buy at least one strip of tickets per seat for all three days of events. The team is also planning to make additional tickets available to full- and partial-plan holders who commit early for 2013. For teams whose attendance is already robust, the All-Star Game might not make much of a difference in ticket sales. When asked what the financial benefit of hosting the 2008 All-Star Game was for the Yankees, a person involved in putting on the event said, "None." But for a team like the Mets, who are trying to reverse a three-year attendance decline, it can't hurt. They averaged 30,161 fans at Citi Field in 2011, according to Stats LLC, nearly a 7% drop from 2010 and down 22.5% from 2009. Through Tuesday, the Mets were drawing an average of 27,846 fans per game in 2012. Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall, whose team hosted the All-Star Game in 2011, said the game helped them sell tickets last year despite a last-place finish in 2010. Hall said the Diamondbacks' season ticket base went from just over 10,000 in 2010 to around 13,000 last year. "This was coming off a really bad season," Hall said. "The renewal rate was really high." Hall said the national exposure from the game also helped lure fans from out of town toward the end of last season. "We had visitors from all over the country and out of the U.S. who said they were curious to see a game because they saw Chase Field in the All-Star Game," Hall said. "I don't know if we can quantify that, but people were intrigued by the stadium." When the game is over, MLB traditionally makes a donation to the host team's charitable foundation. Hall said MLB gave the Diamondbacks between $2.5 million and $3 million, which the team distributed to various community groups. The Mets can expect something similar. "That's really the financial thank you, so to speak," Howard said. MLB also covers operational costs of the game, such as paying ballpark concession workers and parking lot attendants. But for team executives, preparing to host the game�scheduled for July 16, 2013�is just part of the job. "We all now have a second job, yes," Howard said. "But it's going to be a great event, so we're excited."

Gives credence to the Harazin quote I read years ago on the Mets considering bidding for the 1988 ASG to mark Shea's 25th season, but deciding it was a lot of work (for a team that was riding high and didn't need a marketing tool).

[Ceetar]

Mets will make a ton of money off the game. Just not _from_ the game. It's pretty clear there will be very very few tickets available for us non-season ticket holders so plenty of people will jump aboard and the Mets will clearly start offering a second half plan for this year. (first come obviously getting first dibs for the Game) so they'll see an attendance boost this year as well.

With the hope that things are on the up swing, the Mets are hoping when renewals roll around for the 2014 season, people won't cancel them.

And with increased season ticket holders they can theoretically pitch higher advertising rates for in-stadium stuff.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I thought you only cared about stuff that happens on the field?

[Gwreck]

The WSJ article fails to mention that all of the money from the ASG goes into the big MLB pot (same place the TV/MLB Advanced Media revenues go) which is split by all 30 teams at the end of the year. Hence, the Mets do get money from game, the same as everyone else.

[Ceetar]

Gwreck wrote: The WSJ article fails to mention that all of the money from the ASG goes into the big MLB pot (same place the TV/MLB Advanced Media revenues go) which is split by all 30 teams at the end of the year. Hence, the Mets do get money from game, the same as everyone else.

well yeah, but no more than if someone else hosted it. (or maybe not, guess it depends on ticket prices? set by MLB?)

I thought some of the money went into the pension fund though?

[MFS62]

Since we're talking All-Star Games, the AAA All-Star Game has been scheduled for July 11, 2012 at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo.
It is the first time that city has hosted the game in 25 years. Tickets are available at Bisons.com

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