Over the past week, we at SeatGeek have analyzed the secondary markets of teams in the American League East, the American League Central, the American League West, the National League East, and the National League Central. Today, we will conclude the series by analyzing the National League West. We will be using three metrics; 1) Average ticket price per team versus average percent of face value per team 2) the top ten games…
by Max on July 12th, 2010 3 Comments
Last week, we at SeatGeek begin our Midseason Ticket Report series by looking at the American League East, the American League Central, the American League West, and the National League East. Today, we will be analyzing the National League Central. We will be using three metrics; 1) Average ticket price per team versus average percent of face value per team 2) the top ten games in the NL Central, as determined by average ticket…
by Max on July 9th, 2010 2 Comments
On Tuesday, we at SeatGeek begin our Midseason Ticket Report series by looking at the American League East. Since then, we have looked at the American League Central and the American League West. Today, we will be analyzing the National League East. We will be using three metrics; 1) Average ticket price per team versus average percent of face value per team 2) the top ten games in the NL East, as determined by average ticket…
by Max on July 9th, 2010 2 Comments
On Tuesday, we at SeatGeek begin our Midseason Ticket Report series by looking at the American League East. On Wednesday, we looked at the American League Central. Today, we will be analyzing the American League West. We will be using three metrics; 1) Average ticket price per team versus average percent of face value per team 2) the top ten games in the AL West, as determined by average ticket price on the secondary market…
by Max on July 7th, 2010 5 Comments
Yesterday, we at SeatGeek begin our Midseason Ticket Report series by looking at the American League East. Today, we will be analyzing the American League Central. We will be using three metrics; 1) Average ticket price per team versus average percent of face value per team 2) the top ten games in the AL Central, as determined by average ticket price on the secondary market 3) the top three games for each team in the AL Central.
Though…
by Max on July 6th, 2010 5 Comments
Rivalries have always played a huge role in sports and we all know the fun in rooting against a team we hate. In the past, rivals have been compared in a number of ways, from who has the best current team to who has won the most championships to who has the best fans. We at SeakGeek thought it would be interesting to compare rivals based on ticket data on the secondary ticket market, which we have found to be a great judge of…
by Max on June 28th, 2010 4 Comments
We at SeatGeek believe that secondary market ticket prices are an excellent judge of fan sentiment. To see if we are right, we decided it would be interesting to look at how the average transacted price as a percent of face value compares with a more traditional judge of fan sentiment, fan confidence polling.
For our first post of the series, we decided to look at the Atlanta Braves. We partnered with Talking Chop, who provided…
by Max on June 17th, 2010 No Comments
Over the past two weeks, we at SeatGeek have looked at how Strasburg has affected ticket prices. For his major league debut, we saw a huge impact on ticket prices as average ticket prices for his start were more than double the average for the season at Washington. For his second start in Cleveland, he also had an impact on ticket prices even though it was a road start. There was a 22.2% increase for the Strasburg start over the…
