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2009 Yankee Ticket Prices: You Must Be Joking

 
Disclaimer:  This isn't so much a news story or an entertaining article, it's more a simple forum for my current complaint of the day.  As today is the first day for 2009 single game ticket sales at the New Yankee Stadium, I decided to try my luck in the virtual waiting room system by way of Ticketmaster and Yankees.com. Lady luck is certainly not on my side today, as every time I do succeed in making it past the 10-15 minutes of waiting, there are no seats available in the seating area I chose.  I have a few complaints here.  1st, you can only select "Best Available" or an individual seating section.  You cannot select a certain price range which encompasses multiple seating sections.  Why is this an issue?  Well, the waiting room process is based on the specific section you select in the search form.  Should you choose to wait out the 10-15 minutes for the respective section of your choice, and find out post-wait that no tickets are ... (link)

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