I am going to disagree with the “surprisingly” part of the excerpt below.
Fans aren’t buying tickets as much. Expenses, HDTV blah blah you have read all that elsewhere. I’ll throw in $35 to park and the difference between going to Yankee Stadium 1977 and Fake New Yankee Stadium.
My Yankees fan Mr. Sunshine told me at one point yesterday he saw tickets available on the secondary market for $6.
Surprisingly, Yankee Stadium wasn’t sold out on Friday night.
The team announced a crowd of 47,874 for the first game of the Subway Series.
via No Subway sellout on Friday night – Yankees Blog – ESPN New York.