My thoughts on @mets fans future experiences.

 

I have been thinking about the new Mets era coming that we have now come into with he ownership change of Steve Cohen from the Wilpons. As a Mets fan it is hard not to be wary of what the future holds even with a new owner with deep pockets. I am hoping that the change in the philosophy in the running of the team. I am not only talking about the on field product but the actually way the organization treats the fans. I want to see a better way of how tickets are sold as plans money wise vs the promotions that undercuts the price of your seats and the secondary market if you want to sell your tickets if you can't make a game. The MVP "Perks" that they sat you get vs what the non plan holders aren't that great. They are okay but just okay and not worth the amount of money you pay for the value toy get.

I got a phone call from my new "ticket rep" today trying to sell me on buying  plan again. I hope my last rep is doing okay and found another job or got promoted. Now I have been getting some emails from folks about Ticket Reps saying that 80 percent of plan holders have already renewed.

Here is a comment from one of my posts the other day.

I have gotten a lot of emails from Old Grouch over the years ans he is usually correct in what he sends me.

I am happy with my T7L tickets that rolled over from last year and I will just buy tickets from stub hub or some other secondary ticket website.

I do like that Cohen is trying to show that he cares about the fans with his tweets and wants to take the plus of the fans and what they want for the experiences at the stadium. The Mets need to figure out their giveaways and the lines to get them. They have to figure out the concessions stands and having mobile ordering and quicker pick up. They need to figure out how to stop people from walking down during at bats. not only is it rude but there is safety issues too. I am very interested in seeing if/how the culture changes.

Maybe we will finally get all the stuff @Metspolice have fought for over the years. I wouldn't know what to do with myself then. If I have no fan gripes to advocate about anymore does this blog need to exist? Should I just roll over back to metspolice.com?

I built my nephews a Haunted House for Halloween

 

Since Halloween isn't what it usually is, I built a Haunted House for my two nephews.

@Mets ticket rep says 87% season ticket holders re upped

So a Mets ticket rep tells a fan customer that he better hurry up and renew his seats because the ticket stock is going to be gone. 87 percent have already renewed. HAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHHHAHA! Right. Read the excerpt below.

 From the NY Post

Just last week, Michael Breslaw, a Mets season-ticket purchaser for the past 31 years and a local businessman who’s hanging in there on behalf of his employees, took a Zoom call from a Mets ticket-sales rep.

Breslaw pays $33,000 a year for five seats.

“The sales rep wanted to know if I still wanted the seats. I told him that under COVID conditions, I’m not sure that our clients or my family would want to attend.

“He then said that I’d better make up my mind because season-ticket sales are going very well and I shouldn’t miss out. He said 87 percent of season-ticket holders have renewed for the coming season.”

That struck Breslaw, and me, as preposterous. Eighty-seven percent in the throes of a financial and deadly health crisis? Five percent would strike me as high.

Read more here.

WE are in a  middle of a pandemic. One where we don't know when we might, and I say might, get back to the normalcy that we had before March. Is this person selling the tickets seriously being told that they numbers are true? I get trying to get folks to buy into the season next year but don be telling folks that 87 percent have renewed. Maybe under Cohen there will be new ticket selling policies but this is just ridiculous. I did roll over my 7line ticket money just because f it gets used in 2021, if not it might get pushed to 2022. At least it is there and not 31,000 dollars.

Cohen will reinstitute pre pandemic salaries that were cut and has a relief fund for employees.

 

Statement from Steve Cohen: pic.twitter.com/3WCwWHfehG

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) October 30, 2020

Statement from Steve Cohen: pic.twitter.com/3WCwWHfehG

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) October 30, 2020

As part of Cohen’s statement: All Mets employees, including unionized groundskeepers, security guards and engineers, will receive reinstituted pre-pandemic salaries as of November 1, reversing the 5-30% salary cut implemented in March. The value of this commitment is over $7M

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) October 30, 2020

This is a good job out of him with what has been going on with the pandemic. 

Update: deBlasio says Cohen can proceed with transaction. Also money pledged by Cohen to NYC

This isn't because he did something right. This is because the lawyers told him he had nothing. In my opinion he just wanted to look important and like he had any kind of stroke.

Cohen will donate $17.5 million "to programs developed by the City to make grants to local area small businesses to assist them in these uniquely troubling times," he says in statement.

He also plans to continue donating to other NYC charities and up Mets Foundation's giving.

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) October 30, 2020