Was talking to a friend who is "in the know" regarding the new ball park today. AS we talked about several reasons to build a new stadium when the old one is still very useful, I suggested that they would likely add more suites at the new stadium for increased revenue.
He said it is not that way anymore. They have trouble selling the suites, and many nights over half of them are unoccupied. What they will likely do is decrease the suites and increase club seating, much like what we have done below each of our press boxes and are doing in the North End Zone.
Loges, where you can have 4 or 8 seats boxed off, with service from waiters while seated out in the stands is the wave of the future. You get both the atmosphere of being in the crowd and the service of being in a suite. He expects a greatly expanded club seating in the new stadium and reduced number of suites. Especially with all the seating being indoors now.
He said it is not that way anymore. They have trouble selling the suites, and many nights over half of them are unoccupied. What they will likely do is decrease the suites and increase club seating, much like what we have done below each of our press boxes and are doing in the North End Zone.
Loges, where you can have 4 or 8 seats boxed off, with service from waiters while seated out in the stands is the wave of the future. You get both the atmosphere of being in the crowd and the service of being in a suite. He expects a greatly expanded club seating in the new stadium and reduced number of suites. Especially with all the seating being indoors now.
