To the editor: Thanks for the superb article on high-priced Dodger tickets by workers author Invoice Shaikin (“Championship blues: Dodgers games used to be affordable family entertainment. No more,” April 18). It’s a disgrace many households can’t afford to attend a recreation with out going into debt.
I’ve been a Dodger fan all my life, and can proceed to be a fan, however I’m going to fewer video games due to the excessive costs for tickets and parking. I notice costs are based mostly on provide and demand, and so long as the Dodgers can promote out most nights, costs won’t come down.
I additionally discover it wealthy that President Trump is vital of excessive costs. He’s right in calling them out, however tanking the inventory market and including tariffs make it tougher to attend a recreation.
Doug Frank, Simi Valley
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To the editor: The query of whether or not followers are being priced out of seeing Dodger video games has already been answered. Earning profits is the Dodgers’ enterprise, and their overfocus on that has triggered them to surrender on making an attempt to present prospects nice experiences.
Jim Arden, Valley Village
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To the editor: I want to go to a recreation at Dodger Stadium, however the costs are too excessive. I can get a seat at Angel Stadium for $16. And I don’t have to sit down within the bleachers.
Murray Zichlinsky, Lengthy Seaside
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To the editor: The distinction between Trump’s and [Dodgers President Stan] Kasten’s view of inexpensive Dodgers tickets is a shining instance of the place blue states and cities get it fully improper. The Dodgers’ basis tells us that the Dodgers distributed 64,000 tickets to “deserving communities.” That will probably be low-income communities. However, as famous by the USC Lusk Middle’s Elly Schoen, a median-income L.A. household may discover a single Dodger recreation a month unaffordable.
In different phrases, the most important potential future fan base — working-class households — is basically priced out of the marketplace for attending video games recurrently — precisely what Trump centered on and about which Kasten’s group is clueless.
Kip Dellinger, Santa Monica
