New Bargain Basement Price for Yankees Tickets

I am a baseball fan. Specifically, I am a Mets fan. Baseball fans either love or hate the Yankees. I fall into the latter category. When the Yankees decided to close the old stadium, I thought I have to go. It was difficult to have a good time, but I survived.

Well, this year with a new 1.5 billion dollar Yankee Stadium, I wanted to check it out. Turns out the Mets play the Yankees at Yankee stadium in June. Great! I was ready to pay $100 for each ticket. Try $900 each. I was a wee bit upset. I am getting to a point here.

Now I hear the Yankees are slashing prices to fill the stands. People are not buying the expensive $2,600.00 seats and it looks bad on TV. My tickets are still $900, but I am glad someone is getting a bargain.Check out this tour of the stadium.

What a concert, ball game or experience worth to you?

Banks Bailing on Deals

I bet when banks accepted taxpayer dollars, they did not expect people to tell them how to spend it. Well, surprise, surprise. Several banks have reneged on deals after getting pressure from Congress. The heat got so hot that Wells Fargo canceled a four day employee conference in Las Vegas. There were others too. Bank of America did not send executives to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and Citigroup canceled the purchase of a luxury jet recently. Citigroup is also under fire for investing $400 million for the naming rights to the new stadium for the NY Mets. Citi Field is slated to open with the baseball season this Spring. The team and Citigroup deny that this deal will fall apart.

So, these banks say we're not using the bailout money for these projects. Should we still hold them accountable for how they run their business?