AP Poll: Ballpark figures are too high, fans say (AP)

March 31st, 2009

Seats are seen in the new Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, March 30, 2009. Baseball fans say the game's biggest problem these days -- more than steroids or player salaries -- is the high cost of tickets, an Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll finds days before palatial new ballparks open in New York. The Yankees inaugurate their brand new stadium with their home opener against Cleveland on April 16. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Take me out to the ballgame ... because I can't afford it. The high price of going to a game is now the No. 1 problem in Major League Baseball, a new Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll of fans shows. Soaring salaries and steroids dominated fans' worries in past AP surveys. But with opening day less than a week away, the nation's recession is delivering the biggest blow.




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