Re: C's Expected To Raise Ticket Prices

[lapdoggy <lapdoggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 11:27 AM, Way Of The Ray wrote:
> The new owners of the Boston Celtics are poised to jack up the price of
> some of the FleetCenter's best perches while expanding the number of 
> $10
One can hardly blame them for looking at new revenue sources. They did 
pay 360 million dollars for a franchise that's paying Vin Baker 56 
million over the next 4 years. Ironically, raising the ticket price is 
an obvious option. Not that people want to pay more to see Vin play, 
but maybe they'll pay more to boo him. Whether anyone agrees with it or 
not, it will happen. Boo Boo Boo.

It's so sad though. This team was so close to being a monster in the 
East. A few shrewd moves by Wallace and he would have been a darling. 
(Or no moves as it turns out in this case.) Turning around the 
franchise after the Pitino disaster would have let Wallace write his 
own ticket. And you know what? There's nothing like writing your own 
ticket. Too bad for Chris. He really seems like a likable guy. If 
Rogers would have stayed that was a very lopsided trade in favor of the 
C's. Delk is the kind of tough guy you need on a championship team. 
Johnson? Ahh, not yet anyhow.

Just goes to show you, it's a long strange trip and anyone and everyone 
will get fooled. Unfortunately Wallace got fooled by a drunk. The 
oldest trick in the book. A drunk acting like he's got his shit 
together. Unbelievable that Chris took the bait. Vin Baker must have 
some incredible karma b/c he's burning through it. In his defense he's 
feels this too. Otherwise why would he sign some contract to forego his 
$? He feels bad, as well he should. Hopefully Billy Hunter will not 
screw this up even more.