The A's may have been consistent playoff contenders, but one organizational weakness is the lack of season ticket-holders. The club won't even reveal how many there are. The A's offer a variety of partial plans because they have to.I'm certain the season ticket rolls have gotten better during the A's run over the last five years, but yet they don't release the numbers? They're obviously not a charity case, but it wouldn't hurt to fully explain their "plight."
"We definitely don't have enough full-season ticket-holders,'' Alioto said. "The quality of the team has always suggested there should be more, but even in the World Series years the season ticket-holders were never there.''
24 July 2005
Recapping the situation
Tom FitzGerald of the Chronicle recaps the most recent statements by Wolff and has quotes from David Alioto, the A's VP of sales and marketing. There's little new except for the following tidbit:
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I'm referring to numbers of full season-ticket holders. The A's probably have a disproportionately large percentage of partial season ticket plans in their count. Why wouldn't they explain it to fans so that they know what the team's marketing targets are? It may help those sitting on the fence to take the leap.
I was one of those 9,000 walk-ups, and couldn't have been happier to wait in line for a bleacher seat.
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