The Yankees Try To Make Nice With Bronx Communities

They may have taken all of the public parks from the South Bronx, but the Yankees know exactly how to make it up to the community. The team announced today that they will distribute 15,000 tickets good for entry to the Yankees and Cubs public workout on April 2nd, the day before the first exhibition game. The tickets will only be distributed to residents of Bronx communities, and will also come with a free lunch voucher good for a free hot dog or pizza.

This is actually a pretty cool thing for the Yankees to do, and although it is clearly a PR stunt, there is little to critcize. 3,000 of the 15,000 tickets will go to union members who helped to build the stadium, so they really are taking care of the people who helped to make this new grand home a possibility. Kudos to the Yankees, and hopefully everyone enjoys the sneak peak and helps to work out some of the inevitable new park kinks.

Now lets just hope that these tickets don't end up on being sold on the internet, kind of like this pre-sale password on Craigslist. People like that should have their season tickets revoked. Read the full post, after the jump

The New Yankee Stadium Will Open Its Doors To The Public For The First Time On April 2

The Yankees announced this morning that there will be a ticketed Yankee workout that is open to all full-season ticket holders on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 - the day before the first exhibition game at the new Yankee Stadium. This will be the first time that the stadium is open to the public for anything other than timeshare-like open houses being used to hock unsold premium tickets.

It can be assumed that the concession stands will be fired up and the new bathrooms will be in full working order. Unfortunately, only full-season ticket holders will be offered the opportunity to attend this event. Unlike our previous opinions on full season licensee perks, we are actually on board with this one being an "exclusive" event. If you drop thousands of dollars on a full season worth of tickets, you deserve to have something that is unique to your investment. At least the Yankees upper management got something right in today's controversial press release. Read the full post, after the jump