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I've been thinking a bit more about the 15 game plans the Mets have in place for next season. First off, I will admit that this past season I had two 15 game plans - the "Sunday Plan" and the "Weekday Plan."

Like many (including Shannon) the only reason I purchased the Weekday Plan was to get an Opening Day....er...Opening Night ticket. My seat was horrible and the schedule (and team) really didn't thrill me. I ended up never using any tickets from that plan.

On the other hand, I used more than half the tickets from the Sunday Plan - going to maybe 10 games in total. Still, that was 5 games wasted.

So last year I paid for 30 games and went to 10. Yeah, call me a sucker.

This year I already knew I wasn't going to get the Weekday Plan. Fool me once.....
The Sunday-PLUS Plan though I was trying to keep an open mind about. But realistically, I know I am not going to go to most, if not all of the weekday games in the plan. And I will probably miss at least 1 of the Sunday games. Looking at the real cost then of these plans - and using the tiered ticket pricing that the Wilpons love - here is what it looks like

Game	Attend?	Category	PROM RES
Wed. 4/7 Marlins		V	$ 11.00
Sun. 4/11 Nationals	Y	B	$ 15.00
Sun. 4/25 Braves	Y	S	$ 19.00
Sun. 5/23 Yankees	Y	P	$ 27.00
Thu. 5/27 Phillies	Y	S	$ 19.00
Sun. 6/6 Marlins		S	$ 19.00
Sun. 6/27 Twins	Y	G	$ 23.00
Sun. 7/11 Braves	Y	G	$ 23.00
Wed. 7/28 Cardinals		S	$ 19.00
Sun. 8/15 Phillies	Y	G	$ 23.00
Thu. 8/26 Marlins		S	$ 19.00
Sun. 9/12 Phillies	Y	G	$ 23.00
Thu. 9/16 Pirates		V	$ 11.00
Sun. 9/19 Braves	Y	G	$ 23.00
Sun. 10/3 Nationals		S	$ 19.00
		Plan Cost	$ 293.00
		Individual Ticket Cost	$ 195.00
		Loss	$ 98.00

he fact that the Mets don't offer any incentive to purchase in bulk (like just about EVERY other sports team in the world does) makes this even more ridiculous.

Obviously I won't be renewing. The math just doesn't add up.

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As I mentioned earlier, I received tthe 15 game plan schedules in the mail today
Here are the plans:

FRIDAY-PLUS
Ticket Prices are:

• LF Landing - $592 per seat
• Promenade Box - $ 518
• Promenade Reserve Inf - $370
• Promenade Reserve - $281

Fri. 4/9 Nationals
Fri. 4/23 Braves
Mon. 4/26 Dodgers
Fri. 5/7 Giants
Fri. 5/21 Yankees
Tue. 6/8 Padres
Fri. 6/25 Twins
Wed. 7/7 Reds
Fri. 7/30 Diamondbacks
Fri. 8/13 Phillies
Tue. 8/24 Marlins
Fr. 8/27 Astros
fr. 9/17 Braves
Tue. 9/28 Brewers
Fri. 10/1 Nationals

SATURDAY-PLUS PLAN

Ticket Prices are:

• LF Landing - $592
  
• Promenade Box - $ 518
• Promenade Reserve Inf - $370
• Promenade Reserve - $281
  

Sat. 4/10 Nationals
Tue. 4/20 Cubs
Sat. 4/24 Braves
Sat. 5/8 Giants
Tue. 5/11 Nationals
Sat. 5/22 Yankees
Sat. 6/5 Marlins
Thu. 6/24 Tigers
Sat. 7/10 Braves
Sat. 7/31 Diamondbacks
Wed. 8/11 Rockies
Sat. 8/28 Astros
Sat. 9/11 Phillies
Wed. 9/15 Pirates
Sat. 10/2 Nationals

SUNDAY-PLUS PLAN

Ticket Prices are:

• LF Landing - $636
• Promenade Box - $539
• Promenade Reserve Inf - $385
• Promenade Reserve - $293

Wed. 4/7 Marlins
Sun. 4/11 Nationals
Sun. 4/25 Braves
Sun. 5/23 Yankees
Thu. 5/27 Phillies
Sun. 6/6 Marlins
Sun. 6/27 Twins
Sun. 7/11 Braves
Wed. 7/28 Cardinals
Sun. 8/15 Phillies
Thu. 8/26 Marlins
Sun. 9/12 Phillies
Thu. 9/16 Pirates
Sun. 9/19 Braves
Sun. 10/3 Nationals

WEEKEND-PLUS PLAN

Ticket Prices are:

• LF Landing - $536
• Promenade Box - $469
• Promenade Reserve Inf - $335
• Promenade Reserve - $253

Thu. 4/8 Marlins
Wed. 4/21 Cubs
Sun. 5/9 Giants
Tue. 5/25 Phillies
Fri. 6/4 Marlins
Tue. 6/22 Tigers
Sat. 6/26 Twins
Mon. 7/5 Reds
Fri. 7/9 Braves
Sun. 8/1 Diamondbacks
Sat. 8/14 Phillies
Sun. 8/29 Astros
Fri. 9/10 Phillies
Sat. 9/18 Braves
Wed. 9/29 Brewers

WEEKDAY PLAN

Ticket Prices are:

• LF Landing - $592
• Promenade Box - $ 518
• Promenade Reserve Inf - $370
• Promenade Reserve - $281

Mon. 4/5 Marlins
Mon. 4/19 Cubs
Thu. 4/22 Cubs
Tue. 4/27 Dodgers
Mon. 5/10 Nationals
Wed. 5/26 Phillies
Wed. 6/9 Padres
Wed. 6/23 Tigers
Tue. 7/6 Reds
Tue. 7/27 Cardinals
Tue. 8/10 Rockies
Wed. 8/25 Marlins
Tue. 9/14 Pirates
Mon. 9/27 Brewers
Thu. 9/30 Brewers


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I just got my renewal letter and invoice from the Mets. Here are the low lights:

• "Saturday" and "Sunday" plans have been renamed to "Saturday-Plus" and "Sunday-Plus" plans (as have the Friday and Weekend plans). We've only been pointing this out for the last year!
  
• Five weekday games are still part of every plan
• My seats were for the Weekday-Plus Plan in Promenade Reserve Infield. They reduced my seats by $20 each for the full plan - a 5.6% decrease over last season
• There is no offer or mention of upgrading my seat selection
• Full payment is due by December 18th. HOWEVER, if you want to split your payments they are now allowing you to do that if you pay online via credit card.
• Included with the invoice was a photo copy of the 2010 schedule.

Will post the full plans soon

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The Mets announced their tentative 2010 schedule today. According to WFAN.com the Mets "will open their 2010 season at Citi Field Monday, April 5 when they host the Florida Marlins at 1:10 p.m"

Wait a second.

I thought the first game of the season was supposed to be a night game? Can somebody please explain to me this concept of having Opening Day.....during the DAY?

Interestingly, at mets.com they make no mention of the starting time for the first game next year.

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