Empty Seats at Yankee Stadium

What are the owners of the New York Yankees thinking? Every night the YES Network shows plenty of high priced seats with no occupants. Yes, some of these people are inside the numerous private bars watching the game on a big screen TV.

Though let's remember when the seats were cheaper, unionized ushers showed you to your seat and wiped it clean, rain or shine. The above picture is from 1961 in September when Roger Maris of the NY Yankees broke Babe Ruth's record for homers in a season. Please notice the empty seats.

When do people realize they are making insane amounts of money for producing a show which at one time was our National Pastime? Couldn't they just use their myriad of computers and make the seats cheaper earlier in the season when the weather is chillier?

I can't mention it enough: these high-rolling owners, trust-fund babies, and people with more money than they know what to do with, are clueless as to how they ought to promote the long term health of their business. Putting fans in the seats while their high-priced talent plays a game most folks would play for free, would seem to be a good idea. What gives? Lower the prices. Fans will eventually turn away and watch NetFlix or stream music on Spotify as opposed to paying ridiculous prices in April for entertainment they could just as easily record.