Some Rogers Centre season-ticket holders were notified that their coveted seats in the lower bowl will no longer exist and that they face a steep price increase to select new seats.
"The Jays are catching up to what other teams have been doing; a segregated live sporting experience with 'VIP' access-only amenities for the wealthiest fans. They won't have to go anywhere near commoners anymore," one personThe Jays are catching up to what other teams have been doing; a segregated live sporting experience with ‘VIP’ access-only amenities for the wealthiest fans.They won’t have to go anywhere near commoners anymore.
All the changes are "driven and designed" by fans, said executive vice-president Anuk Karunaratne in an email statement. He wants to support the team and likes being part of the experience, noting he's been a fan since he was a kid. When he lived downtown, he'd go to 40 or so games a year. Now that he's moved outside Toronto, he still makes it to 10 or 15 games, and shares or sells his seats for the rest.
"If I was in the 100s … I'd be pretty pissed if they went up that much," MacLellan said, referring to media reports of some"If I was in that situation and I had to choose, I'd probably have to give them up."As a season ticket-holder, MacLellan received an email informing him of the "premium experiences" coming to Rogers Centre.
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