"After World Series win, Sox raise ticket prices" by Bob Hohler | Globe Staff, November 16, 2013
Beards have been shorn, the duck boats have returned to their regular routes, and the World Series trophy is securely in place. Now the Boston Red Sox have turned their attention to financing the quest for the franchise’s fourth world championship of the young century.
Start saving, Sox fans, because the plan includes raising baseball’s most expensive tickets by an average of nearly 5 percent for the 2014 season....
The new policy was driven in part by Sox ownership’s desire to fill seats that often went empty last season. Fenway attendance slipped below 3 million for the first time in six years....
The Red Sox, whose owner, John Henry, is also the owner of the Globe, sold out a record 820 consecutive games at Fenway, with a current seating capacity of 37,493, before the streak ended in the second home game of 2013.
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The streak itself was a manipulation and lie? Is nothing sacred anymore?
The club managed to sell out only 30 of its 80 regular-season games after the home opener, despite winning 97 regular-season games en route to one of the most improbable World Series victories in franchise history....
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