And for that matter, try going to a major league baseball game for less than a hundred dollars. Parking alone will kill you.
But if you lived in Southern California in 1967 you could do this -- for $5. AND you got to meet the KMPC and KTLA personalities!
By the way, the Angels lost that game 4-1. And their attendance that day: 22,519. Maybe the tickets should have been $4.50.
ReplyDeleteWalt Disney with Gene Autry at Angels Park Dedication. VIDEO
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/walt-disney-at-angel-stadium-dedication-in-1966-with-gene-news-footage/639951122
Danny Kaye Seattle Mariners
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Bob Hope Indians Bing Crosby Pirates. VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGGWM0SeSY
Roscoe Arbuckle Vernon Tigers
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According to an inflation calculator, that's the equivalent of about $39.00 today.
ReplyDeleteI plugged that $5 into the inflation calculator. As of 2018, that double header should be going for $38.03 but it seems that some things are running way, way ahead of the inflation rate.
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I looked it up. The real entertainment was that Emmett Ashford was the plate umpire. Of course he was the first African American umpire in the majors, and a great showman. In his first game, the year before, he was at third, had one call, and Dick Young wrote that his footwork was even better than the call.
ReplyDeleteIt also went 10 innings and still took less than three hours. Sigh.
Jean Shepherd used to say that New York is the only city that charges admission. It now costs $15.00 to drive a car through the Lincoln Tunnel (less if you subscribe with E-Z Pass or get three people to ride with you). I'm sure trucks and buses pay more. This does not include dinner and a show -- I asked. Same for the George Washington Bridge. As for parking, if you have to ask how much it is, you can't afford it.
ReplyDeleteA couple of people here beat me to it. I also used the inflation calculator. I don't know a thing about business, but I do wonder how much the cost of doing business accounts for the high costs of tickets for games, amusement parks etc. As far as something like Disney goes, you have to make sure the equipment works, pay your workers,(even if it is subsistence levels, insurance etc. Obviously a lot goes in to running such businesses. I guess the only way to now if they could lower prices is to take a look at the books
ReplyDeleteThe Tribe finished 75-87 that year, a mere 17 games behind the Red Sox. & I found the box score on baseballreference.com, a site which will now be keeping me busy through the end of the year, at least.
ReplyDeleteI need to do some research to see if Six Flags and the Texas Rangers ever ran a promotion like this in the early days. Lord knows the Rangers needed every reason they could to get people to come out to dumpy Arlington Stadium in the middle of the Texas summer. Thankfully, we finally have a dome coming.
ReplyDeleteDisneyland isn't worth it. Professional "sports" is overpriced and corrupt. I'd rather stay home and watch Mash, Cheers, Almost Perfect, etc
ReplyDeleteBack in the 80’s, during the time of the “Wall Street Raiders” Disney Inc. was threatened with takeover by the likes of Mike Milken, Saul Steinberg, and Ivan Boesky. The intention was to carve up the Disney assets and sell them for their parts. The company successfully fought this takeover off, but there were major changes in upper management and corporate philosophy. I believe I read that it was Michael Eisner who said words to the effect that park admission was too cheap, that people came from all over the world to go there and charging more wouldn’t stop that. Entry prices to Disneyland went up and since then have skyrocketed.
ReplyDeleteThere is a fascinating book on the subject “Storming The Magic Kingdom” by John Taylor. It’s a pretty easy read and you come out of it with a pretty decent background of what went on during those times and also an understanding of how Disney became the monster it now is.
This may be a good time to promote seeing plays at small local theaters -- which tend to cost $15-$45 per ticket, as opposed to well over $100 per ticket for traveling Broadway shows without the original casts. (Not to mention hearing great live music acts at small venues like McCabe's in Santa Monica, where tickets are usually $20-$25, as opposed to rock concerts where you pay a fortune to hear old hits from the other side of a stadium.)
ReplyDeleteJust got home from an Orlando holiday. Despite the cheap restaurants (trust me, compared to Britain ALL the US is cheap), I shan't be going back - the Disney product is no longer worth it.
ReplyDeleteIf you grew up in Anaheim in the 1960's it was cheaper for your parents to drop you off at Disneyland than it was to hire a babysitter. It was where you spent your Friday and Saturday nights when Mom and Dad were out on the town. Back then you could drive right up to the main entrance, and there was always a line of cars dropping off and picking up kids.
ReplyDeletePeople also forget that until the mid 1980's Disneyland was only open 7 days per week during the summer. The rest of the year it closed on Mondays and even Tuesdays during the winter months.
I wonder how much Donald Duck would command on today's FA market as a pitcher?
ReplyDeleteThe big thing is that phrase "unlimited use of all Disneyland adventures and attractions". And you might even meet Jim Fregosi! But the private party doesn't start until 8PM, so that's going to eliminate a lot of potential customers.
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