Red Sox to offer 25 dugout view seats in Fenway Park expansion
By Rick McNair
The Boston Red Sox will again expand Fenway Park. The latest expansion will be the addition of dugout view seats for those with a mountain of disposable income.
Certain things happen on a yearly and predictable cycle such as your birthday. The Boston Red Sox also participate in an annual event that seems to be broken into two sections. The first is the raising of ticket prices and the second is the addition of new seats.
In the latest Fenway Park expansion the Red Sox have gone before the Boston Landmarks Commission for approval of 25 seats for dugout views of the field. Approval was granted and the Red Sox join other teams with this expensive option. Approval by Major League Baseball will also be needed and that should be nothing more than the patented phrase “rubber stamp.”
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The seats will be placed below field level by the Red Sox dugout and one can stand without interrupting the view of the peasants sitting in the box seats. Fans in the area will have bar stool seating and be able to freely mingle in an upright position. To quote architect Charles Izzo: “Other parks have them.” From my perspective, the cost will involve the selling of a body part or extend your mortgage payments into the 22nd century.
With the continual increase in ticket prices, exorbitant in-house food and beverage prices, and the various other sundry charges including parking and souvenirs it becomes readily apparent how the Red Sox can absorb the excessive dead money of failures such as Pablo Sandoval. A big thank you to the fans!
The Red Sox will make further changes to accommodate this latest venture to attract the 1%. There will be the removal of 12 seats from the area but compensate with the addition of 30 seats on the third-base side. If one traces the history of Fenway Park this is certainly not unusual and expansion both minor and major has taken place under the current ownership.
The Red Sox have also been silent on the potential expansion of protective netting at field level and consider it in the “still evaluating” process. With the rash of injuries via bats and balls to the customers it does not take a significant amount of effort to understand a simple and certainly not complex issue.
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Since this is also an opinion piece I will toss in my personal experience from other parks in MLB. If you want luxury seating other venues often have packages that are a fraction of the cost at Fenway Park. Fenway continues to uphold its tradition as being the most expensive park in MLB. At least we can proudly say: “We’re number one!”