Colin226 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) Senate President Richard Codey introduced a bill Monday that could hit ticket-buyers with a surcharge of as much as $3 for events to end a price war between the Izod Center in the Meadowlands and the Prudential Center in Newark, a report in NorthJersey.com said. The fee would come as part of a deal to bring the New Jersey Nets to the Prudential Center and bring more family shows to the Meadowlands. Chris Christie opposes it, and state Sens. Paul Sarlo of Wood-Ridge and Loretta Weinberg of Teaneck, both Democrats, also express skepticism, according to the report.The "joint venture service fee" would not be subject to sales tax, the report said. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/bill_proposes_ticket_fee_in_iz.html Edited December 15, 2009 by Colin226 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 there's also a tax for wearing puffy director pants in the works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Wait, so in order to help the state citizens they want to charge us a new fee? Only in NJ would a mediation deal create another porkbarrel for the politicians to stick their hands in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin226 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Wait, so in order to help the state citizens they want to charge us a new fee? Only in NJ would a mediation deal create another porkbarrel for the politicians to stick their hands in. Yeah it's ridiculous and just adds to ticket inflation.. Lost a little respect for Codey here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Dont we already have a ticket fee? something to do with the cost of extra police? and now we have to pay, basically to keep IZOD afloat? ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I would gladly contribute if it meant the End of izod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEV1LDR1VER Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 So if we were to buy $35 seats through Ticketmaster it should be about $45 now? I always thought competition was to benefit the consumer. But when the state owns one competitor and fails they want to charge us for it. Doesn't Izod have the advantage by being part of the spectacular Xanadu project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njdevil26 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Honestly this is something that I would stage a boycott over... It's absolutely ridiculous. The cheapest seats are 35$ each... then with fees and stuff, it's over 40 per ticket.. Parking is 15-25$ and the arena's food and beverages are ungodly expensive. If they think attendance is bad now, wait until they raise these prices. I don't count the 10's as the cheapest seats because pretty much anyone with a JOB can't wait around in line. The citizens of New Jersey and fans of sports teams in this state continue to get absolutely ripped off. The Devils have some of the highest prices in the league to begin with... This last season they priced many people out of the building and then they are going to keep going. Bravo... bullsh!t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSC Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Honestly this is something that I would stage a boycott over... It's absolutely ridiculous. The cheapest seats are 35$ each... then with fees and stuff, it's over 40 per ticket.. Parking is 15-25$ and the arena's food and beverages are ungodly expensive. If they think attendance is bad now, wait until they raise these prices. I don't count the 10's as the cheapest seats because pretty much anyone with a JOB can't wait around in line. The citizens of New Jersey and fans of sports teams in this state continue to get absolutely ripped off. The Devils have some of the highest prices in the league to begin with... This last season they priced many people out of the building and then they are going to keep going. Bravo... bullsh!t. The state doesn't give a sh!t about Devils attendance, they just want it to look like Izod Center isn't deep in the red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Honestly this is something that I would stage a boycott over... It's absolutely ridiculous. The cheapest seats are 35$ each... then with fees and stuff, it's over 40 per ticket.. Parking is 15-25$ and the arena's food and beverages are ungodly expensive. If they think attendance is bad now, wait until they raise these prices. I don't count the 10's as the cheapest seats because pretty much anyone with a JOB can't wait around in line. The citizens of New Jersey and fans of sports teams in this state continue to get absolutely ripped off. The Devils have some of the highest prices in the league to begin with... This last season they priced many people out of the building and then they are going to keep going. Bravo... bullsh!t. You can send this to Jeff but I think he'll weigh the money ingress from the nets vs people who feel like you and pick the nets $$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I would gladly contribute if it meant the End of izod No, you would be paying to help keep IZOD afloat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 No, you would be paying to help keep IZOD afloat. hence I wont be glad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prucenterrules Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) I really hope this doesn't happen. 1st we would get stuck with the nets and then we would have to pay extra because of them. Edited December 15, 2009 by Prucenterrules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rock 07 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 well ratner sold his bonds so it doesn't look like we'll see the nets in newark permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) FINALLY --- no one was even talking this way when I read the other thread. Made ZERO sense to charge consumers so that IZOD can appear to pay a fee to the Rock, who would in turn send business Izod's way so the Meadowlands can book more shows. What a FREAKING LOAD OF CRAP! It infuriated me so much I didn't even comment Edited December 15, 2009 by Pepperkorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Honestly this is something that I would stage a boycott over... It's absolutely ridiculous. The cheapest seats are 35$ each... then with fees and stuff, it's over 40 per ticket.. Parking is 15-25$ and the arena's food and beverages are ungodly expensive. If they think attendance is bad now, wait until they raise these prices. I don't count the 10's as the cheapest seats because pretty much anyone with a JOB can't wait around in line. The citizens of New Jersey and fans of sports teams in this state continue to get absolutely ripped off. The Devils have some of the highest prices in the league to begin with... This last season they priced many people out of the building and then they are going to keep going. Bravo... bullsh!t. Well said, pretty much exactly how I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiswontwork Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Personally I think the whole thing makes me sick, I can't stand Ratner and I can stand the Izod even less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 the cheapest seats aren't going to be $35 next season, that experiment has failed miserably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rock 07 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 NJSEA Won't Waive Fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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