Imagine Paying $400 To Watch A Meaningless September Game Against The Devil Rays’ 40-Man Roster

Apparently not even the huge, gigantic television market can mitigate costs associated with the huge, gigantic payroll and the Yankees will raise ticket prices again:

Starting next year, ticket prices will soar as much as $40 for plum seats and $14 to sit in the nosebleeds, team officials said yesterday.

Reserved seats at Yankee Stadium will run from $17 to $56 for full season-ticket plans, $18 to $61 for partial season-tickets, $19 to $66 for advance purchase for individual games and $20 to $71 on days of games.

In comparison, those same seats sold last season for $17 to $50 for full season-tickets, $18 to $52 for partial season-tickets, $19 to $55 for advance purchase for individual games and $20 to $57 on game days.

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For Yankees fans with more cash to burn, the price of box seats closest to the field will jump $40 to $150. Those seats — which are going up 36 percent in price — are for the first four rows in the sections nearest to home plate and are sold as part of season-ticket plans.

In the unlikely event any of those ducats are available for sale for individual games, they would be priced at $300 in advance and $400 on days of games.

No word on whether beer prices will go up again like last season.