The Nationals are the only team who are basically going to be charged a $300,000.00 tax for making the playoffs. Figure that because there are 11 possible home playoff games and maybe half of those will be weekday night games, and I can't remember a playoff baseball game ending before midnight in a long time so will need two hours per game. Every other mass transit system has their top priority being to get people home safely. Part of this money should be competitive balance money as having to pay an extra $300,000.00 from the budget is a competitive imbalance. DC, the Nationals, MLB, and Metro all stand to make money from October baseball in DC and they should all share the cost of making sure every single person that comes to those games can get home safely.
every other team in DC pays for the same service as do event organizers who want to keep metro open- why should baseball get special treatment?
I find it hard to believe that Metro does not make the $29K back from riders after midnight. It's only 1500 riders at $2.10, and if you are talking Silver Spring, Bethesda, King Street, and Ballston, and further out, then it is an even higher fare.
This really sounds like an opportunity for Ballpark Bus. hope those guys make a killing.
1) it costs metro more than the $30,000 they charge and 2) fare money is first used to refund the fee
