Correct me if I'm wrong, but even seats at half price ($1,250) comes out to over $100,000 per seat per year. You ain't getting those if you only make a measly $360,000 a year.
I didn't intend to imply that someone making $360K would get those. Rather, my point was to illustrate the vast difference in financial issues in New York versus elsewhere. The dollar figures I noted are for a first-year associate up there, i.e., someone just out of school. Take that eight years down the road with the normal $25,000 to $30,000 a year pay raises they get up there, then figure what the partners are making, and recognize that the in-house and financial sector types make (err....made, I suppose, with the current economy) even more. A major difference in the DC market is the huge government presence here, for as we all know the government pay scale is often a bit lower than you can get in the private sector (although the medical insurance and such is often better than the private sector offers).
But you know what, the hell with this. If you don't think the Nationals look stupid having all those empty seats right behind home plate, I guess that's your prerogative. It seems clear to me that the market in DC views those seats as overpriced and it seems to me that the team needs to pull their head out of their arse and do something about it, but for whatever reason they're unwilling to do so. I'm not sure what the correct amount should be. I believe the "PNC Diamond Club" seats are currently $170 a pop, correct? And those aren't usually full either? Perhaps make those seats $135 each and the "Presidential Seats" $200 each and see if it improves things.
