I was cleaning off some bookshelves this afternoon and I came across a copy of The Wealth of Nations that I borrowed from a local library my senior year as an undergraduate (and never returned, but that's not part of the story)–in 1991.  Sticking out of the book was a ticket to an Orioles/A's major league game in Baltimore at old Memorial Stadium (ticket is pictured below):

OsI know it's difficult to read, but the price of an upper reserve ticket in 1991 was $3.75.  That's $6.63 in today's dollars.

An upper reserve ticket to tonight's Orioles/Red Sox game at Camden Yards would run you between $15 and $30.

 

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  1. rjs Avatar

    i remember when general admission in cleveland’s municipal stadium was a buck and a quarter, and bleacher seats were 60 cents…but for the price of general admission, you could get box seats half way through the game, as typically attendance was around 5,000 in a 75,000 seat stadium…

  2. David Zetland Avatar

    Someone’s gonna pay for that stadium and it’s NOT going to be the team owners!

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