Is it R.I.P. North Melbourne.

[newyorktiger]

Maybe some of the posters that live or have lived overseas could give us an idea of the cost of going to a Pommie premier league soccer match or a major league grid iron, basketball or baseball match in the U.S.
From the little I've heard of the U.S. sports most fans attend the College series reasonably consistently but only do one or two major league matches a year.

For US professional teams it depends on the sport, the stadium, and the fan base. I'll use the sports I know about. Bear in mind that NY is a unique sports market. A lot of people

Baseball
Yankees - 81 home games a year. If they are against the Red Sox, Mets or some other big team forget it. Only way is through scalpers.If the Yanks play Tampa Bay for eg, relatively easy to get a ticket for around $20. Stadium holds around 50k

Red Sox - The WHOLE season is sold out. Only way to get a ticket is from a season ticket holder selling his game pass or connections. Stadium holds 35k roughly.

Football
NY Giants & NY Jets. Whole stadium is sold out for the next ten years and will continue to be so in the foreseeable future. Face value of the cheap seats is around $50, though I sat on the lowest tier (effectively ground level) and the face value of my ticket i think was $100 (the 1 game).

Ice Hockey
NY Rangers sold out at Madison Square Garden for the entire year. Cheapest seat is $40. They are not doing well this year, so you can get a ticket at face value on ebay etc.

NY Islanders - Home ground is in a really bad location - not convenient, no public transport links etc Worse than VFL Park. For some games giving away child's tickets. Not close to selling out some games - cheapest seat around $20.

UK Football.
Wolves - A midland team in the 2nd Division game I went to was not sold out - cheapest adult ticket was GBP14

 

[Six Pack]

I saw the Yankees play Texas on a weekday afternoon and I had a reserved seat under cover and it was about 50 bucks US.
My advice is eat the hot dogs from the vendors OUTSIDE the stadium.

 

[Streak]

From the little I've heard of the U.S. sports most fans attend the College series reasonably consistently but only do one or two major league matches a year.

I met an American academic at a conference one year, and we started talking about the NFL. I was suprised to hear her opinion that a lot of people like College Football because the players still play for the gurnsey, not the money like in the NFL. It only strengthened my opionion that the AFL forgets its roots as a people's game at its peril.