Season ticket sales for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are up as opening week unfolds but the baseball team is dealing with something it hasn’t seen in a few years.
Some businesses that buy tickets for dugout and other suites are showing some “hesitancy,” said Robert Alvarado, vice president of marketing and season ticket sales for Angels Baseball LP.
“This is discretionary spending” and some companies are looking at how they want to spend their cash, he said.
Some companies have dropped out, Alvarado said. Their spots have been filled by others on a waiting list.
The Angels sell season tickets to companies under contracts that can run from a year to five or seven years.
A couple of companies have inquired about their options under the contracts, Alvarado said.
“We try and be flexible,” he said.
The team offers installment payments or can help find another company to take over the contract, according to Alvarado.
The hesitancy among some businesses hasn’t dented overall season ticket sales.
As of last week, the Angels had sold 29,300 season tickets, up from 28,800 at the start of the 2007 season, Alvarado said.
Nine of 10 past season ticket holders,both companies and individuals,have renewed for this season, according to Alvarado.
For more on this story, see the March 31 edition of the Business Journal.
