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<blockquote data-quote="Verlander" data-source="post: 3938109" data-attributes="member: 569562">Tuesday, January 15, 2008Tigers might halt ticket salesSeason packages could be cut off because demand is so high after offseason moves, Dombrowski says.Tom Gage / The Detroit NewsYPSILANTI -- Ticket sales for the upcoming Tigers&#039; season would already be through the roof -- if Comerica Park had one.As it is, they&#039;re going sky high.They&#039;re going so well, in fact, that for the first time ever, the Tigers are considering shutting off season-ticket sales. But even if they don&#039;t, so many season-ticket packages will be sold that tickets for individual games, when they go on sale in March, could be gone in record time.&quot;It&#039;s almost hard for me to talk about how much we&#039;re selling,&quot; Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said. &quot;The excitement is phenomenal.&quot;What spiked the interest, of course, was the blockbuster trade last month with the Marlins for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis -- following what had already been a successful offseason that included the acquisition of shortstop Edgar Renteria from the Braves.&quot;Our TigerFest sold out in a couple of days,&quot; said Dombrowski. &quot;Our sponsorship gathering was the largest we&#039;ve ever had.&quot;And the clamor for season tickets gets louder by the week.&quot;We&#039;ve sold (the equivalent of) 4,500 full-season tickets since the day we made the trade,&quot; Dombrowski said Monday night on his last stop of the Tigers&#039; annual caravan. &quot;Last year, we had the largest season-ticket base we&#039;ve ever had, about 19,500, so that 4,500 is on top of that. Now we don&#039;t have everyone renewed yet, because they have until Feb. 15, but we anticipate (most of them renewing) -- and I will tell you that we&#039;re having conversations about having to cut off our season-ticket sales.&quot;We&#039;re in a position where if you get into the postseason, you have to be able to give a certain number of seats away, so we&#039;re approaching that number.&quot;What is that number?&quot;I don&#039;t know,&quot; said Dombrowski, &quot;but it has to be much less than (30,000).And how would that affect individual game tickets?&quot;When they go on sale in March,&quot; said Dombrowski, &quot;I would suggest that you buy your tickets quickly, because they&#039;re going to go quickly.&quot;Dombrowski said the spike caused by the Cabrera-Willis trade was &quot;the largest we&#039;ve had.&quot;Signing Pudge Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez sold some tickets. Trading for Gary Sheffield also caused a spike.&quot;But this has far surpassed anything. It&#039;s almost hard for me to grasp.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Verlander, post: 3938109, member: 569562"] Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Tigers might halt ticket sales Season packages could be cut off because demand is so high after offseason moves, Dombrowski says. Tom Gage / The Detroit News YPSILANTI -- Ticket sales for the upcoming Tigers' season would already be through the roof -- if Comerica Park had one. As it is, they're going sky high. They're going so well, in fact, that for the first time ever, the Tigers are considering shutting off season-ticket sales. But even if they don't, so many season-ticket packages will be sold that tickets for individual games, when they go on sale in March, could be gone in record time. "It's almost hard for me to talk about how much we're selling," Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "The excitement is phenomenal." What spiked the interest, of course, was the blockbuster trade last month with the Marlins for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis -- following what had already been a successful offseason that included the acquisition of shortstop Edgar Renteria from the Braves. "Our TigerFest sold out in a couple of days," said Dombrowski. "Our sponsorship gathering was the largest we've ever had." And the clamor for season tickets gets louder by the week. "We've sold (the equivalent of) 4,500 full-season tickets since the day we made the trade," Dombrowski said Monday night on his last stop of the Tigers' annual caravan. "Last year, we had the largest season-ticket base we've ever had, about 19,500, so that 4,500 is on top of that. Now we don't have everyone renewed yet, because they have until Feb. 15, but we anticipate (most of them renewing) -- and I will tell you that we're having conversations about having to cut off our season-ticket sales. "We're in a position where if you get into the postseason, you have to be able to give a certain number of seats away, so we're approaching that number." What is that number? "I don't know," said Dombrowski, "but it has to be much less than (30,000). And how would that affect individual game tickets? "When they go on sale in March," said Dombrowski, "I would suggest that you buy your tickets quickly, because they're going to go quickly." Dombrowski said the spike caused by the Cabrera-Willis trade was "the largest we've had." Signing Pudge Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez sold some tickets. Trading for Gary Sheffield also caused a spike. "But this has far surpassed anything. It's almost hard for me to grasp." [/QUOTE]

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