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Nationals notebook
Date published: 2/22/2008 By RICH CAMPBELL BY RICH CAMPBELL VIERA, Fla.-- The Washington Nationals expect an average of approximately 18,000 season-ticket holders per game at their new downtown ballpark this season, team president Stan Kasten said yesterday.Kasten's projection, the first one he has publicized, means that more than half of the stadium's 41,000 seats are unaccounted for on a nightly basis prior to single-game and walk-up sales. The team has sold approximately 25,000 season-ticket packages, Kasten said, but, because of partial season-ticket packages, it works out to around 18,000 per night. The 18,000 "full-season equivalents," as they are called in the industry, rank in the top 10 to 15 out of 30 major-league baseball teams, Kasten said. With 37 days before the stadium opens with the Nationals' nationally televised season-opener against the Atlanta Braves, only the dugout and club-level sections of the park are sold out. Single-game tickets, including tickets for the season-opener, will go on sale March 4 at 9 a.m. The team will sell "several thousand" Opening Day tickets to the general public, Kasten said. "It's a building that was financed by the public," Kasten said. "We thought it was important to still have a public sale." Kasten addressed concerns that season-ticket holders received fewer Opening Day seats than the number of per-game seats their package includes. "It's always subject to availability," he said. "Remember, people are still getting the tickets they bought. Opening day tickets for people are now the extras we can make available, as available. "I'm sure we could sell out this stadium twice or more for Opening Day if people got everything they wanted. There's 41,000 seats, that's it."
Date published: 2/22/2008
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