Wednesday, July 9, 1997
Reds play down seat licenses
BY GEOFF HOBSON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Reds don't plan a full-scale seat-license campaign to help fund their new stadium, managing executive John Allen said Tuesday.
One of the Reds' proposals to Hamilton County is that the club give $30 million to construction with a variety of stadium revenue including seat licenses, a one-time fee for the right to buy season tickets.
"We see (licenses) as a relatively minor source for the $30 million," Mr. Allen said. "We don't anticipate doing it for the average season ticket-holder. It would be for a limited, high-profile set of seats. It's hard to say without a design, but probably not more than 5,000."
Mr. Allen said the Reds won't come close to the Giants' campaign in San Francisco to sell 15,000 licenses.
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