Apr
23
After replacing its summer parks series last year with one free mega-concert in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday announced a new plan for this summer: a series of six free recitals from July 13 through Aug. 14 in all five boroughs, starting at Summer Stage in Central Park, with Paulo Szot, Lisette Oropesa, Alek Shrader and Vlad Iftinca. After the opening recital, at 8 p.m. on July 13, a Monday, the rest will take place on Friday evenings at 7 p.m.: July 17 at Crotona Park in the Bronx; July 24 at Queensbridge Park in Queens; July 31 at East River Park in Manhattan; Aug. 7 at Tappan Park in Staten Island; and Aug. 14 at Coffey Park in Brooklyn. The Met will also offer, starting on Aug 29, a 10-day festival of high-definition broadcasts of Met productions in Lincoln Center Plaza, ending with Anthony Minghella’s staging of “Madama Butterfly” on Labor Day. Read more..
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Apr
23
The most shocking fact about the new Yankee Stadium in New York’s Bronx isn’t its $1.5 billion cost. No, it was the opening day top single ticket price of $2,625.
If, as leftist demagogues like to say, we’re “two Americas” now, surely one of the divides is between sports fans and non-sports fans.
A non-fan cannot understand how someone could shoot the price of 1,000 shares of General Motors (more!) on a ballgame. In a recession, too. But that’s a non-sports fan. To a sports fan, fighting traffic and crowds to get there on April 16, 2009, was being part of “history.” He or she would also spend the equivalent of a 401(k) contribution on a souvenir jersey.
The world’s most advanced ballpark sets a new standard of some sort. It includes shopping facilities and a team museum, plus what a news report calls “exquisite dining, private clubs, conference rooms, martini bar — and a farmer’s market!” If the game bores you, buy fruit and vegetables. Or hold a conference. Players’ amenities include indoor parking, a sauna, a pool, and at each locker a laptop computer. Read more..
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