Mark Hopkins is a baseball purist, an ardent fan of the Marlins, and a season-ticket holder since 2000. When Hopkins opened an email from the Marlins earlier this week, though, he discovered a surprise.
The Marlins had lowered the price of his seats for the 2019 season.
“This year I paid $9,856 for them,” said Hopkins, who buys a 41-game package each season for Diamond Club seats behind home plate. “Next year, they will be $9,396 — $460 less.”
Hopkins would prefer the last-place Marlins under new owners Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter improve the product on the field (“It’s very difficult to be a Marlins fan,” he said).