Turtle Power: Costumed Fans Win Yankees Tickets From John Oliver
NEW YORK (AP) — Claiming the Yankees are elitist, comedian John Oliver is helping shake things up during New York's season-opening series this week against Houston.
After the Yankees announced that fans no longer could print tickets at home, chief operating officer Lonn Trost expressed concern on radio station WFAN in February that someone buying a discounted ticket from a resale service "may be someone who has never sat in a premium location, so that's a frustration to our existing fan base."
So, Oliver is selling premium seats for a quarter to fans who pledge to dress as though they don't belong there.
On Tuesday, fans wore Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles outfits to the stadium to answer Oliver's call.
Joe Spillo and John Welch of suburban Yorktown Heights sat in the second row of the Legends Suites luxury seats behind home plate.
On Wednesday, two young women dressed in unicorn costumes and two others in shark costumes sat in the second row behind home plate.
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