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Marlins offering unemployed fans chance to sell tickets
The Marlins have been giving away mortgage or rent payments or $2,500 each at Saturday games and offering free tickets to unemployed South Floridians on Mondays this season.
Continuing its "Economic Relief " programs, the team is offering out-of-work fans a chance to make money by selling ticket plans. Qualified registrants, who are at least 18 and will be paired with sales executives, can earn commissions of up to 10 percent and bonuses.
Register for the Marlins Community Sales Force through July 19 at marlins.com or at Land Shark Stadium. The program runs July 20 to Feb. 15, 2010. The team will consider hiring successful sellers full-time.
The Marlins are just a game out of first place in the NL East, but selling tickets to the team has never been easy. The team, which is averaging 18,117 tickets sold per game, currently ranks last in attendance among baseball’s 30 teams.
Given the state of the economy, is it more difficult to find a job or sell a Marlins season ticket plan?
Comments
I hate the new Sun-Sentinal limited reader response set up. In typical SS form, you kill what readers like. Don't go buy a house cause you all will be looking for jobs if you continue with this business plan.
Posted by: Rob Zombie | July 6, 2009 7:29 PM
'The team will consider hiring successful sellers full-time.'
No kidding. If someone can sell these tickets they can sell just about anything.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 6, 2009 2:59 PM
18,117 fans a game, huh? Well this number refers to tickets SOLD, not to people actually attending the game.
Sarah, how many people on average actually ATTEND Marlins games? My guess is well below 10,000 a game. I'm sure the Marlins know but would never reveal the actual number. I'm talking about the average night, not the night that the Yankees are in town.
Posted by: BJ | July 6, 2009 1:50 PM