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The fire sale is on at Chavez Ravine - season-ticket packages have reserved seats going for $6 (lowest in 24 years), top deck at $5, preferred boxes at $16, and preferred loge at $10. I wouldn't expect a stampede - ticket prices aren't what's driving fans away. But how else can the franchise boost attendance, short of its owner agreeing to sell? (LAT)
More by Mark Lacter:
American-US Air settlement with DOJ includes small tweak at LAXSocal housing market going nowhere fast
Amazon keeps pushing for faster L.A. delivery
Another rugged quarter for Tribune Co. papers
How does Stanford compete with the big boys?
Those awful infographics that promise to explain and only distort
Best to low-ball today's employment report
Further fallout from airport shootings
Crazy opening for Twitter*
Should Twitter be valued at $18 billion?
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.