These Ninja Turtles paid 25 cents for amazing Yankees tickets
The Yankees announced a controversial new ticketing policy designed to keep fans from buying resold "Legends" seats behind home plate for extremely low prices in February, which has been met with fierce criticism. Yankees COO Lonn Trust explained that the new policy was in part due to frustration over having "someone who has never sat in premium location" befouling the section.
John Welch and Joe Spilo of Yorktown won tickets from @iamjohnoliver. Here's what they're wearing. pic.twitter.com/NHqeSYH1P9
— Newsday Sports (@NewsdaySports) April 5, 2016
HBO's John Oliver lambasted the club for the new policy on his show Sunday, and found a creative way to embarrass the Yankees. Oliver purchased two Legends tickets for the first three games of the season, and offered them to viewers for the price of 25 cents on the condition that the fans "must dress like you've never sat in a premium location before." At the very first game of the season in Yankee Stadium Sunday, two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had some of the best seats in the house.
