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How tough are these times for the Pittsburgh Pirates?

By Paul Lukas
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Selling tickets in a down economy is hard enough. But what if you're trying to sell tickets for a bad team? We were curious about that, so I recently sat down with Pittsburgh Pirates team president Frank Coonelly and chief marketing officer Lou DePaoli to talk about the challenges they're facing during the economic crisis. It was an interesting discussion. It's natural to maintain a certain level of skepticism about some of what Coonelly and Paoli said (if their season-ticket renewals were dow ...

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