Comedian John Oliver has a legendary deal for six Yankee fans that should really enrage the Bomber brass.
The snarky British host of the HBO show “Last Week Tonight” set his witty crosshairs on the Yankees and COO Lonn Trost Sunday night, calling the franchise elitist A-holes and ripping Trost for comments he made on WFAN when the team had decided it would no longer accept printed tickets from StubHub. Trost said at the time that fans who have paid full price for premium seats in the Legends Club might not feel comfortable with “someone who has never sat in a premium location. So that’s a frustration to our existing fanbase.”
In response to Trost’s comments, which earned the Yankee exec a Daily News backpage SNOBHUB, Oliver announced that his show had bought two Legends seats for the first three games of the season right behind home plate and that they plan to sell them for just 25 cents apiece.
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“On one condition,” said Oliver. “You must dress like you have never sat in a premium location before.”
“What that means is up to you.”
Yankees president Randy Levine issued a statement in response to Oliver’s plan.
“Everyone is welcome at Yankee Stadium,” Levine said. “And I thank John Oliver for buying Yankees tickets.”
In order to get the tickets, which typically sell for more than $1,000, Oliver asks that you tweet a photo to his show @lastweektonight with the hashtag #ihavenversatinapremiumlocation along with which game you’d like to attend.
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Oliver says they have tickets for Monday’s opener vs. the Astros, Wednesday night’s tilt and Thursday’s day game.
“We will pick the winner of the looks we like the best,” said Oliver, before noting with a huge grin that “the Yankees are not involved in this contest in any way.”
“Enjoy the game and please give A-Rod our best,” he said, while fanning himself with what appeared to be all six tickets.
