The Yankees offer a discount promotion this year in which fans can pay just $5 for upper-deck seats at eight games against low-drawing opponents.

Smith paid $115 apiece for four upper-deck seats to Thursday's games.

Why are upper-deck seats in the new parks so far from the game?

In the old parks, the structural columns stood within the seating areas, placing the upper-deck seats closer to the game.

Because it was Dollar Night, 17,000 upper-deck seats at that price were available and sold out early.

Rather than leave some distant, upper-deck seats vacant, the Lightning have sold more than 1,000 of them for $99 each for the entire season.

Season-ticket prices for 2002 have not been set, but the upper-deck seats being offered in the promotion cost from $456 to $1,370 for the 2001 season.

His first-row upper-deck seat, in foul territory next to the right-field foul pole, cost $76.

In addition, all upper-deck seats will cost $5 on certain dates.

The upper-deck seats were later replaced in the same way.