Click through on the current asking prices to see the crazy range CSL holders expect to get at resale. Giants

It's best to consider PSLs like a timeshare--if you bought in Hawaii (club boxes) ten years ago, you probably have some appreciation in value. Even though the annual maintenance fees (tickets) keep getting more expensive, you can find someone to take it off your hands or rent it out for a year. But if you bought in Arizona in July--you may never get out of it what you put in initially, and the fees (tickets) still have to be paid for every year. The asset becomes a liability.

The Bears PSL program has had similar results--the best non-club seats are sky-high in the aftermarket, while club level seats with tickets costing 3-4 times as much per game) were often sold at a discount until the recent stretch of Bears success. I've happily watched the price of seats near mine skyrocket, though I have no plans to sell.

Note that the Bears PSLs do not give you the right to scalp individual game tickets, I have seen letters sent by the Bears to those suspected of scalping on ebay. Even though they take money from StubHub, they still officially prohibit scalping.

There is some precedent (sort-of) for asking fans to pay up fees for existing season tickets. When the Packers renovated Lambeau Field, STH had to pay the equivalent of $2000 per season ticket as a one-time fee to keep them. (Most paid either $1400 or $600, as they have two season ticket lists after they stopped playing in Milwaukee). This didn't give them any license rights, transfer capabilities or equity, it was just a mandatory contribution to the stadium fund.

Also, the Bears offered some STH the ability to convert non-PSL seats to PSL seats last year. In exchange for the PSL fee (all profit for the Bears) they give up nothing but the transfer rights to an already-sold seat in an already-built stadium that has a waiting list of people willing to buy that seat. Easy money.

Would Wrigley STH squawk at a $1000-$2000 one-time fee per ticket, if used towards a building fund? What if they wanted $3000 or more, but you had the right to re-sell the STH rights to that seat?

You can also leave it to anyone you want after you die.