Good Bye Fenway?

The Red Sox payroll for 2011 is going to be over 180-million. If they are in the hunt, and with the talent they have assembled they certainly should be, they will likely add to the payroll as the season rolls on. Add on the luxury tax they'll be held accountable for and you are looking at the Bostons shelling out over 200-million in salaries this season.
It's always funny how the Red Sox squawk about the Yankees spending money as if they throw dollars around like manhole covers.
Anyway, with all the money being spent in Boston, there is only a finite number of people they can cram into Fenway Park. There are a limited number of revenue streams available to the Red Sox as they keep trying to expand Fenway and generate as much income as they can.
The ticket prices to a Red Sox game are already astronomical. Not Yankees astronomical but still awfully high. The Monster seats go for $165 and the field boxes are $135 per game. The cheapest seats are the upper bleachers in right for $12. Remember to bring your telescope for those seats.
Sooner or later, the Red Sox are going to have to ditch Fenway Park. I know that nobody wants that, especially New Englanders who consider Fenway to be a baseball cathedral...and it is.
But if they can tear down Yankee Stadium with all its history in order for the Yankees to create new and more revenue streams with their new ballpark, the Red Sox eventually will have to do the same. And they will justify it with "we have a 200-million dollar payroll and we have to keep up with the Yankees."
To think Fenway will meet the wrecking ball one day is sad. I'd rather the Red Sox trim payroll, keep Fenway and finish in third place in the AL East every year. Then everyone would be happy. The Yankees would be happy. The Fenway fans would be happy. And the true Red Sox fans, who are used to failure more than their recent World Series successes, could go back to being the faithful, woe is me diehards that they love to portray.
The clock is ticking on Fenway and my prediction is the final season for Fenway Park will be in 2019. Get ready for the Red Sox new home, the 48-thousand seat, retractable dome stadium, complete with field turf, called Prudential Park.
I love getting Red Sox fans worked up.