Outside of the normal seats (which are still available; and at this point, the difference between last year nad this year has got to be more than ‘they’re only allowing 8 tickets at a time’), the Cubs held back new on the field seating that was visible but not actually available last season.
Today, they announced they go on sale on Tax Day, though the sign up to get a random (virtual) braclet starts Wednesday.
Get a load of these ticket prices:
Game Type Value Regular Prime Dugout Box $50 $125 $250 Bullpen Box $40 $75 $125
The (really overpriced but probably going to be sold anyway) $250 price on those Prime tickets doesn’t really bug me as much as the huge increases between game types. There are only 6 Value Games; they should really be called “6 weekday games in April we used to have trouble giving away tickets for”, so it’s not like many people are going to have chances at ‘only’ $50 and $40 tickets. (The White Sox, Red Sox, and key weekend late games are in the Prime ticket category, of course.)
I think I can afford some of these tickets. They’re just sorta insane, negatively in price and postively in distance (did I say ON THE FIELD in caps? okay there we go.) Wonder if anyone has any cash left. We’ll see.
Sounds like the Cubs are doing the same thing The Mets are doing, only the Mets do it in Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
As long as Kris Benson doesn’t screw around like Matt Hardy, everything will be fine.
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