advice on seeing a game at Fenway?

by non sequitur on May 14, 2008 12:04 PM PDT Comment 18 comments

So I have to be in Boston the weekend of Aug 1-3 (Fri/Sat/Sun). I haven't been to the East Coast in about 15 years, and I figure I should take the opportunity to visit Fenway. Boston happens to be at home that weekend (hosting the A's, but the visiting team doesn't matter to me).

I went to the Red Sox's website but it appears you can't buy tickets to home games there. I suspect that, Boston being Boston, they were all sold out before the season began, or perhaps you can only buy one if your family has been in New England for 800 years or you're a Kennedy or something along those lines.

Does anyone know I might go about purchasing tickets in advance? Or do I just have to wing it and deal with scalpers? Since it's a weekend I imagine it would be even more difficult to get a ticket. But any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Check it out dude.

people hate you, but why do they hate you? because the are jealous!

by satyricrash on May 14, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ACE ticket is their main reseller. I’d try there first before going to a scalper. The ACE ticket office is half a block away and you can pick them up from there.

I usually get tickets from stubhub, but they might be a little pricey. I like their fanprotection guarantee. Every seat in Fenway is great so don’t worry about not being able to see the action.

The last place I’d check is the Game Day ticket window near Gate E on the corner of Lansdowne & Brookline. If you’re willing to risk your day waiting in line be my guest.

There’s a place where scalping is actually legal at the park, but I don’t remember the specific zones. But they do exist.

I highly recommend the Fenway tour in the morning. You can get passes in the ticket office on the corner of Yawkey & Brookline. Depending on the tour guide, if you’re lucky, you’ll get a chance to go inside the Green Monster and the dugout.

Oh and I also recommend going to night games because some day games in August is miserable and you’ll feel like you’re being broiled alive.

Hope that helps.

Adopted father of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on May 14, 2008 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

thanks

Stub Hub—I suppose I should have remembered about them, given their seizure-inducing catchphrase. And I’ll definitely go for the Saturday night game rather than the Sunday day game.

by non sequitur on May 14, 2008 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Have fun!

people hate you, but why do they hate you? because the are jealous!

by satyricrash on May 14, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

be warned that the fans aren’t as awesome as advertised and will probably be playing with beach balls and doing the wave during the game.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on May 14, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Advice on seeing a game at Fenway:

Go to a bank and ask for a very large loan at a 30-year fixed interest rate. This should cover the cost of one of your obstructed view seats.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on May 14, 2008 1:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Refinance the loan and buy a beer.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 14, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Done.

by non sequitur on May 14, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at Fenway a couple of years ago (September 2004). Bleachers seats were very good. They were overpriced, but so is gas at this point.

Here are a few seats in the section where I sat. Stub Hub Red Sox Tickets on 08/01/08

Ironically, they are about the same cost I paid in 2004. Row 2, Section 37.

The fans in the section where we sat were great. They of course were harping on us ‘cause we were Giants fans, but I think that gave them a little empathy for us. Highly recommend it.

My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .

by nvsfg on May 14, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

$71 for standing room only tickets?

I rest my case.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on May 15, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is a “premium” game. This of course is total BS. Any Friday, Saturday, or Sunday is a Premium game. If you’re playing a division rival they add an additional $10 to $15 bucks to the ticket price, plus whatever the Season Ticket holder thinks they can get.

I’m going down to two Dodger games tis year. One on July 5, and one on September 28. The cost for Good Bleacher seats, row 1, section 138 ( so row 3 really) at the phone booth were $89 each. I’m also going down to visit my Mom in San Diego. I got second row, over the visitors dugout at Petco for $52 bucks.

Supply and demand in action. Red Sox are pretty much sild out every year. They can charge what they want. AT&T pretty much sold out. Petco…Not so much.

My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .

by nvsfg on May 15, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus.....

It’s freaking Fenway Park. It’s old, it’s smelly, but it’s still Fenway. If you get a chance to go, you have to go.

My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .

by nvsfg on May 15, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did this last year...

...when the Giants were in Boston, and I got my tix over eBay at a better price than I was seeing on StubHub at the time. If you care about little things like angle of your seats relative the field of play, go for the 3rd base line rather than 1st. Also be prepared for a trip back in time to 1908 (or whenever Fenway was built)—it was a time when the average American ass was at least 40% narrower than it is today.

by sularz on May 14, 2008 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I’d heard about the narrow seats. I was planning on dropping a few pounds this summer anyway. Thanks for the 3rd base vs. 1st base tip. The most inviting seat I saw at first glance on stubhub though was in the bleachers in dead center.

by non sequitur on May 14, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with the earlier person who recommended ebay. Ebay is almost always your best bet when it comes to buying tickets to sold out games. Prices, in my experience, are cheaper than their other online counterparts. Also, make sure that your seats are not “obstructed view.” My wife and I went last year, and she could literally not see any right handed batter that was in the box. She didn’t mind that much, but you might.

by sunnyd100 on May 14, 2008 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe that noboby else has mentioned this yet....

Make sure your immunizations are up to date!!

Northeastern sports fans are notorious for their widespread airborne transmission of fleas, ticks, hepatitis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, cooties, ass-holeitus, and douchebaggery just to name a few.

Better safe than sorry.

Adoptive papa to Omar...so basically I'm screwed.

by PacBellBoozer on May 14, 2008 11:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs