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A fan sits in the right field bleachers during batting practice before a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illlinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The nine-packs of tickets the Cubs have been selling for the last few weeks have been joined by a new six-game pack, which will go on sale next Friday.
From the Cubs press release, here are details:
The Chicago Cubs today announced the sale of the Cubs 6-Game Pack, featuring tickets to Opening Day against the Washington Nationals, rivalry matchups with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox, and rare visits to Wrigley Field by the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. Sales begin Friday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. CST on www.cubs.com/6packs.
The Cubs 6-Game Pack provides a choice of 10 different pre-selected, six-game plans, with each option headlined by some of the schedule’s most popular games. The Cubs 6-Game Pack is available in both the Budweiser Bleachers and reserved seating bowl of Wrigley Field. Prices start at just $112 before taxes and fees for a package in the Upper Deck Reserved Outfield section.
What this means for ticket sales in general is unknown, although it does imply that the nine-game packs might not be selling. The general single-game ticket sale will be on Friday, March 9. More on the six-packs at this link.
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Is the March 9 date for all of MLB or just the Cubs?
I’m a Cubs fan but I don’t live far from Kansas City and would like to get All-Star Game tickets.
Holy Cattle - February 10, 2012
Teams decide dates on their own
doofus cubs guy - February 10, 2012
Right.
Plus, All-Star tickets will be a separate sale (probably announced by the Royals).
Al Yellon - February 10, 2012
All-Star tickets will probably only be sold directly to the public via lottery
As is usually the case with World Series tickets, the only way to buy All-Star tickets from the Royals without getting season tickets is to enter MLB’s lottery. Link here:
https://secure.mlb.com/mlb/tickets/asg_ticketopp.jsp?affiliateId=29L2921B-M59C
I found that at allstargame dot com
One caveat about the lottery entry: it asks for your date of birth. Since that’s an identity theft risk, and they only ask because it helps MLB (and whoever MLB shares that info with) market things to you, I’d encourage you to use a fake birthdate. I’ve done that for lots of these MLB lotteries, and it’s never caused me any problems. I always used to use a date in 1908, since that’s easy for us Cubs fans to remember, but this form doesn’t allow a year prior to 1909. Bummer. Also make sure you uncheck the box saying you want commercial emails from the Royals and MLB (unless you do). They pre-check that box on the form, which I think is sleazy.
Another choice is buying a Royals season ticket package, since you live nearby. A 20 game plan should get you the ability to buy ASG tix. 20-games start at $180 for one upper deck outfield seat, or you could pay $860 per dugout box seat, or anywhere in between that you like.
Your other option is buying tickets on StubHub.
Even if you find the ASG itself too expensive, I’d highly recommend the All-Star Sunday event – the Futures Game is very cool, and the celebrity softball game is amusing. The Futures Game has included Brett Jackson and Matt Szczur recently.
Season ticket holders and winners of the lottery I linked to above have to purchase a full strip that contains tickets to each All-Star event (Sunday, HR Derby on Monday, ASG on Tuesday, plus FanFest), but lots of people only want the ASG and end up dumping their All-Star Sunday tickets on StubHub, sometimes way below face. Face value for Sunday usually isn’t all that high to start with. Same with FanFest, which is also worth going to.
I apologize for dragging this thread further off topic, but didn’t want folks to wait around for an on-sale date that may never come while missing out on the lottery that ends in March.
Go Cubs! (And Go National League!)
Mile High Cub - February 12, 2012
Thanks for the scoop and the link.
Al Yellon - February 12, 2012
Clearly ,"Franchise" was taking BP when this photo was taken...
ballhawk - February 10, 2012
Too soon
Easy Ed - February 10, 2012
Say, Ed...
… what if “Franchise” suddenly becomes a great player with another team and goes to free agency?
Could he come back to the Cubs then?
;-)
Al Yellon - February 10, 2012
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santoswoodenlegs - February 10, 2012
looking forward to the 3-packs going on sale next!!
and then the 1-packs on March 9th!
doofus cubs guy - February 10, 2012
Was just thinkin' the same thing.
daver - February 10, 2012
Starting at $112 seems affordable enough
So I like this. Although there are some good options in the resale business…often from Gold Coast Tickets.
Azul Cachorro - February 10, 2012
Thanks for the Gold Coast reference
I’m new to buying resale tickets,and I didn’t know about Gold Coast until I saw your comment. Looks like a good source.
Tara - February 10, 2012
And look at this great benefit you get if you buy one!
From the page linked in the post:
Al Yellon - February 10, 2012
Gag me with a feather...
Doshi - February 10, 2012
Any idea about the 15% extra "Mastercard Presale"?
Have the Cubs mentioned anything about the Mastercard Presale where you can get tickets for marked up prices before the regular onsale?
shoebox76 - February 11, 2012
Haven't heard a thing.
But wouldn’t be surprised if they do that again.
Al Yellon - February 11, 2012
You still get one "really good" game with the 6-packs, but after that it gets trickier.
We were able to put together a 9 pack consisting of 2 Friday afternoons (one vs. STL), 2 Saturdays (including vs. BOS), 2 Sundays, and three weeknights.
With 2 April, 1 May, 2 June, 2 July, an August, and September 2.
Really, not a single bad game in the bunch.
The 6-packs all seem to have one “grenade” mid-week day game, though.
They’re also a bit more April-centric. (Although I like April games, even though they’re colder – the season is new and exciting.)
D98 - February 10, 2012
I thought the 9-game had good options as well
I played around with it and I think I got it without any games in April, it that’s what someone wanted.
RiskyBusiness - February 10, 2012
Can you ever choose seats on the Cubs web site?
I’m a newbie, sorry for the questions you’ve probably answered a bazillion times. :-/ But I can’t find the info anywhere. I noticed for the 9-game pack you can pick a section but you cannot pick row or seat. I suppose the 6-game will be the same. What about individual games? I’m fussy when it comes to seating for any event. I’m considering spending major $$ on StubHub so I can at least get the row I want. (Loved the “1-pack” comment!)
Tara - February 10, 2012
No, you can't.
Ticketmaster offers that service, and I have bought tickets that way for other events and really appreciate being able to pick specific seats.
Perhaps the Cubs could consider switching to Ticketmaster sometime in the future. Tickets.com’s interface, frankly, is awful.
Al Yellon - February 10, 2012
Thanks so much for the info
I guess I won’t even try to buy tickets on the Cubs web site then. It would have been my first time, I wasn’t clear about the process anyway (waiting room concept) so now I guess I don’t need to worry about it. :-) I didn’t realize that the Cubs are using tickets.com. Yes, it would be nice if they’d use Ticketmaster, I’ve bought tickets there and it was quite easy.
By the way, I’m hoping to bring my sports good luck to the Cubs this year. I’ve moved a lot and it seems like every time I arrive in a new city, within a year or two one or more sports teams win a championship. When I moved to Chicago the Sox won the World Series, and then nothing until Blackhawks though Bears came close. Chicago seems to be particularly resistant to my voodoo, especially the Cubs ! So we’ll see if being a declared fan and showing up at some games makes a difference. Probably not, but I’ll have fun anyway.
Tara - February 10, 2012
You are best off buying tickets from one of the Season Ticket Holders here
if you want specific sections or seats, or waiting and buying them on StubHub which if/when the season goes south they should be easy to get. I hope you do bring your luck to the Cubs soon.
jpeters407 - February 10, 2012
I can imagine the 9 game packs weren't selling well.
I’ve been purchasing 9-game and 13-game flex packs for the past few years. But, not this year. If I want to go to a game, I’ll buy tickets day of game… dirt cheap.
SackMan - February 11, 2012
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