Ticket Advice

[naptown cub]

I am showing up at Wrigley tomorrow sans ticket. Should I:

 

A) Buy one now at Stub Hub?

 

B) Deal with the scalpers and kiosks outside of Wrigley tomorrow and negotiate a deal (does anyone know if this will be cheaper and/or reliable)?

 

C) Drink and wait until the game starts and get a ticket while prices fall?

 

Thanks in advance for any input.

[jersey cubs fan]

It depends on what is important to you. If the most important thing is going to the game, buy your ticket now, relax and enjoy. If you want to save some money, wait until you get there and deal with scalpers, while taking on the risk of fraud. If you want to try and get a deal, wait until after first pitch, risk missing an inning or more of exciting playoff baseball.

[FearTheBako]

I am also considering all three of those options. I live near Wrigely, so our thoughts on the situation might be different but here we go.

 

1. Stub hub is redic. I'm not dealing w/ that for game 1. One the other hand you will have a tix for the game and can relax knowing that.

 

2. If your referring to actual scalpers, dont bother. If your referring to the brokers who legally sell tix around Wrigley, they will highball you just like they do on Stub hub. They will tell you that "they know the market, and if you don't like it, than don't go to the game". When in reality, they are just trying to screw some Cubs fans.

 

3. Best option IMO. (This is what I'm doing). Wait and watch at a bar next to one of these places until they brokers are desperate to get rid of the remains. They will still try to highball you, but you have MUCH more leverage to negotiate and should be able to get down to near face value. Worst case, you dont get a ticket, and you enjoy the game at a bar (Where honestly, more true Cub fans will probably be)

[jersey cubs fan]

I am also considering all three of those options. I live near Wrigely, so our thoughts on the situation might be different but here we go.

 

1. Stub hub is redic. I'm not dealing w/ that for game 1. One the other hand you will have a tix for the game and can relax knowing that.

 

2. If your referring to actual scalpers, dont bother. If your referring to the brokers who legally sell tix around Wrigley, they will highball you just like they do on Stub hub. They will tell you that "they know the market, and if you don't like it, than don't go to the game". When in reality, they are just trying to screw some Cubs fans.

3. Best option IMO. (This is what I'm doing). Wait and watch at a bar next to one of these places until they brokers are desperate to get rid of the remains. They will still try to highball you, but you have MUCH more leverage to negotiate and should be able to get down to near face value. Worst case, you dont get a ticket, and you enjoy the game at a bar (Where honestly, more true Cub fans will probably be)

 

Or they are trying to make the most money they can on a highly prized commodity.

[FearTheBako]

I am also considering all three of those options. I live near Wrigely, so our thoughts on the situation might be different but here we go.

 

1. Stub hub is redic. I'm not dealing w/ that for game 1. One the other hand you will have a tix for the game and can relax knowing that.

 

2. If your referring to actual scalpers, dont bother. If your referring to the brokers who legally sell tix around Wrigley, they will highball you just like they do on Stub hub. They will tell you that "they know the market, and if you don't like it, than don't go to the game". When in reality, they are just trying to screw some Cubs fans.

3. Best option IMO. (This is what I'm doing). Wait and watch at a bar next to one of these places until they brokers are desperate to get rid of the remains. They will still try to highball you, but you have MUCH more leverage to negotiate and should be able to get down to near face value. Worst case, you dont get a ticket, and you enjoy the game at a bar (Where honestly, more true Cub fans will probably be)

 

Or they are trying to make the most money they can on a highly prized commodity.

 

I realize that these are highly prized, but the brokers are doing 75% of their buisness during the week, selling tickets to buisness and mostly corporate Chicago, AKA companies that can afford these and use to take a high profile client to. The brokers know very well that a fan walking in day of playoff game is not going to pay $500 a tix. They will tell you that is what they are going for because a company of 2000 employees bought 4 tickets to the game at that price. Bottom line, when you go in there before the game, you have very little leverage on them as they are "experts on the market", have "huge demand for tickets" and you are just one in thousands.