Roll Call: Who is going to be in Chicago for the World Series?

[minnesotacubsfan]

fun fact:

 

The average ticket price to the WS in Chicago is $6600.

The seating capacity to Wrigley is 41,168

 

The Cubs will be grossing $272,368,800 PER GAME.

 

Does Cleveland get any of that?

 

http://e.lvme.me/v8ccqht.jpg

 

ok. how does it work?

[Cubswin11]

fun fact:

 

The average ticket price to the WS in Chicago is $3870.

The seating capacity to Wrigley is 41,168

 

The Cubs will be grossing $159,707,160 PER GAME.

 

Does Cleveland get any of that?

 

eta: I had bad data

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/10/23/chicago-cubs-win-sets-stage-for-most-expensive-world-series-tickets-in-baseball-history/#792ee5e85eab

That's still not how it works

[minnesotacubsfan]

I'm mainly excited with how high the ticket prices are, how that will help the Cubs with FA signing $$$ or new contracts. How much can they expect in a bump in spending?

[David]

fun fact:

 

The average ticket price to the WS in Chicago is $3870.

The seating capacity to Wrigley is 41,168

 

The Cubs will be grossing $159,707,160 PER GAME.

 

Does Cleveland get any of that?

 

eta: I had bad data

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/10/23/chicago-cubs-win-sets-stage-for-most-expensive-world-series-tickets-in-baseball-history/#792ee5e85eab

 

I don't...http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/metalsnake200/GIFs/uWqM3.gif

[Ding Dong Johnson]

lol

[David]

I'm mainly excited with how high the ticket prices are, how that will help the Cubs with FA signing $$$ or new contracts. How much can they expect in a bump in spending?

 

That money goes to the people holding the tickets. Those are secondary market prices.

 

Face values on these seats for the WS range from $175-$450 per seat for season ticket holders and more than that with dynamic pricing for people who buy single games, but still not near what you're hearing about the secondary market.

Edited October 24, 2016 by David

[Derwood]

Oh, Derwood

[David]

I don't know, money is great and all, but I don't think I could trade a chance of being there for cash. This is the thing that all of us have wanted our whole lives, but suddenly money is better? Come on

 

So buy tickets

[Hunter]

I am seriously looking at bleacher seats x2 for Game 5. Looking to stay in Tinley Park and take the Metra up. Hotels down there are $80-$90 a night. Any thoughts? I can go hang out at Wrigley for Game 4.

[Derwood]

I don't know, money is great and all, but I don't think I could trade a chance of being there for cash. This is the thing that all of us have wanted our whole lives, but suddenly money is better? Come on

 

So buy tickets

 

I'm working on it

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'll punch you in the dick if you drop $20K on a ticket

[Derwood]

I'll punch you in the dick if you drop $20K on a ticket

 

Oh horsefeathers no

[Cubswin11]

I'm mainly excited with how high the ticket prices are, how that will help the Cubs with FA signing $$$ or new contracts. How much can they expect in a bump in spending?

They certainly should be blowing by any of their projected revenue forecasts for this year, mostly because no reasonable and responsible forecasts should include hosting WS (or even playoff) games. The bump isn't coming from these crazy secondary market ticket prices though, they don't touch that money.

Edited October 24, 2016 by Cubswin11

[Clem Fandango]

Seriously not having the money to get season tickets a few years ago when our number was called is really starting to chap my ass. I could buy all the filmmaking gear I need and/or want by selling tickets to one game.

[MUCubsfan]

I'm mainly excited with how high the ticket prices are, how that will help the Cubs with FA signing $$$ or new contracts. How much can they expect in a bump in spending?

What exactly is it that you think Stubhub is?

[Hunter]

I am seriously looking at bleacher seats x2 for Game 5. Looking to stay in Tinley Park and take the Metra up. Hotels down there are $80-$90 a night. Any thoughts? I can go hang out at Wrigley for Game 4.

 

It looks like I can take Tinley Park to LaSalle and pick up the Red Line at Harold Washington. It's been years since I was last in Chicago. Anyone know if the times will work for leaving Wrigley that night? Am I looking at spending the middle of the night at Wrigley or taking a taxi back?

[minnesotacubsfan]

I'm mainly excited with how high the ticket prices are, how that will help the Cubs with FA signing $$$ or new contracts. How much can they expect in a bump in spending?

What exactly is it that you think Stubhub is?

 

a bar?

 

I'm notable dumb when it comes to tickets. Through the years, if I ever bought tickets it was through cubs.com at the beginning of the year or at a ticket office at Target field or Safeco where I lived. I've never bought tickets through stubhub. Lesson in econ 101 I suppose.

[mul21]

I am seriously looking at bleacher seats x2 for Game 5. Looking to stay in Tinley Park and take the Metra up. Hotels down there are $80-$90 a night. Any thoughts? I can go hang out at Wrigley for Game 4.

 

It looks like I can take Tinley Park to LaSalle and pick up the Red Line at Harold Washington. It's been years since I was last in Chicago. Anyone know if the times will work for leaving Wrigley that night? Am I looking at spending the middle of the night at Wrigley or taking a taxi back?

 

I've got a room booked near the Rosemont blue line stop. Those run past 3 am so I'm not worried about getting out that way late. Hotels are relatively cheap around there as well.

[Hunter]

I am seriously looking at bleacher seats x2 for Game 5. Looking to stay in Tinley Park and take the Metra up. Hotels down there are $80-$90 a night. Any thoughts? I can go hang out at Wrigley for Game 4.

 

It looks like I can take Tinley Park to LaSalle and pick up the Red Line at Harold Washington. It's been years since I was last in Chicago. Anyone know if the times will work for leaving Wrigley that night? Am I looking at spending the middle of the night at Wrigley or taking a taxi back?

 

I've got a room booked near the Rosemont blue line stop. Those run past 3 am so I'm not worried about getting out that way late. Hotels are relatively cheap around there as well.

 

Rosemont looks very doable. Now I have to decide on Game 4 or Game 5. Lackey probably for game 4 and Lester for 5.

[Clem Fandango]

Some useful, some self explanatory intel for us out of towners:

 

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/24/heading-to-wrigleyville-for-the-world-series-here-are-9-things-you-need-to-know/

[CubmanPi]

Some useful, some self explanatory intel for us out of towners:

 

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/24/heading-to-wrigleyville-for-the-world-series-here-are-9-things-you-need-to-know/

Thanks for sharing. I'm guessing the complete lack of any talk about outdoor projection of the game means it's probably a pipe dream. I can't imagine MLB's copyright rules would allow for such a thing to happen. Which stinks, because I don't want to be stuck somewhere relying on my phone to stream the game at 3 pitches behind real time, when I'm in earshot of so many thousands of people.

[jehr]

I made it for game 6... But I'm heading to GA today and back to Germany on Friday. Wish I could make it back for games 3 and 4...

 

These postseason game times are no fun here in Europe :-(

I was going to sleep early then walking up at 3 in the morning (skipping the first 2-3 innings), then going to work. After they lost games 2 and three, and then stomping them in game four when I slept in because I was exhausted... I stopped getting up as early.

[David]

Some useful, some self explanatory intel for us out of towners:

 

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/24/heading-to-wrigleyville-for-the-world-series-here-are-9-things-you-need-to-know/

Thanks for sharing. I'm guessing the complete lack of any talk about outdoor projection of the game means it's probably a pipe dream. I can't imagine MLB's copyright rules would allow for such a thing to happen. Which stinks, because I don't want to be stuck somewhere relying on my phone to stream the game at 3 pitches behind real time, when I'm in earshot of so many thousands of people.

 

i don't think watch parties are unprecedented

 

 

the cubs had planned one at wrigley for the wild card game last year but it fell through for some reason

[Clem Fandango]

After reading nearly 300,000 people stormed Wrigleyville for the NLCS game, I'm very unoptimistic about getting to a spot in Wrigleyville for any of the games unless I want to get there early afternoon, or even late morning.

 

I'm guessing the complete lack of any talk about outdoor projection of the game means it's probably a pipe dream. I can't imagine MLB's copyright rules would allow for such a thing to happen.

 

I would hope they would make a special exception for this. Or the city of Chicago would pony up the dough to make it happen elsewhere in the city. There are way too many parks in the city not to take advantage of that opportunity, especially to disperse the foot traffic across the city in this case. The amphitheater at Millennium Park comes to mind.

[CubmanPi]

Some useful, some self explanatory intel for us out of towners:

 

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/24/heading-to-wrigleyville-for-the-world-series-here-are-9-things-you-need-to-know/

Thanks for sharing. I'm guessing the complete lack of any talk about outdoor projection of the game means it's probably a pipe dream. I can't imagine MLB's copyright rules would allow for such a thing to happen. Which stinks, because I don't want to be stuck somewhere relying on my phone to stream the game at 3 pitches behind real time, when I'm in earshot of so many thousands of people.

 

i don't think watch parties are unprecedented

 

 

the cubs had planned one at wrigley for the wild card game last year but it fell through for some reason

An MLB franchise planning one at an MLB park sounds much more realistic* to me than off site elsewhere in the city, when the game is happening at Wrigley.

 

* I'm admittedly unknowledgeable and irrationally pessimistic in these matters.