The Red Sox put tickets on sale on December 12th during their annual Christmas at Fenway event. As usual, select games for April, May, and (beginning on Sunday morning) September were offered for sale. While almost all the good seats together were sold in the first day, as of December 20th there are still plenty of standing room and obstructed view seats available. This is a bit unusual, as even getting 8 standing room tickets for a game in a single order was difficult in years past a week after tickets went on sale. This may signal a slightly smaller demand for tickets this year, which would not be surprising, given the team's finish to the season last year and the sagging economy.
The next chance Sox fans have to buy good tickets to games is likely to be January 30th, when the team is expected to offer tickets for the really "good" games this year -- June, July, August, and some weekends in April, May, and September that aren't available yet.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tickets for April, May games on sale Saturday, Dec. 12th
Once again, the Red Sox are putting tickets on sale for select April and May games this Saturday, December 12th at 10 a.m. The tickets will be made available online at redsox.com or by calling their automated phone ticketing system at 888-REDSOX6. Simultaneously, lucky fans who were selected through an online lottery will be able to purchase tickets in person at Fenway Park during their 7th annual "Christmas at Fenway" event.
The tickets being put on sale are the following: 6 series in April and May against the Rays, Rangers, Orioles, Angels, Blue Jays, and Twins, with the Rays (April 16-18) and the Orioles (April 23-25) series being the only weekend games available. In addition, Sox Pax will be available. Sox Pax are 4-game ticket packages which allow you to buy up to 4 tickets for each game (16 total tickets). These are highly sought-after as 7 of the 10 Sox Pax offerings include a game against the Yankees, and the other 3 Sox Pax include only weekend games. The games in the Sox Pax are scattered throughout the season (not just April and May). For specific information about Sox Pax, go to this page on the Red Sox Web site.
Getting tickets during a general Red Sox onsale date is notoriously hard, whether it be this Saturday or the last Saturday in January, when tickets for June through September games go on sale. You are battling the hundreds of thousands of Red Sox fans in New England and across the country, as well as many ticket resellers who attack the ticketing system from as many angles as possible.
Your strategy for getting tickets: There are basically two things you can do.
1) Go to redsox.com a few minutes before 10 a.m. and click on the order tickets button until it says you are in the Virtual Waiting Room. From there it is a waiting game. The page will refresh every 30 seconds, so you will know you are still in the waiting room. You may be in the waiting room for up to 12 hours before you are offered the chance to buy tickets. Sadly, if you have to wait that long, there is likely to only be scattered single tickets available. You don't have to sit by your computer when you are in the waiting room. You can move around the house and check back every 10 minutes or so. (In the first hour you should check more frequently in case you are lucky enough to be offered tickets). To increase your chances of getting out of the waiting room faster and being offered tickets, set up as many computers as you have in the house side by side so you can monitor them.
2) In addition to having your Web browser open and being in the Virtual Waiting Room, you should try to get through to the telephone automated ticketing system. The number to call is 888-RED-SOX6 (888-733-7696). This requires much more patience and perseverance than the online system, due to the constant redialing. Most people can only bear that redialing for 20 to 30 minutes before they give up. If you are going to call the phone system, you should do it in the morning, so at least if you get through you will get pretty good tickets. To alleviate the boredom of redialing you can watch a movie to pass the time.
The tickets being put on sale are the following: 6 series in April and May against the Rays, Rangers, Orioles, Angels, Blue Jays, and Twins, with the Rays (April 16-18) and the Orioles (April 23-25) series being the only weekend games available. In addition, Sox Pax will be available. Sox Pax are 4-game ticket packages which allow you to buy up to 4 tickets for each game (16 total tickets). These are highly sought-after as 7 of the 10 Sox Pax offerings include a game against the Yankees, and the other 3 Sox Pax include only weekend games. The games in the Sox Pax are scattered throughout the season (not just April and May). For specific information about Sox Pax, go to this page on the Red Sox Web site.
Getting tickets during a general Red Sox onsale date is notoriously hard, whether it be this Saturday or the last Saturday in January, when tickets for June through September games go on sale. You are battling the hundreds of thousands of Red Sox fans in New England and across the country, as well as many ticket resellers who attack the ticketing system from as many angles as possible.
Your strategy for getting tickets: There are basically two things you can do.
1) Go to redsox.com a few minutes before 10 a.m. and click on the order tickets button until it says you are in the Virtual Waiting Room. From there it is a waiting game. The page will refresh every 30 seconds, so you will know you are still in the waiting room. You may be in the waiting room for up to 12 hours before you are offered the chance to buy tickets. Sadly, if you have to wait that long, there is likely to only be scattered single tickets available. You don't have to sit by your computer when you are in the waiting room. You can move around the house and check back every 10 minutes or so. (In the first hour you should check more frequently in case you are lucky enough to be offered tickets). To increase your chances of getting out of the waiting room faster and being offered tickets, set up as many computers as you have in the house side by side so you can monitor them.
2) In addition to having your Web browser open and being in the Virtual Waiting Room, you should try to get through to the telephone automated ticketing system. The number to call is 888-RED-SOX6 (888-733-7696). This requires much more patience and perseverance than the online system, due to the constant redialing. Most people can only bear that redialing for 20 to 30 minutes before they give up. If you are going to call the phone system, you should do it in the morning, so at least if you get through you will get pretty good tickets. To alleviate the boredom of redialing you can watch a movie to pass the time.
Monday, October 26, 2009
2010 Sox schedule announced; tickets in December and January
Major League Baseball has announced the Red Sox schedule for 2010, and at least as far as games with the Yankees are concerned, it is quite unusual. The Yankees come to Fenway to open the season for a 3-game series beginning April 5th, and they close the regular season with a 3-game series at Fenway beginning October 1st. The Yankees' only other visit to Fenway will be the first weekend in May. Between their May visit and the final series of the regular season, each team will be play about 130 games, with 9 of them being Red Sox-Yankee games at Yankee Stadium.
The Red Sox have not announced any ticket onsale dates yet, but plan on select April, May and September games going on sale during the second Saturday in December (their annual Christmas at Fenway event), and the remainder of the regular season tickets going on sale the Saturday between the NFL's conference championship games and the Super Bowl.
The Red Sox have not announced any ticket onsale dates yet, but plan on select April, May and September games going on sale during the second Saturday in December (their annual Christmas at Fenway event), and the remainder of the regular season tickets going on sale the Saturday between the NFL's conference championship games and the Super Bowl.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ticket purchasing lottery for ALCS ends Friday Oct. 2nd
If you want to have a chance to buy tickets to potential ALCS games at Fenway, you have until noon this Friday to go to the Red Sox Web site and sign up. You have to submit your name, email address, etc. A new twist this year is that they are asking for your credit card number and expiration date when you sign up for the lottery. They don't charge your credit card until you actually go to buy tickets (if you are lucky enough to get selected in the drawing).
The rules state that there can only be one entry person. Each multiple entry for the same person will be disregarded and only their first entry will be considered. TIP: each entry that uses a unique email address will be accepted, even if it from the same person, so if you have a work email address, home email address, etc., you should enter them all. You just have to remember to check those email inboxes when they announce who won the drawing (which they haven't announced yet).
The rules state that there can only be one entry person. Each multiple entry for the same person will be disregarded and only their first entry will be considered. TIP: each entry that uses a unique email address will be accepted, even if it from the same person, so if you have a work email address, home email address, etc., you should enter them all. You just have to remember to check those email inboxes when they announce who won the drawing (which they haven't announced yet).
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