Dugout, Bullpen and Bleacher Seats

Mar 13, 2007 5:59 PM     
subject    DUGOUT, BULLPEN AND BLEACHER BOX SEAT TICKETS     
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Dugout, Bleacher, Bullpen Box Seating Opportunity
March 13, 2007

Dugout, Bleacher, Bullpen Box Seating Opportunity

Dear sanantonecub,

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Individual tickets for Dugout Box seats are from $55.00 for Value Games, $130.00 for Regular Games and $255.00 for Prime Games. Individual tickets for Bleacher Box seats are from $24.00 for Value Games, $47.00 for Regular Games and $62.00 for Prime Games. Individual tickets for Bullpen Box seats are from $45.00 for Value Games, $80 for Regular Games and $155 for Prime Games. Ticket prices for the Dugout Box seats, Bleacher Box seats and Bullpen Box seats correspond with the same three tier variable pricing structure used for value, regular and prime dates used for other tickets in Wrigley Field.

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Just noticed that I won't be able to purchase until late at night.  All the good stuff will be gone :(

In sections 15-26, inside the two dugouts.  They are rows A, B, and C as they were only recently built.

I dunno about pictures, but I'm sure you can imagine the view. If nothing else, take seatdata's and imagine yourself 15 rows closer.

Here are a few taken from the dugout boxes.  And the pictures really don't do it justice.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/08cubs/DSC00975.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/08cubs/DSC00980.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/08cubs/DSC01001.jpg

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next to the visitors dugout a couple of years ago. Those were outside the screen, so close it was a little scary (especially with little kids.)

sit this close

Still--incredible seats, screen or not. The kids got three balls from Brewers and the ball girl. We have the 10AM slot and will probably try to sit there again.

that led to my infamous "You Suck, Freddie Bynum" exortation in September of last year, during his 3-error performance that particular rainy night against the Dodgers. Freddie heard me, and tossed an obscenity back toward me to the horror of everybody seated in the boxes. My telling of the tale then led to my subsequent hand-slapping by the good readers of BCB, for saying such (non) naughty things to poor ol' Freddie.

So, if you purchase these seats. Zip it! No talking!

The Cubs did rally to win that game, in extras.

... so I'd think it'll be pretty good, except perhaps for Opening Day and White Sox and Cardinals games.

... the first group gets first call at anything, so unless you're picking one of the really popular games, you should get what you want.

Or, I can save seats for you.

... just like the email says. You go to the link they sent you, log in with the password and email you gave, and then you have to do it during that login session.

If you are going for a weekday value game, you should pretty much have your pick of tickets -- those will be the last games to go, and you'll get great seats at a (somewhat more) reasonable price.

... get them before the season starts, but I suspect you'll get them well before 9/17.

I believe the tickets were mailed late in April.

Against the Sux, it would be hard, but not impossible.  There's always - for any game - tickets available from people who have an extra.

What I've done is wait for people coming off the L at the Addison station.  This can be tricky, however, since the cops look for this and will tell you to move along.  They clearly get paid off from the scalpers, who are buying up spares to resell at inflated prices.  To get around this, I've gone up to the platform to work the crowd.  There's also minions from the scalpers up there, but rarely a cop.  The difference between me just looking for one and the scalpers gophers is very, very obvious and people who hate scalpers are happy to sell their extra at face.

Another source for tickets is along Clark, where several of the bars have a bunch of season tickets and will send someone outside to dump the extras to people passing by.  This is especially good for weekday day games, where a reasonable offer below face is usually good.

The biggest no-no is transacting business on the actual block Wrigley sits on.  If you work that crowd, you have to be very discreet and then go over to the 7-11 to do the deal.  And most people with extras have dumped them before they get there anyway, since they can't let people know without getting busted.  That's why I like the L.