Will you still purchase your usual tix if Quade and/or Hendry return in 2012?

but I won’t spend a dime on them until they win a title (maybe if they get close). I decided that after they got destroyed in the ‘08 playoffs and so far I’ve stuck to it.

I have no plans to adjust my game attendance (10-12 games per year) based on who’s minding the store.

“Not sure at this time”

I will still purchase some single game tickets from scalpers, but less than this year and not a single one from the box office?

Why spend money on a team that does not know what they are doing.

I actually much prefer Wrigley Field when they’re drawing 27-28k. It’s more comfortable to make up for the lousy infrastructure while still noisy enough to enjoy “fun at the old ballpark.”

I haven’t been to Wrigley this year, but that’s more of a factor of bad weather and work travel – there have been about four games that I was actively monitoring on StubHub and I’ve made it to none of them. I’m still planning to go to the 9/6 Reds game weather permitting, and either the 8/22 Braves game or the 9/19 Brewers game work permitting. If next year’s weeknight schedule works out, I can easily see going to 4-5 games if I can get tickets at 70% of face. (Buying singles on Stubhub hurts because you pay the $10.20 in fees.)

I had originally planned to go to 12 road games this season – I cancelled this month’s ATL SatSun and the SF Mon/Tue pairs so I’ll be at 8. Road games always depend on the schedule, and I usually can’t travel until mid-May. But the manager or GM will not be what prevents me from going to one weekend series a month in May-June-July-August if I like the cities: my 2012 wish list is SD, BAL, MIN, MIA, NYM.

As long as she renews I will still buy my share. If she doesn’t I hope to still buy around the same amount of individual tickets…that is if my husband lets me.

I have not this year, and I’m not certain about next year yet.

Next spring is still a long way off.

and I only purchased tickets to 1 game

the nice thing about the attendance issues is it makes it easier for the company I work for to buy tickets as incentives. If that keeps up – great.

My priorities have completely changed. I have a 3 month old nephew (my first) and my time back in CHI is too precious. Family is the priority and then seeing as many friends as possible.

OTOH – I will make efforts to see the Cubs in SD, LA, PHX, SF etc. I will get to see my team as well as explore the other parks.

I will certainly attend a number of games but obviously it will be easy for me to buy tickets. It does say something that someone who has had season tickets for 23 years and lived 800 miles away for 20 of them would consider dropping them. Having to eat huge sums of money this year is clearly a major factor. I was always a shade disorganized on selling my tickets and never sold to brokers, but now that it is clear that any season ticket holder will lose a significant sum, by keeping them I have to think twice if it is worth it for me. I do have regulars who buy my tickets but only about half my extras. I will likely look to split them despite having turned down many offers over the years. I am actually lucky, I have very good seats at an actual reasonable price.

I will pretty disgusted if I don’t see some change. I could actually live with Hendry staying if Quade & Kenney went and there was an operations person over Hendry but I don’t see that happening.

Just like many of the other season ticket holders stated i can afford to eat all these games or sell at 1/2 price when the average cost of my ticket with all the price tiers is 81 dollars….. it was different in the past when 5 years ago tickets were half this price and previously a third f this price…. I could handle eating tickets during a losing season…but the cubs have NO DIRECTION ..zero… i do not trust ricketts at all….. so im not less of a fan its just they have out priced the tickets for the value of the seats…. about 2 times the what people want to pay for the games… and Im not subsidizing a disorganized owner who has yet to show me or tell his fans whats the plan….

It’s a great way to spend a day. However, I have been going less and less and will continue to go less and less if Hendry and Quade are kept in place.

I used to go to around 15-20 Cub games a year about a decade ago but then the explosion in ticket prices occurred and I couldn’t justify it anymore. There was a point not too long ago where I could get a 200 level seat and a beer or two for $40 or so. Not anymore. The cost threw me way past what I was willing to spend at least 15 – 20 times a year.

I usually go to around 4-7 games now. If those two are kept on, it would drop to 2-3.

and I’ve went 3 this year and sold the the tickets to the other 3 games under face because it wasn’t worth it to make the trip up. If those boobs are still in charge, I will only buy tickets to one game before the season and wait to get them for half price or less after the team stinks it up in Apr and May. After all, I still love baseball, just can’t stand paying through the nose to watch it being played so shabbily.

…… living here in Long Beach, CA., I’ll still go to Spring Training every year, spend about a week or so, make the every other year or so trip to Chicago and see as many games as possible. I’ll go to San Diego, San Francisco and Anaheim when I can to see them as well. Screw Dodger Stadium, however.

For the life of me, if someone is a fan of baseball, the Cubs and baseball history, I can’t imagine why anyone would deprive themselves of a trip to Wrigley Field. Taking a step back from all the crap nowadays and just imagining and appreciating all that has gone down there the last 98 years seems to be lost on a lot of people.

to travel and see the Cubs play (going to the Mets series in NY and the final series at Wrigley for 2011).

I am not planning on repeating this next year. As much as I love going to see them play at Wrigley my enthusiasm for this team has waned. Until I see substantial developments that indicate they are working towards rebuilding this team and organisation (the draft was a huge start) I’m holding off on another trip for the foreseeable future.

My youngest son turns 3 next year and it’s been a family tradition to make your 1st Wrigley trip at 3 years old, that began with my Dad taking me in 1980. The previous games were both wins, with one being that great comeback against the Brewers. It’s getting hard to raise Cub fans here in Wisconsin but i’m doing my best.

But I live in Western New York and can’t afford to go on any sort of trip right now, or probably next year either. Not looking for any pity, just stating the facts. I’ve never seen the Cubs in person; I’m just grateful I have MLBN and WGN to let me see some of their games on TV.

Enough is enough on ST’s. Hardly been there this year too. When I did go a couple times, I got tix on SH.

A few of us will be biking down there next week and end-Sept, all the tix will be had on SH. I’m not handing over any more of my hard-earned cash for Cubs tix.

It’s a cautionary tale.

Especially if they raise prices again. I’ll probably go to games but it will be to help out a season ticket holder at least get some of his/her money back…I’ll buy directly from them, likely at a discount on StubHub and/or eBay

There is no better place in the world than wrigley to watch playoff baseball. And even when the cubs are not winning – it is still an amazing venue even at these crazy prices. If I don’t spend money on bleachers – give me something as fun to spend my money on

Now that major changes seem to be on the horizon would you
change your vote on the poll?