Hi there,

I'll be in Chicago and would like to catch the game 3 White Sox game.

Can someone please provide info if the Box Office might have game day tickets, or release some standing room tickets.

I've checked StubHub and the tickets there are more than I wanted to spend.

Thanks!
Alanna

You might try ebay, but I'm guessing that the game is already sold out, so you are looking at paying over face value for tickets, especially during the playoffs.

They released SRO standing room only tickets last night so that maybe an option...just a thought.

Have you tried stubhub.com?

Andrews, alannap says she looked at stubhub already.

Alannap, what are you willing to spend? These are playoffs tickets, so you'll probably end up dropping a good amount of coin to get in.

Do not know of usual mark-up for White Sox, but for the Red Sox when we buy from a broker we generally expect to pay about twice face value. For playoff games this goes up to 3-4x face value - so that may give you some idea of price.

This is another place you could check for tickets. They will cost more since it is a reseller, but I usually find it's worth checking more than one place.

Click on "Sporting & Event Tickets" near the bottom of the page in the middle.

http://www.ytbtravel.com/Extras.aspx...ravelinconline

You could try e-bay, you might find a better price there than stubhub.

Yes, try stubhub. Go there Sunday morning hoping to find a seller who drops their price as game time approaches.

I guess I should read more closely.


Author: TwoFatFeet
Date: 10/02/2008, 08:34 am
Andrews, alannap says she looked at stubhub already.

Alannap, what are you willing to spend? These are playoffs tickets, so you'll probably end up dropping a good amount of coin to get in.

My son has 3 of them, the other has 1.

They were offered $500 a piece for them- and still aren't selling. LOL!

Thanks all. I'm really only looking to pay 2x face value for the nosebleed seats. I'll watch to see if any SRO are released for game three.

Worst case, we'll hit one of the bars around the stadium and watch the game on the tvs.

Thanks for your help!

I'm pretty sure even the nosebleed seats will be more than that, nor are there really many bars right around the Cell. I am a big White Sox fan, but it isn't Wrigleyville!

Jimbo's is closing down as soon as the playoffs are over- huge losing its lease issue that has been on-going for a couple of years, but there truly are not more than a handful of bars- only about 3 or 4 near enough to do this.

You could probably bar downtown at some sports related place and see the Bears game at 12 and then the Sox game- it would be a sports overload made in heaven day for some people I know. LOL!

The only bars close by are the ones holding prisoners in!

After the piteful game tonight, I wouldn't waste my money on tickets.

As for bars around the stadium, Jimbos is about the only sports bar (if you want to call it that). It's really a neigborhood bar. Check out the photo on YELP. Besides, if you aren't from "the neighborhood" you'll probably get the "fish eye".

In addition, once the game is over, you'll catch heck trying to get a cab back to wherever you are staying. Take JJ5's advice and stay downtown. A lot of the hotels have nice sports bars.

If you're 20-30ish, you could head north to the Lincoln Park area and hang out there. Just don't go to Wrigleyville and root for the Sox.

I forgot to check earlier, but now at stubhub there are seats offered at $69 each for two in 522 row 1 and also 2 in row 3. A pair in 524. Those seats were probably offered for $300 the other day. No singles available, tho.

Got an e-mail from the whitesox about an hour ago (10PM Pacific) saying there were tix available for game 4, but they were gone when I checked a half hour later.

When I checked, I saw that sections 522 and 524 are in the Upper Box area. Face value is $60. You'd end up paying another $4 processing charge and $2.50 for the TicketFast option. Total price around $67 at whitesox dot com.

So you basically could have paid 2x face value to get in, but you would have had two tickets. Pretty good tix, actually. Sell one at the stadium for $100 or $60 or $40.