andrew the cubs the sox and face value ticket miracles

[okiedan]

Sorry for asking and I hope that this is not a misuse of this forum
(it possibly is)

but my Dad and my brother Andrew and I had a tradition of making a yearly pilgrimage to Chicago and go to a cubs game every year

(Andrew eventually decided that just to be contrarian that he would be a sox fan and demanded that we would go to a sox game)

Well this year the whole family is gather in chicago around the 4th (Andrews birthday)

And thought it would be cool to take his son liam, amy, my mom, my dad, my 3 kids,my cousin/sister jenny and my wife to the game (or at least to take my Dad and Liam) on 7/1 or 7/2

however tickets are all sold out
and are going for crazy crazy premiums

so if anyone knows someone with season tickets they are not using that would be willing to sell at FACE VALUE
or knows of any other way to get cubs tickets at Face Value

please let me know

Thanks
Dan

[dadmo]

dan:
I hope someone can help. As far as I'm concerned we're family and you can ask for whatever Andrew might need.

[Scott]

I had exactly the same thought as dadmo, Dan. It's good to hear from you, and I hope you and your family are doing well!

[Kman99]

Dan..

It looks like best case scenario, you want 10 tickets on 7/1 or 7/2? Or 3 on either date for you, Liam and your dad? Right.

I have quite a few friends and clients in Chicago, so let me know and I'll try and get you some seats.

[okiedan]

Thanks Kman
that is super cool
really appreciate you looking into it

that is exactly what I am looking for
best case 10
but at least 3
either date works

Thanks

Dan


10 years ago -- Andrew and Amy had just gotten married -- I had returned just in time from over a year of bumming around the world to be the best man ---
the wedding was in tulsa
but had a second reception in Chicago
and on his birthday I took a group of 15 or 16 to the cubs game (back when I could call the box office and order tickets at last minute and get a group rate)and had "Happy Birthday Andrew" flash on the scoreboard

so there is a lot of memories and emotion wrapped up in this group outing to see the cubs

[Kman99]

Dan...

I'm a huge Red Sox fan, with family and many friends as Yankee fans. I completely empathize with the heat Andrew must of taken for being a contrarian. At this point, I have emails and calls out to friends and clients in Chi-town, so I will let you know if I have any luck.

All the best.

[okiedan]

Used to live in Boston (actually moved into the apartment that Fred Lynn had just moved out of --- got a bunch of his mail - and he cam to pick it up one day)

Was a big red sox fan back in the days of Jim Rice, Pudge Fisk, Louis Tiant and the Spaceman

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Last time was at Fenway -- saw the Red Sox playing the Yankees (back in 99) -- was bumming around the east coast that summer - lots of crazy experiences ranging from hanging out with Arlo Guthre and camping on his land to getting hassled by the South Windsor CT police who somehow mistook me for a suspect who looked just like me but turned out to be a 55 year old 350 pound bald man (to this day I think it was just there way of saying don't park a beat up car covered with Grateful Dead Stickers in a neighborhood full of 800k homes)
then I decided to go to boston on the spur of the moment -- had not been to fenway in years so decided I would try and get in --
ended up scoring a ticket way below face value--
sweet tickets -- lower level third baseline
the only catch was the women that gave me the ticket and was sitting next to me for the whole game -- ended up being a very loud (extremely drunk by the 5th inning) Yankees fan
and all the surrounding red sox fans just assumed that we were there together

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Appreciate all your efforts

Thanks Again
Dan

[Don]

I also have some connections in the Great Lakes area that owe me a few favors I might be able to squeeze some tickets out of them.. I'll give it a shot... I'm also a Red Sox fan-atic Hope all is well with you and the family Dan!!!!! DON

[okiedan]

cool thanks Don

[dadmo]

Some of the things this forum is able to do are truely inspirational. Thanks everyone, you really are a great bunch.

[topshelf]

sorry for answering this so late ....and i am not trying to push my company or my website .. but i am a ticket broker /event planner .. dan go to my site and look up the games yopu need ..my number is on the web page .. if there is anything you need on there i can usually get 20-30% cheaper ..and if the holder of the tickets is someone i know and deal with , which they usually are , i can get it even more of a discount .

https://www.topshelftickets.com

if this is a misuse of the site , have on of the moderaters let me know and ill send it privately .

[okiedan]

Thanks Topshelf

I really appreciate your generous offer but at this point I am just going to take a wait and see approach and see what materializes

Out of curiousity-- are there people that will actually pay $20,625 for a single ticket to a Cub game????
then again if I had a spare $600k I would probably buy the entire suite

Thanks again

Dan

[Kman99]

Dan..

I am not having much luck yet on finding tickets. As the week unfolds, I'll let you know if I come up w/ any.

[Kman99]

Sorry Dan....no luck in find you and your family tickets. Hopefully you find tickets at reasonable cost so you can keep the tradition going.

Cheers.

[okiedan]

Thanks for trying Kman

No worries

We will get into the game

I will walk the streets of wrigley ville until something materializes
(usually works)

Thanks Again

Dan

P.S.: hopefully in a few days I will be posting the a story of tickets magically materializing


Just had a recollection of going to a sold out Cub game 2 years ago
Andrew had just finished up chemo and was cancer free for the moment
my Dad and I were in chicago together -- and to keep our yearly tradition went to a cub game
think it might have been Cubs - Sox --- whatever it was was sold out
I had been the day before with my cousin and was hard pressed to get good seats for less that $100
so we are walking to the game
almost stop at the Piano man to talk to Ticket Teddy (an old scalper buddy)
but I was sure something would materialize
so we walked to the park
checked the day of the game window
found out they were not leaking any tickets today
then ran into a couple women from Oklahoma -- who had 2 tickets for face value
they were upper deck
but decided to grab them
then we got something to eat
and had a pint of guinness
and were walking back to the park when I saw an old man in a white t-shirt standing there with his grand son
he had two box seats
first base line
row 1

amazing seats
face was $90
I had like $50
some guy was offering him $60 --
but he wanted $75
I talked to him explained that I would gladly pay $75 or even face value
but had to get cash
he had the two adjoining seats
so he took my $50 on the promise that I would bring him the rest on the inside

I sold the other tickets for face to some people desperate for affordable tix

then went inside

I ended up sittin next to the old man
and talked him a lot

these were his sons seats and he had just died of cancer a few weeks earlier
he told me some great stories about climbing the fence to sneak into wrigley during the great depression

my dad ended up talking to the family on his right
they had a 7 year old son who was under going chemo at the time
and this was his first ball game

was a wonderful afternoon of great conversation
and a good ball game

--
so like I said
things just have a way of happening at wrigley