Orioles FanFest today and individual ticket sales started today. Sumhow, all 48,000 tickets were sold out for Opening Day b4 they went on sale. How does that happen?? There aren't 48,000 season ticket holders. Even the nose bleeds up in the 300's were sold out. Can sumone explain this to me? I had to get tickets for the Wednesday the 7th game against Boston instead.
Well the way the redsox do it, is all opening day tix are obviously included in season tickets, also they are sold as 4 and 10 game packages, which went on sale a month before the single game tix. That's hpw boston works anyways...
I don't know if this explains it completely, but I know this is one factor. You're right, there aren't 48,000 full season tickets sold, but there are also a lot of partial season tickets. The Orioles give all season ticket holders (full and partial) an option to buy opening day tickets. Since most probably take them up on the offer, I think that would explain why they would all go before being available to the general public.
Apex wrote:I don't know if this explains it completely, but I know this is one factor. You're right, there aren't 48,000 full season tickets sold, but there are also a lot of partial season tickets. The Orioles give all season ticket holders (full and partial) an option to buy opening day tickets. Since most probably take them up on the offer, I think that would explain why they would all go before being available to the general public.
I guess your right, but who in there right mind would buy partial season tickets in section 355!!! lol.. its aight tho, still get to see a game in the opening series. And yes TrevisC, it is great, but we always sell out opening day, and games against the Yankees. Al because of jefrrey mayer or w/e his name was. If i ever saw him, well, to keep it PG i'll refrain from explaining what i would do to his sorry a$$.
justinA wrote:I guess your right, but who in there right mind would buy partial season tickets in section 355!!! lol..
No one's buying season tickets there, but think about it. If someone buys a 13-game plan in a decent seat, there are probably 7 other people that have 13-game plans there as well. If they all order opening day tickets, they're not all going to sit on top of each other on opening day. Their opening day tickets are spread out all over the ballpark, and some of them just have to take what they can get in section 355.
justinA wrote:I guess your right, but who in there right mind would buy partial season tickets in section 355!!! lol..
No one's buying season tickets there, but think about it. If someone buys a 13-game plan in a decent seat, there are probably 7 other people that have 13-game plans there as well. If they all order opening day tickets, they're not all going to sit on top of each other on opening day. Their opening day tickets are spread out all over the ballpark, and some of them just have to take what they can get in section 355.
good point, I didnt think about it that way. there could be 6 ppl with different 13 game plans in the same seat like u said, multiply that by a couple thousand plans, thats like another 15,000 seats. Thanks for clearing it up for me, i couldnt think of a fathomable way it would happen.
tool069c wrote:Well the way the redsox do it, is all opening day tix are obviously included in season tickets, also they are sold as 4 and 10 game packages, which went on sale a month before the single game tix. That's hpw boston works anyways...
If it's like so many sporting events now days, they sell them to corporate sponsors first. If you know someone in those organizations then you stand a good shot of getting some. Otherwise welcome to the world of Big Buck Sports!
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by justinA » Sat Feb 07, 2004 5:05 pm 
