How much does your "Day at the park" Cost You?

[Omaha Red Sox]

Got free tickets to a BOS/KC game early next month. Any money we saved on tickets will be made up for in other things I'm sure since I'm taking an 8 and 12 year old along. Foam fingers and tiny bats all around!

[Dan Lambskin]

i have a 15 game pack for Comerica, this is typical
Ticket (upper deck behind home plate) - $22
Parking - $10 (4 of us go, non-drivers split it)
Street Peanuts - $1.50
Beer (x3 or 4) - $6.50-$8.50 depenidng on if i want a 16oz can or 20oz draft = $34 worst case
Food - usually between $0-$10 depening on if i eat before/after

so...a typical worst case game for me is about $72.50 (tickets were pre-paid so about $50 a game x 15 games = $1087.50/year ). My wife says since we are having a baby that that number will be severely reduced (i'll probably grab 2 or 3 single game tickets but in better sections)

cant wait till Saturday to watch Verlander smoke the White Sux

[acsguitar]

acs

I heading down to Denver in August and am planning on catching a Rockies game. Where is the free parking at, I figure if I'm gonna watch the Rockies play the Nats then they aught to be paying me. Sure hope the don't trade Holliday by then.

HA Which game are you going too? I'm getting married August 2nd and then going the August 4th game with my family

[Omaha Red Sox]

HA Which game are you going too? I'm getting married August 2nd and then going the August 4th game with my family

Congratulations acs! Where's my invite?

[MasterX1918]

$100 for a Red Sox game. Even as a hardcore Red Sox fan it's way too expensive for me, a college student, to go to a game. It really is a bummer.

[tinfoilxtouch]

Man, some of you guys polishing off 5-10 beers over the course of the game must have to go back and check box scores the next day to remember what happened.

It really is sad how much just a ticket, parking, a dog and a soda runs these days. I used to go to 10 games a year. Now it's hard to justify, especially when you're usually stuck between nose-bleed or $75 tickets if you wait until the pitching matchups are set. Going to Angel stadium, for example, you can only get the "cheap" $35 seats where you can still see the game 4 weeks out or against the Royals.

[acsguitar]

I used to go to 10 games a year. Now it's hard to justify, especially when you're usually stuck between nose-bleed or $75 tickets if you wait until the pitching matchups are set. Going to Angel stadium, for example, you can only get the "cheap" $35 seats where you can still see the game 4 weeks out or against the Royals.

Bummer I probably go to 20+ games a year easy here

[jfg]

I have a secret spot for Twins games but I don't think I'm going to tell since it's only 6-7 spots and they are almost always empty, usually free and on patrolled streets. I'm guessing hardly anyone knows about them since there are parking lots a block away that people pay 5 bucks to park in.

[dweenmachine]

Getting tickets to see the Red Sox at Fenway is pretty tough, unless you want to pay quite a bit for them... I used to be able to get $7 standing room tickets, which were reserved for active duty military. It was great, we had our own line, and you could buy an extra ticket for a guest as long as they were with you. Even still, I remember spending on average about $100 per game which included food and drinks.
I've only been to two games since getting out of the Navy... 2 years ago

[silverZ]

Tickets - Free (uncle works for at the Rogers centre, 2 or 4 free tickets to any game. Not always the best but never that bad)
Subway/Bus - Always have a bus pass
Hotdog - 4 bucks
Alcohol - 10-30 bucks (8 bucks a beer so I usually sneak in a 15 dollar mickey and mix it with a 5 dollar coke)

= 15 to 40 bucks a game. Only 10 bucks if all I get is a hotdog and coke. 5 Bucks all together if I find my buddy that works the conessions for his 50% off.

Now if only the Bluejays would stop sucking.