tix are expensive this year...you could pick up seats for a penny on stub hub last year...this year, they start at $6 for tonights game.
im kinda surprised the prices arent lower considering the cold, rainy days/nights chicago has been getting lately. even if i was a cubs fan, you couldnt pay me enough to sit out there.
tix are expensive this year...you could pick up seats for a penny on stub hub last year...this year, they start at $6 for tonights game.
StubHub had to change they way that they list prices this year. They now need to show all of their buyer fees and charges in the original price (instead of tacking them on later when you check out).
In reality, you could never get tix for a penny last year. After all of the StubHub fees, you were paying about $5 per ticket.
tix are expensive this year...you could pick up seats for a penny on stub hub last year...this year, they start at $6 for tonights game.
im kinda surprised the prices arent lower considering the cold, rainy days/nights chicago has been getting lately. even if i was a cubs fan, you couldnt pay me enough to sit out there.
Would you sit out in this weather for any baseball game (unless its October/November)?
Bad weather is brutal on ticket prices. Once the weather is nice, tickets will jump up to around face value (or higher for Sox and Cards) for most games.
tix are expensive this year...you could pick up seats for a penny on stub hub last year...this year, they start at $6 for tonights game.
StubHub had to change they way that they list prices this year. They now need to show all of their buyer fees and charges in the original price (instead of tacking them on later when you check out).
In reality, you could never get tix for a penny last year. After all of the StubHub fees, you were paying about $5 per ticket.
didn't realize they changed it. last time i bought (jan?) they still had add on fee's
last year it was $5 in fee's for that penny ticket.
here we go
Price details
1 ticket x $3.00$3.00Delivery$2.00 Service fee $1.00 Order total $6.00 USD
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs and secondary ticket giant StubHub announced Friday that they have renewed their relationship, ending a two-week stalemate.
Call it a Festivus miracle.
On Dec. 10, StubHub announced it had signed a five-year extension to serve as Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s “official fan to fan ticket marketplace.” StubHub also declared the Cubs, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels had opted out of the deal.
The Cubs told ESPNChicago.com they hadn’t opted out yet and were surprised at the announcement. A StubHub spokesman said the Cubs had been putting off their decision for weeks and were considered out of the deal. But he also noted the Cubs could opt back in at any time.
That time was this week.
There is at least one change. As part of the new five-year agreement, the Cubs are one of a handful of teams that will end StubHub sales six hours before game time. Previously the blackout window was two hours.
Cubs spokesman Julian Green called it “part of our efforts to continue to be aggressive in working to get tickets directly in the hands of fans.”
Why would the Cubs opt out in the first place? Earlier this offseason, the Cubs pulled season-ticket accounts totaling around 1,000 tickets from suspected ticket scalpers. The Cubs were also frustrated with the influx of cheap tickets listed on StubHub at the end of the season as the team careened toward 101 losses. Tickets were listed for 19 cents in the team's final series, creating what StubHub termed "bad optics."
With the new MLBAM deal, StubHub announced a new price floor of $6 and an upfront pricing policy that shows fees. Previously tickets could be listed for pennies, even though fees made the minimum $10.40. StubHub has also altered service and delivery fees.
The deal saves Cubs season-ticket holders some hassle, as many of them use StubHub to unload tickets. Cubs fans still would’ve been able to sell tickets on StubHub without the deal but might not have had the ability to turn paper tickets into electronic tickets, nor would buyers have been able to pick up tickets at Wrigley Field. StubHub is experimenting with mobile phone ticket transfers this season, but spokesman Glenn Lehrman said he isn't sure if it will be available at Wrigley.
sounds like the cubs are trying to screw the fan every which way possible
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs and secondary ticket giant StubHub announced Friday that they have renewed their relationship, ending a two-week stalemate.
Call it a Festivus miracle.
On Dec. 10, StubHub announced it had signed a five-year extension to serve as Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s “official fan to fan ticket marketplace.” StubHub also declared the Cubs, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels had opted out of the deal.
The Cubs told ESPNChicago.com they hadn’t opted out yet and were surprised at the announcement. A StubHub spokesman said the Cubs had been putting off their decision for weeks and were considered out of the deal. But he also noted the Cubs could opt back in at any time.
That time was this week.
There is at least one change. As part of the new five-year agreement, the Cubs are one of a handful of teams that will end StubHub sales six hours before game time. Previously the blackout window was two hours.
Cubs spokesman Julian Green called it “part of our efforts to continue to be aggressive in working to get tickets directly in the hands of fans.”
Why would the Cubs opt out in the first place? Earlier this offseason, the Cubs pulled season-ticket accounts totaling around 1,000 tickets from suspected ticket scalpers. The Cubs were also frustrated with the influx of cheap tickets listed on StubHub at the end of the season as the team careened toward 101 losses. Tickets were listed for 19 cents in the team's final series, creating what StubHub termed "bad optics."
With the new MLBAM deal, StubHub announced a new price floor of $6 and an upfront pricing policy that shows fees. Previously tickets could be listed for pennies, even though fees made the minimum $10.40. StubHub has also altered service and delivery fees.
The deal saves Cubs season-ticket holders some hassle, as many of them use StubHub to unload tickets. Cubs fans still would’ve been able to sell tickets on StubHub without the deal but might not have had the ability to turn paper tickets into electronic tickets, nor would buyers have been able to pick up tickets at Wrigley Field. StubHub is experimenting with mobile phone ticket transfers this season, but spokesman Glenn Lehrman said he isn't sure if it will be available at Wrigley.
sounds like the cubs are trying to screw the fan every which way possible
I don't blame the Cubs for doing this. The damn alderman and roof top owners are costing the Cubs millions each year. I would suggest visiting a roof top in the next 11 years, because when this contract expires Ricketts is going to stick it to those rooftop owners, for good!
I don't blame the Cubs for doing this. The damn alderman and roof top owners are costing the Cubs millions each year. I would suggest visiting a roof top in the next 11 years, because when this contract expires Ricketts is going to stick it to those rooftop owners, for good!
i don't get it at all. it's just as easy for me to scalp a ticket as i walk off the red line.....in fairness, i do get some of it....if i can't buy on the hub a few hours before game time, i'll be more likely to walk up to the box office an pay full retail.
if the cubs were so embarressed by that 19 cent ticket on stubhub, then maybe they should put a product on the field that is worth more than 19 cents.
Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
Can this franchise get ANYTHING right, except getting a certain band to play their park in July?
Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
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im kinda surprised the prices arent lower considering the cold, rainy days/nights chicago has been getting lately. even if i was a cubs fan, you couldnt pay me enough to sit out there.
StubHub had to change they way that they list prices this year. They now need to show all of their buyer fees and charges in the original price (instead of tacking them on later when you check out).
In reality, you could never get tix for a penny last year. After all of the StubHub fees, you were paying about $5 per ticket.
Would you sit out in this weather for any baseball game (unless its October/November)?
Bad weather is brutal on ticket prices. Once the weather is nice, tickets will jump up to around face value (or higher for Sox and Cards) for most games.
didn't realize they changed it. last time i bought (jan?) they still had add on fee's
last year it was $5 in fee's for that penny ticket.
here we go
Price details
1 ticket x $3.00$3.00Delivery$2.00 Service fee $1.00 Order total $6.00 USD
for most events that i've looked for tix, you could buy up until an hour before event time.
Heard on the Score Monday that the Cubs made StubHub end day of game sales six hours before first pitch.
did they give a reason?
sounds like the cubs are trying to screw the fan every which way possible
I don't blame the Cubs for doing this. The damn alderman and roof top owners are costing the Cubs millions each year. I would suggest visiting a roof top in the next 11 years, because when this contract expires Ricketts is going to stick it to those rooftop owners, for good!
i don't get it at all. it's just as easy for me to scalp a ticket as i walk off the red line.....in fairness, i do get some of it....if i can't buy on the hub a few hours before game time, i'll be more likely to walk up to the box office an pay full retail.
if the cubs were so embarressed by that 19 cent ticket on stubhub, then maybe they should put a product on the field that is worth more than 19 cents.
i agree, the rooftops are a death watch.
i wonder what time PJ tix sales will be cut off
WTF?
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
http://deadspin.com/cubs-prospect-jorge ... -472287074
Can this franchise get ANYTHING right, except getting a certain band to play their park in July?
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
quick, sign him to a long term deal
And that ends up being the difference in the ball game. :fp: