OT: Baseball in Milwaukee

[mu_hilltopper]

All the talk about $$ .. that's why I'm not a big fan of Miller Park.  Sure, it's a grand facility.

But anyone remember going to County Stadium, easily getting a bleacher seat for $5?

Sure it was dingy .. so what.  Those seats were great, the grass was green, really felt like you were in a park, watching a game.  Miller Park?  Modern and wonderful, sure.  At a giant cost.

Miller Park wasn't built so you could tinkle into a wonderful new urinal with no waiting, or get great varieties of food.  It was built to separate more $$ from your wallet.

[jmayer1]

I am hoping to go to Wrigley sometime this summer for the first time.  I am in the Milwaukee area and do not know my way around Chicago very well - where's the best place to hop on the train down to Wrigley coming from Milwaukee?

The best thing to do is to take the Amtrak from Milwaukee to downtown Chicago and then hop on the Redline and go North to the Addision stop.  That is the fastest way and it only takes about an hour and forty minutes or so.  However, it is kinda expensive, $22 one way per person, but it does help to avoid all the traffic.  If you are going with a group of guys, driving is a lot cheaper; but you have to make sure that you go at the right times to avoid traffic.

[Chili]

All the talk about $$ .. that's why I'm not a big fan of Miller Park.  Sure, it's a grand facility.

But anyone remember going to County Stadium, easily getting a bleacher seat for $5?

Sure it was dingy .. so what.  Those seats were great, the grass was green, really felt like you were in a park, watching a game.  Miller Park?  Modern and wonderful, sure.  At a giant cost.

Miller Park wasn't built so you could tinkle into a wonderful new urinal with no waiting, or get great varieties of food.  It was built to separate more $$ from your wallet.

It was also built so you could play baseball on day like today.

[IAmMarquette]

Or a spot to see Favre hand the Bears their asses on New Years Eve.

That was a thing of beauty. I was lucky enough (as a Packers fan) to have witnessed that game in person, in the company of three of my Bears fan friends, no less. Hell of a way to kick off my NYE celebration.

[herboturbo]

Opening Day at Wrigley prices:
Ticket: $48
Train ticket: $6
Two Old Styles at the Cubby Bear: $10
Two Old Sytles at Murphy's: $8
Hot Dog: $2.85
Three Old Styles at Wrigley: $18
Train Ticket: $6:

Total: $98.85...eesh

Why are you paying $6 twice for the train?  Just buy a L visitor pass for $5 and its unlimited uses for 24 hours.  Whenever we go to the games we buy one and pass it back and save about $15 on train tickets

[🏀]

Metra from the far Northern burbs.

[OneMadWarrior]

That is way too much to go to a baseball game. That is about the same price as it would be to go to a football game most days.

[NavinRJohnson]

That is way too much to go to a baseball game. That is about the same price as it would be to go to a football game most days.

What football games are you going to? You can hardly buy an NFL ticket for that amount.

[OneMadWarrior]

College games, you can usually scalp a couple. I want to know what game you are going to that it costs 48 bucks for a ticket.

[🏀]

I'd rather watch a baseball game over football anyday.

Bunch of thugs, criminals, and pretty boys.

[BigSky]

http://www.teammarketing.com/fci.cfm

TMR does a report annually.  In 2006 the Brewers avg ticket price ranked 21 out of 30.  ...up 7%. 

[BigSky]

http://sportsbiznews.blogspot.com/2007/04/take-me-out-to-ballgame-mlb-2007.html

[NavinRJohnson]

College games, you can usually scalp a couple. I want to know what game you are going to that it costs 48 bucks for a ticket.

You pretty much can't get near an NFL Stadium for $48.

[BigSky]

College games, you can usually scalp a couple. I want to know what game you are going to that it costs 48 bucks for a ticket.

You pretty much can't get near an NFL Stadium for $48.

Sure you can in some cities if you have season tickets or paid face value.