The price of “free” baseball tickets
April 7th, 2008, 3:06 pm · Post a Comment · posted by jshrader
At a charity fund raising event recently, my wife won four tickets to a Cardinal baseball game.
The $55.00 (each) face value tickets were for seats five rows behind the Cardinals’ dugout. I have been lucky enough to sit in some good seats at the “new” Busch Stadium, the “old” Busch stadium, and even the “first” Busch stadium, but these were excellent seats.
The game was a 12:15 game on Thursday, April 3. It was cold and rainy, but I took a day’s vacation so we could attend.
Barb had four tickets, but only our son-in-law was off work that day, so the three of us headed to St. Louis. (I know that it is now legal to stand outside the stadium and sell tickets, but they were free, so I wasn’t worried about getting my money back on the unused ticket.)
As I said, it was cold and raining, so we wanted to park close. I chose the Stadium Garage East, right across the street from the stadium. Price: $20.00
We hadn’t had lunch, so after we found our seats, we decided to grab a bite to eat. We had three cheeseburger baskets from the Hardee’s in the stadium, and three large soft drinks. Price: $48.75
Also purchased were a small hot chocolate ($2.50), a bag of peanuts ($4.00) and one 16-oz. A.B. product ($7.75). Price: $14.25.
We sat in the cold and drizzle and saw a winner as the Cardinals defeated the Colorado Rockies. And the best part: Barb’s “free” tickets only cost me $83.00!
