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   Toronto
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Posted on: 1:04 pm, July 19, 2008

What's the best way to get good cheap red sox tickets(nothing over 50$ per ticket) , I stood in line for 3 hours last time and ended up with standing room

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   Boston, MA
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Posted on: 3:09 pm, July 19, 2008

if you find out the answer to this, please let us all know! ;o)

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   Boston, MA
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Posted on: 5:04 pm, July 19, 2008

Find a friend who has season tickets and is willing to sell you a seat at face value.

Seriously, what you are asking is next to impossible. Our town's recreation department got 40 tix and packaged them w/ a busride, but even that was $60/person.

The only other, slim-chance option is to check the website 2-3 times daily starting about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks before the game you want to see and sometimes tickets are released. my husband got standing room tickets this way for a game in June. Lots of times if you are lucky enough to see seats available on-line this late, they are single seats scattered her and there.

People lined up for longer than 3 hours to buy 'single game' tickets just before they went on sale in November.

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   Boston, Massachusetts
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Posted on: 8:02 pm, July 19, 2008

Another option, and it's a longshot nowadays, is to let the game start and then visit the various scalpers trolling the streets outside the park. they'd rather give them to you at a little less than their asking price than eat them altogether.

Yet another option: go to one of the many bars around Fenway and spend your $50 on beer and food while still enjoying some gameday atmosphere.

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   Fairhaven, MA
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Msia52
Posted on: 8:58 pm, July 19, 2008

Why don't you see them in Toronto when they play the Bluejays next month. I got tickets for two games and under $50 per game. It isn't going to happen in Boston. That is why you see so many Sox fans at away games. It's cheaper than going to a game in Fenway. Most games are sold out.

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   Enfield, Connecticut
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Posted on: 1:56 am, July 20, 2008

Every once in a while there is a ticket drop which is a forthcoming game where there are a few seats available. It isn't advertised, how you find out about it I'm not sure.

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   Santa Barbara, CA
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Posted on: 10:52 am, July 20, 2008

You can forget about even getting in the gate for $50 unless you are very lucky most days.

Your BEST bet is to purchase something called the Coca-Cola Magic Ticket or something like that for $60 day of the game (they haven't sold it out ever according to the Fenway tour guide).

It will get you a seat near the left field foul pole (in the Coke upper gradnstands) and also let you into the Green Monster seats for 30 minutes of batting practice.

This ticket is a great value.

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BostonKnucklehead
Posted on: 12:18 pm, July 20, 2008

We have all been trying to find the answer to this question for a very long time.

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Posted on: 7:13 pm, July 20, 2008

Where can I get this Coca Cola magic ticket ?

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   Santa Barbara, CA
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Posted on: 7:38 pm, July 20, 2008

Only at the Fenway Park Ticket Office on the day of the game I THINK. I would suggest you call the Red Sox ticket office directly and just ask them about it to make sure.

From what our tour guide said, it is a new thing for this year and evidently not too many people know about it. Sounds like a great deal to me and there is a very good chance to catch a batting practice home run ball in the Green Monster area!

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Posted on: 10:49 am, July 21, 2008

Tickets are released on an ongoing basis and you can check the Red Sox website periodically to see if you can get some. I think the day before or the day of a game is your best bet. A few weeks ago I got two $50(together) tickets, grandstand, the the right of home plate on the day before the game. Another time, I just wanted to see if I could get tickets the day of the game and could have gotten two, but I couldn't use them that day and let them go.

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