IrishGoph55
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Anyone else going to the game? Thinking about flying my wife, 4 year old and 1 year old out for the game from Los Angeles
This, our group is waiting to see if prices come down a little for game tickets. Someone we know is getting married that weekend, so it kind of will be late developing on who can go depending on who all is invited to the wedding which has put numbers in flux.I’ll be there! Resale prices are still kinda silly, so I’m holding out, I don’t expect them to get to $8 like they frequently would at Ryan Field, but hopefully a reasonable range.
The Bears played there for 50 seasons. It got old.A while back I thought "hey that would be cool" but as the football in baseball stadiums or unique locations thing has gone on ... the appeal as kinda worn off on me.
Wow! Hadn’t thought of this! Good callI've done wrigley rooftops like half a dozen times and never been inside. Looks like they are open for the Gopher game. May have to make the trip down for it. Had no clue they were playing Michigan there as well the week before.
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I still think it's just wild that teams like the Bears, Giants and Eagles all played in baseball stadiums for decades when there were more football friendly venues available in their respective cities.The Bears played there for 50 seasons. It got old.
I still think it's just wild that teams like the Bears, Giants and Eagles all played in baseball stadiums for decades when there were more football friendly venues available in their respective cities.
That's super interesting. I didn't realize the surface was that large. But you wouldn't need to center the field. You could put it at one end and put up temporary bleachers (or none) on the other side. It would still make more sense than Wrigley.Actually before the Bears moved to Soldier Field in 1971, it wasn't really that football friendly. It was massive.
Could actually fit two 100 yd football fields on the surface. So while capacity was larger, a good portion of those seats really sucked.
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I would bet Wrigley had nearly as many decent seats. Pre-Super Bowl era there just wasn't that much demand for pro-football to fill a stadium 50,000+.
Eventually they shrunk it. Plus the NFL forced them to play in a stadium with lights.
That's super interesting. I didn't realize the surface was that large. But you wouldn't need to center the field. You could put it at one end and put up temporary bleachers (or none) on the other side. It would still make more sense than Wrigley.
Well, I've been to something like 7 Gopher road games and I have NEVER seen a win so it could be worse.I’m debating it, but I have serious scar tissue and PTSD from the last two Gophers road games I’ve attended: the brutal 4th quarter collapse at Northwestern in 2023, and this year’s no-show at Ohio State. I may need to stay home, for luck’s sake, if nothing else.
I’ll be there! Resale prices are still kinda silly, so I’m holding out. I don’t expect them to get to $8 like they frequently would at Ryan Field, but hopefully a reasonable range.
This, our group is waiting to see if prices come down a little for game tickets.
I’m currently planning on going, but it will depend on ticket prices and if I can convince one of my family members or friends to go with me haha
*edited to sound less like a loser
I think I posted about my experience there last year, but I attended the Illinois game at Wrigley. Might be different because it was Thanksgiving weekend with two local teams, but I monitored the ticket prices for months and they never really came down much. Not even with Northwestern having a lousy year and temps in the high teens forecasted. There were empty seats during the game, but very little inventory on the ticket apps and frustratingly little effort to price them to sell on the secondary market. The guy sitting in front of me told me he ate four extra tickets without even trying to sell them.We'll be there, monitoring the ticket prices.
Maybe the solution is for the two of us to just meet at Murphy’s and drink beer together. We’d be Wrigley adjacent without bringing our bad karma into the stadium.Well, I've been to something like 7 Gopher road games and I have NEVER seen a win so it could be worse.
Thanks, I remember seeing that post but had forgotten the outcome. Super helpful. I’m definitely not paying $100+ to watch a game on a cold November day in a baseball stadium I’ve been to multiple times for the sport it was intended to hold. I’d be driving, so I’ll just keep monitoring and make a call at some point.I think I posted about my experience there last year, but I attended the Illinois game at Wrigley. Might be different because it was Thanksgiving weekend with two local teams, but I monitored the ticket prices for months and they never really came down much. Not even with Northwestern having a lousy year and temps in the high teens forecasted. There were empty seats during the game, but very little inventory on the ticket apps and frustratingly little effort to price them to sell on the secondary market. The guy sitting in front of me told me he ate four extra tickets without even trying to sell them.
Ya. I’ll go visit the new place.A while back I thought "hey that would be cool" but as the football in baseball stadiums or unique locations thing has gone on ... the appeal as kinda worn off on me.
Same thing happened to me at a couple recent bowl games (PHX 2021, Charlotte last yr). So infuriating paying $75/ticket when the stadiums are maybe half fullI think I posted about my experience there last year, but I attended the Illinois game at Wrigley. Might be different because it was Thanksgiving weekend with two local teams, but I monitored the ticket prices for months and they never really came down much. Not even with Northwestern having a lousy year and temps in the high teens forecasted. There were empty seats during the game, but very little inventory on the ticket apps and frustratingly little effort to price them to sell on the secondary market. The guy sitting in front of me told me he ate four extra tickets without even trying to sell them.
Do you have any insight on how strict they were on checking tickets once you got in? I'm thinking we may just get the cheapest tickets to get us in the stadium and then go exploring for better places to sit.I think I posted about my experience there last year, but I attended the Illinois game at Wrigley. Might be different because it was Thanksgiving weekend with two local teams, but I monitored the ticket prices for months and they never really came down much. Not even with Northwestern having a lousy year and temps in the high teens forecasted. There were empty seats during the game, but very little inventory on the ticket apps and frustratingly little effort to price them to sell on the secondary market. The guy sitting in front of me told me he ate four extra tickets without even trying to sell them.