after graduation me and two buddies were thinking about hitting up all the northeast teams between DC and boston. Basicly this is an open thread for any advice people would like to give, but my specific questions on the top of my head pertain to tickets in places like NY and Boston where they will be hard to get I imagine. Also there is a yankees vs mets game at shea during the trip. I'd also imagine that ticket might be hard to manage but who knows.

3/23/2007 10:43:53 AM

Your best bet is midweek games in Shea and Yankee Stadium. Both have presold over 3 million tickets so far this year and it's quite likely that each will draw 4 million total. Almost every weekend game in the summer will be sold out at both places. Boston is completely sold out for the year already so you're going to have to scalp there..

As for the Mets-Yankees tickets. I think there were 1,000 available for the general public for the 3 games at Shea. They sold out within 15 seconds. The rest are season tickets/7-game plan only..

[Edited on March 23, 2007 at 10:47 AM. Reason : baseball has never been a tougher ticket in the northeast than now..]

3/23/2007 10:46:02 AM

looks like my road trip is over before it started

3/23/2007 12:49:08 PM

the best baseball is in the midwest anyways

and tickets are always easy to come by

3/23/2007 12:51:58 PM

We planned to do this a couple of years ago, we had a week planned out where we would hit the Orioles, Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, and Nationals (in that order) home games within 6 days.

It kind of fell apart when our contact in NY said he wasn't going to be there, and we couldn't afford a hotel, so we ended up only seeing the O's and Nats.

We're trying to plan one for this year though.

3/23/2007 12:52:46 PM

what about parking for stadiums? will that be expensive and inconvienent?

4/4/2007 9:11:18 AM

try to get tickets online first...you cant just show up to NY or Boston and get tickets. They sell out days or weeks in advance.

4/4/2007 9:12:40 AM

i know at philly the parking is close and reasonable... for whatever that's worth.

4/4/2007 9:13:18 AM

I went to the subway series over 4th of july. If you look on Stubhub.com, Cheappricedseats.com, or RazorGator.com, you can find decent seats for reasonable prices. I'm sure scalping could work too, but this is much more secure. Wouldn't want to drive up there and then get screwed over on tickets. Have fun.

4/4/2007 9:14:57 AM

if you're willing to pay, you can scalp tickets for pretty much any sporting event in the country.

4/4/2007 9:47:57 AM

Parking at Shea is gonna be a bitch due to construction on the new park

Take the 7

4/4/2007 11:30:18 AM

I went in '05 and it was $14 to park. I've read it is going to be $21 this year. Ridiculous, but people pay it... 7 train is the way to go. Anywhere you stay in the area can get to Grand Central and the 7 goes from there.. it's not bad at all. 30 minute trainride with some nice views of Manhattan.. same with Yankee Stadium. Take the subway. It's DEFINITELY the most convenient way.

Keep in mind there is next to nothing to do near each Stadium. There are at least a few bars near Yankee but none I'd feel comfortable taking my wallet out around but there is nothing but chopshops near Shea.

[Edited on April 4, 2007 at 11:36 AM. Reason : x]

4/4/2007 11:34:57 AM

i like the advice NY, but i guess my question is are there places in the city where you can park your car for a couple days for cheap or free and then pick it up when you leave. Because i agree with you that the subway would be the way to go.

4/5/2007 9:38:32 AM

^I use to park just outside of NY and take a train into the city

It's almost impossible to find reasonable parking rates anywhere in the city.

4/5/2007 9:42:00 AM

yeah definitely park outside of the city. Perhaps even park at an airport and pay their daily rates.


As for Yankees - if you buy scalped tickets, be careful to check each one before you buy them - especially in the bleachers. You might end up with a blocked view.

4/5/2007 9:43:41 AM

And tell us all about it - I want to do the same thing


On second thought - try parking at LaGuardia, taking the M60 bus to the N/W line (Hoyt and 31st) at Astoria Blvd then connecting to the 7 at Queensborough Plaza. That's what I would do if you're just looking to stow your car for that day. Just allow time to get out there. That 7 train gets hella packed!

For the Yankees- Take the M60 bus to E125th and Lex. Take the 4 up from there.

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:52 AM. Reason : TWO EGGS!!]

4/5/2007 9:44:22 AM