# I want tickets to the 2008 MLB All-Star game. Stop laughing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102 "2007-05-30T18:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/1 "2007-05-30T18:56:04Z")
I, along with thousands of other Yankees/baseball fans, would _love_ to attend the 2008 MLB All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. It’ll be the stadium’s last year, NYC has only hosted a few (2? 3?) All-Star games in the past ~40 years, etc. I’ve never tried to go to any All-Star game before, let alone one at such a high-profile stadium, so I have no idea how the tickets work. Is it just like any other game, where they go on sale at a certain time and you just have to get them before they’re sold out? Do average folks have a chance? Is camping out on StubHub my best bet? Does anyone know when the tix for _this_ year’s game went on sale? Am I totally nuts for wanting to do this? I imagine that 2008 Yankees season ticket holders might get an early crack at special events … anyone want to work out a deal with me? 😃 (Yep, I’m aware that there could be some serious $$ involved with these tickets, and also aware that I could pay said serious $$ and wind up with bleacher seats. It might still be worth it. :)) ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/2 "2007-05-30T19:04:50Z")
The Yankees will makes All-Star game tickets available only to season ticket holders and then likely only a select number of them and there will likely be extraordinarily high prices charged. Scalpers will charge a lot for this game. From my experience of going to one All-Star game back in 1980, I would pass on this and if you want to go see Yankee Stadium, go to a regular season game and enjoy Yankee Stadium for an actual Yankees game. All-Star game crowds are papered with sponsors and minor celebrities from Fox TV series. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/3 "2007-05-30T19:15:21Z")
You will probably need to go through stub hub. I am going to try to get to the final game of the season, no matter what the cost. I want to be at the last regular season game played at the Big Ballpark in the Bronx. I will also try to make as many postseason games as possible in 2008. I will then try to be at the first game in 2009 in the new ballpark. I will by this time need a second mortgage. 😃 I purposely chose to go to less games this year to save money towards games next year. The Old Timers game is another game I would like to go to and I will pay extra for it. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/4 "2007-05-30T19:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] You will probably need to go through stub hub. [/QUOTE] In my experience, StubHub is a terrible place to buy tickets (but may be a good place to sell them). Scalpers or eBay always have better prices. I’ve looked at StubHub for tickets to a game that wasn’t even going to sell out, and people were asking at least double face value. That would be my last resort. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/5 "2007-06-04T14:08:36Z")
Sorry for the delay in getting back to this thread: I wasn’t able to reply on the same day, and then it dropped off my User CP list and I forgot about it. :o [QUOTE=BobT] The Yankees will makes All-Star game tickets available only to season ticket holders [/QUOTE] Wow, really? They’ll rely on season ticket holders to fill the stadium, and there won’t be any sales to the general public at all? Yeesh. ☹ [QUOTE=BobT] From my experience of going to one All-Star game back in 1980, I would pass on this and if you want to go see Yankee Stadium, go to a regular season game and enjoy Yankee Stadium for an actual Yankees game. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure why you’d assume that a Yankees fan has never been to Yankee Stadium for an actual Yankees game. 🙂 I didn’t start the thread because I want to go to Yankee Stadium, I started the thread because I want to go to the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium (your bad experience 27 years ago notwithstanding). But thanks. [QUOTE=What Exit?] You will probably need to go through stub hub. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] In my experience, StubHub is a terrible place to buy tickets (but may be a good place to sell them). [/QUOTE] Would you two get your act together? 😛 But seriously, I’ll keep an eye on StubHub – and eBay, and Craigslist – as next year’s game draws near. [QUOTE=What Exit?] I will by this time need a second mortgage. 😃 [/QUOTE] Heh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/6 "2007-06-04T14:11:52Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I will also try to make as many postseason games as possible in 2008. Jim [/QUOTE] Ahh, yes. You’re gonna love Comerica Park and Fenway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-tickets-to-the-2008-mlb-all-star-game-stop-laughing/406102/7 "2007-06-04T14:43:41Z")
I went to the All-Star game in Houston in 2003. The All-Star game was included (at an increased price of course) in my season ticket package. I had my exact same seats for the game. The game itself was boring, but it is a good way to see any of the players you might have missed. I had never seen Arod or Ichiro (living in an NL only town), so I can cross them off the list.