I get asked just about every day for free Braves tickets, and just about every day I tell people to check out braves.com/tickets for all their needs. The normal response is “but the Braves are too expensive, so I never go.” A lot of you must agree because lately, you can see the plethora of blue seats at any given game.
However, here is a plan on how you can see your home team for $15 – TOTAL.
Every week the Braves have a ton of ticket specials. Tuesdays you can get 2 tickets for $8. Wednesdays are 2 lower level tickets for $22. College students, Military, and large groups get even better discounts.
But lets just assume you and a buddy want to come to a random Thursday night game. Lets start with tickets. There is a general admission section in the 400’s that cost $5 at the gate. I’m sure you’re rolling your eyes saying, “yeah, but who wants to sit that high up?” You would be surprised at how good the view can be, and it’s always a party up there. Plus, nobody is forcing you to stay in your seat the whole time. Go walk around. Go to the Chop House, go stand at the tables behind home plate, Turner Field is huge, go play. There are even $1 seats, but for arguments sake, lets stick with the $5 ticket.
Tickets are taken care of. Now lets get your cheap ass parked. You don’t have to park in the Gold/Green/Blue lot every time. Drive around a bit. There are a ton of gypsy lots that advertise $5 and $10 parking. Now don’t be dumb and park in a dark lot just because a dude has a flag. Make sure its safe, and most times you will run into some other fans tailgating, bum some beer off them. Split the cost of parking, $5 each. You have now spent $10.
Food/Beer. One of the biggest values of Turner Filed, and one of the least utilized elements is the fact that you can bring in your own food. It must be in a soft cooler. No cans or bottles. No alcohol. That’s it.
So for the last $5, go to Costco, get a few cheap soft drinks, and some cheap food. Or hit up a fast food joint combine your cash and get 7 hamburgers and a bottle of Mountain Thunder (that stuff was a high school staple for me). Now you have dinner for $10. Total spent: $15 each.
The last issue would be the real reason we come to a baseball game. To get silly drunk, hit on the Tomahawk Team and yell obscenities at fans wearing any jersey that’s not Braves. So if you want to drink at a game, well you can be creative, or you can splurge an extra $4 each and get a 12 pack of The Beast and tailgate like you did in college, which means you will be passed out by the 3rd inning.
With cheap beer, you still managed a Braves game for under $20 total. Not bad. Just don’t leave your cooler along with your drunken pride as the hotties in the Chop House shoot you down. And yes, that’s where they are, every game.
So there ya go. Stop your whining about you cant afford a Braves game this year because money is tight. Go 3 days without your moca delap a frapacrapachino or that stupid Iphone App you will only use once. Come spend an evening playing at Turner Field, and say hey to the dude with the big fake teeth on Braves Vision. He rocks.
Oh, and stop asking me for tix. I don’t have any.
Mixmaster Mark