For the primary time since 2019, Chicago Cubs season ticket holders are receiving an bill for potential playoff video games.
The Cubs despatched the postseason bill to season ticket holders Wednesday, which incorporates all potential playoff video games from the wild-card spherical by way of the World Series. The Cubs (61-58) nonetheless have to make up floor to safe a playoff spot, getting into Wednesday 3 1/2 video games out of first within the National League Central and one sport again of the ultimate wild-card place, however the group needed to offer the small print as early as potential for season ticket holders.
“We know there’s a lot of work left to do, we’re not being presumptuous that we’ve already locked up a playoff spot,” mentioned senior vp of Marquee 360 Cale Vennum, who oversees Cubs ticketing. “But we’ve been hearing a lot from our season ticket holders that with this being their biggest benefit that they want to know what the process is going to be heading into October.”
For season ticket holders selecting to buy postseason tickets, their fee is due Sept. 15. As a part of the method, the Cubs additionally despatched season ticket holders their 2024 bill.
Cubs 2024 season tickets are growing by a median of three%, with upper-reserved outfield seeing the best enhance (4.8%) and club-box outfield the smallest (0.9%) whereas bleacher seats will see a 3.5% uptick.
For season ticket holders who decline the choice to purchase postseason tickets or wish to obtain a refund for unplayed postseason video games as a substitute of credit score towards their 2024 season tickets, the primary fee on subsequent season’s tickets is due Oct. 19. Otherwise, season ticket holders will as a substitute have till Jan. 17 for his or her 2024 season ticket fee.
“It’s just really exciting with the new postseason format in having more teams in contention, every game is going to matter the rest of the way,” Vennum mentioned. “Our fans are just really excited and it’s been a lot of fun to be getting the calls from our season ticket holders asking for this information.”
For Cubs followers who should not season ticket holders however are concerned about postseason tickets, Vennum estimated the group is roughly one month from having additional info on single-game tickets.
The Cubs plan to supply later this week for individuals on their season ticket holder ready listing an choice to put a deposit towards 2024 season tickets to be given entry to buy postseason tickets this 12 months forward of the only video games on sale.
Although the Cubs made the postseason in 2020, no followers had been allowed in Wrigley Field for the wild-card spherical due to the pandemic.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com