BearX220

In actual fact there are oodles of tickets available via brokerage services and on the street, as discussed above, as well as 2's and 3's via the official Red Sox website. Anybody who wants to go to Fenway, any game, any day, can do it.

uElliots

i am heading to Boston in June and the RS are home, so I think I'll try the scalp free zone. Does that really work well or do most people try to sell for scalper inflated prices and then towards game time, just run over to the scalp free zone to just dump the tickets? should I be waiting until just before game time to go to the SFZ? what is the best strategy to get a decent ticket at face using the SFZ?

Yahtzee

If you want the SFZ, get their relatively early. It is brokered by a Red Sox employee - he confirms the tickets are valid - offers the first person in line the tickets at that price (and then goes down the line if that person doesn't want them for some reasong); buyer then goes straight into the stadium. So no negotiating strategy.

I've sold tickets there but not bought them. Rate of success probably depends on the weather and the team. Should always check at the main ticket office first - some tickets do go on sale day of game.

murphyUA

The problem with 3 seats is that the brokers don't usually sell in 3's. Four seats is a cinch, and two is even easier. Three, not so much.

If there are seats available on redsox.com right now for $52, most likely they are infield grandstand seats. As long as they are not marked obstructed view, these aren't bad seats at all. One problem I have with them however, is the actual seats are from 1934. If you are 6' or taller, you WILL be uncomfortable (I'm 6'3" and if I sit here, it has to be an aisle).

If I am only looking for two (or four) seats, then I don't buy in advance. People who are trying to sell on craigslist or ebay get a little frightened at about T-72 hours, so between 1-5 days before the game is the best time to buy, IMO.

Barring some awesome deal, I would never buy from stubhub or the like. Tickets are much more expensive to begin with, and they add fees totaling $15 or more per ticket.