2020 Schedule

[Bombers]

Starting it's own thread as I didn't think the random 2019 news was the right spot for it. Some nuggets of info:

 

Brewers open the year with 14 home games and only 5 road games.

 

We get the AL East:

T May 19-21 - Yankee’s @ Brewers

Sa May 30-31 - @ Tampa Bay Rays

F June 5-7 - @ Boston Red Sox

M June 22-24 - Blue Jays @ Brewers

Tu July 7-8 - Rays @ Brewers

F Sept 11-13 @ Baltimore Orioles

 

We get the Phillies opening day:

Thursday April 2 – Brewers @ Phillies

 

7 game road trip at STL and CHC in early July will be interesting

No more Cubs series after Sunday August 9th

 

All Star game is @ Dodger Stadium and then immediately after it we play Friday July 17 @ San Diego, followed by 3 games @ LAD.

[jjgott]

I'm excited to finally see the Brewers play at Camden Yards.

[MrTPlush]

That is a beautiful September on paper. 15/25 against inferior talent (Pirates/Orioles being notably terrible).The toughest opponents (LA and ATL) are both at home.

 

Someone should be fired for giving us a stretch of 13 to end it and sandwiching our two off days right next to each other. Before the September 10th off day we will play 15 in a row, get a break, fly all the way to Baltimore to play three, get an off day, and then play at home again.

 

March/April is probably the most brutal month. June isn't the most pleasant...but the second half of the season really isn't that bad assuming the Pirates aren't good. If the Reds regress, even better.

[trwi7]

Hooray a home (not the Cubs) birthday game!

[A Swing and A Drive]

Thusday, March 26th at Miller Park vs. Cubs is Opening Day. BOOOOO!1!

[KeithStone53151]

Opening day is such an event at miller park, it's very likely we actually have a home field advantage against them for a change. Hard to imagine many cubs fans getting their hands on tickets.

[patrickgpe]

I don't remember the schedule coming out this early ever. I thought it was usually in September towards the last week or 2 of the season. Not sure what the reason for this is. Still think a lot of cubs fans will be there. Prices on the secondary market are always high for Opening Day, with the cubs in town, they will be higher. Season ticket holders can really make a big dent into their invoice by just skipping opening day.

[MrTPlush]

Opening day is such an event at miller park, it's very likely we actually have a home field advantage against them for a change. Hard to imagine many cubs fans getting their hands on tickets.

 

Lol...right...going to be pretty pathetic per usual. Ticket prices should be excessively insane though.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

I'm excited to finally see the Brewers play at Camden Yards.

I’ve been waiting for that also. Nice short trip from the Harrisburg, PA area down to Baltimore.

[BruisedCrew]

I think I’m going to be in Florida for Opening Day. So, if I renew my 10 pack my Opening Day tickets will be for sale. Should be able to bring in enough to get me tickets for 3 other games.

[long ball]

Bad things: No home game on Memorial day (off day?!?!), Fathers Day, or 4th of July. The home opener being against the Cubs sucks.

 

Good things: Home game on Labor day, Easter and Mothers day. There's a road trip @Cin and @Pitt- those are two parks I haven't been to yet and the only time they played back to back on the same road trip this year I had a different trip planned. So that's probably going on the schedule.

[TURBO]

Opening day is such an event at miller park, it's very likely we actually have a home field advantage against them for a change. Hard to imagine many cubs fans getting their hands on tickets.

 

I disagree 100%.

 

Lots of season ticket holders make a lot of cash on the Cubs series'.

 

Now you can charge them for tickets, plus the added bonus of opening day and jack those prices up even more.

 

Sadly, the home field advantage will still be a wash, no matter when the Cubs play at Miller Park.

 

Hopefully, those that sell to Cubs fans make a mint at least.

[MDCrew]

I'm excited to finally see the Brewers play at Camden Yards.

I’ve been waiting for that also. Nice short trip from the Harrisburg, PA area down to Baltimore.

 

Agree 100% would be down for going as a group if people are interested.

[DHonks]

I hate that yet again the Brewers visit AZ during June/July

[DocLuna7]

On a selfish note I really don’t like that the Brewers never seem to play in Miami or Atlanta on a weekend.

[BruisedCrew]

On a selfish note I really don’t like that the Brewers never seem to play in Miami or Atlanta on a weekend.

 

They were in Atlanta on a weekend this May. They also played in Atlanta on weekends in 2017 and 2018.

 

They would have played in Miami on a weekend in 2017 if the games hadn’t been moved to Milwaukee because of the hurricane.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Getting cash on the Cubs games is kinda overstated. I sold off 7/27 and 9/6 and I was/am not going to be in town, on Stubhub. While they do sell better than any other game, it was barely above face and those are weekend games. In the years I've sold opening day it sells far better than any Cubs game. There are years I've recouped 1/4 of the ticket package on that one game. I doubt it really goes much higher than usual. Terrace seats can hit $80, for whatever reason OD sells about as well as the NLDS.

[MrTPlush]

On a selfish note I really don’t like that the Brewers never seem to play in Miami or Atlanta on a weekend.

 

I wish they would make the “rivalry” AL/NL six games instead of four. The set up now forces two game series on the weekdays...lame to me. We are so close I don’t see why they can’t schedule a four game series and have the teams play Thursday/Friday and then travel to the other site for Saturday/Sunday.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I also think those are dumb. Interleague play is one of few things that would motivate me to see a specific game in person, and they waste the slots on Tuesday night.

[BruisedCrew]

On a selfish note I really don’t like that the Brewers never seem to play in Miami or Atlanta on a weekend.

 

I wish they would make the “rivalry” AL/NL six games instead of four. The set up now forces two game series on the weekdays...lame to me. We are so close I don’t see why they can’t schedule a four game series and have the teams play Thursday/Friday and then travel to the other site for Saturday/Sunday.

 

They have done that some years with the games on Monday-Thursday. They did that as recently as 2017 with the Brewers and Twins and I know that wasn’t the only time. Last year they played the Twins 6 times, probably because the AL Central was the interleague matchup.

[BruisedCrew]

Getting cash on the Cubs games is kinda overstated. I sold off 7/27 and 9/6 and I was/am not going to be in town, on Stubhub. While they do sell better than any other game, it was barely above face and those are weekend games. In the years I've sold opening day it sells far better than any Cubs game. There are years I've recouped 1/4 of the ticket package on that one game. I doubt it really goes much higher than usual. Terrace seats can hit $80, for whatever reason OD sells about as well as the NLDS.

 

I have always gotten more than twice face value on my Cubs tickets. For the Saturday game in July this year I got $70 each on $25 first row terrace box seats.

[MrTPlush]

Getting cash on the Cubs games is kinda overstated. I sold off 7/27 and 9/6 and I was/am not going to be in town, on Stubhub. While they do sell better than any other game, it was barely above face and those are weekend games. In the years I've sold opening day it sells far better than any Cubs game. There are years I've recouped 1/4 of the ticket package on that one game. I doubt it really goes much higher than usual. Terrace seats can hit $80, for whatever reason OD sells about as well as the NLDS.

 

I have always gotten more than twice face value on my Cubs tickets. For the Saturday game in July this year I got $70 each on $25 first row terrace box seats.

 

I am sure it depends on the section you have to some degree. I got a single seat 20-game pack in the TR this year despite not going to many games. Really just wanted to be a SSH. So naturally most of the tickets got sold...well actually all of them because when I go to games I just get tickets with whoever I go with anyway. Moral of the story Cubs tickets sell for about 60-75% over face in most cases...after fees are taken into consideration. The Fri-Sun ones just sell insanely well....bobblehead days also do decent. Of course I am sure some of these dates do even better in a multigame pack where you can sell pairs.

 

I actually will be upgrading to a full season package next year so I lose money...as making money on them just seems, wrong.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I find that quite hard to believe. You can go on Stubhub right now and find games for the September series at $45 each with fees, and those will likely plummet as the game draws nearer. The Friday night is even worse with many below face. Granted that is after school has resumed. If I listed my July Cubs tickets at "twice face" they would've gone unsold.

 

The ones on there now are 1-2 on the value system. You may have gotten extremely lucky with early birds, but I typically have 1-2 Cubs games a year I end up missing and while they do sell better than any game, it's not this cash windfall people act like it is. Honestly, I usually can't get face after fees with Brewers re-sale. I almost always get above that with the Cubs but after Stubhub takes its cut I usually net $5.

 

Opening Day is a lock for making money. The Cubs games have many more variables.

[MrTPlush]

I find that quite hard to believe. You can go on Stubhub right now and find games for the September series at $45 each with fees, and those will likely plummet as the game draws nearer. The Friday night is even worse with many below face. Granted that is after school has resumed. If I listed my July Cubs tickets at "twice face" they would've gone unsold.

 

I mean TR season ticket prices are like $16 a game. So the current minimum for the Saturday game is doubling your money. The Sunday game is still a nice increase % wise. The weekend games sell well...the Thurs/Friday ones, not so much.

[tmwiese55]

I had 20 pack in the 2nd deck until last year. What I found was that Cubs games you'd definitely make money and close to double what you actually paid for them due to the season ticket holder discount. But, one year I bought a bunch of extra Cubs games during the presale, mostly they were lower level seats if I remember correctly. I think this was the year after they won the title and they would be playing in MKE before their own home opener. I thought I'd clean up on it. But since I had to pay full normal face value (no SSH discount) I basically just covered the expense on it and won't bother with that racket again. That's my 2 cents.