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Scalping Red Sox tickets - any tips?

Reader submitted question: Heading up to Boston this weekend for the Lacrosse Final 4 at Foxboro because Lacrosse is one of the best sports to watch live.

Was going to try to scalp for the Sox/Mets game sat night. Never been up there, are there reasonable scalpers around compared to Stub Hub? Stub wants like $70 for bleachers..

My answer: From what I hear it would be pretty hard to fail at scalping. There are always regular folks at the game with extra seats they are selling for face value and their are always scalpers. You might pay a little over face 30 minutes before the game but if you wait until the second inning you'll find discounts. Lansdowne St. is the best for that.

Plus if you do somehow fail to scalp tickets, there are plenty of bars for watching the game nearby. Across from Fenway is the Cask'n Flagon. It's the most famous but lines are very long if you don't go early and other than going to say you've been it's not better than the 30 or so other bars in the Fenway area.

Check out this blog entry for a few other Boston things to do. Also, one of my favorite restaurants is Antico Forno at 93 Salem Street. Excellent Italian style pizza, wonderful gnocchi.

Posted by James Trotta at May 20, 2009 9:39 PM