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Few franchises in all of professional sports can boast about a fan base quite like the Boston Red Sox can. Founded in 1901 as the Boston Americans, the Red Sox were known for 86 years as the team mired in the "Curse of the Bambino", a curse that prevented them from capturing the World Series championship. The number of Red Sox fans grew as the years went on, and by 2004, a nation of fans were ready to celebrate. Now after winning two World Series, in 2004 and 2007, the Red Sox have become one of the biggest attractions in all of sports.
Tickets for the Red Sox have been consistently on the top of the Top Sports Events rankings on TicketNews and there are plenty of reasons why. First, they play at the most historic ball park in baseball, Fenway Park. The team is currently in a record-breaking sell-out streak that is nearing, and will soon surpass, the 500 game mark. In 2007, the Red Sox led all of baseball in road attendance as well. When the Red Sox come to town, some teams have increased ticket prices for those games. As the years go on, the Red Sox will continue to be one of the most popular teams in sports.
Red Sox woes endanger sellout streak
For the Boston Red Sox, a well-timed nor'easter in New England and a subsequent three-game series on the road against a reeling opponent might have saved their season — and their nearly decade-long streak of sellouts at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox opened this season by losing 10 of their first 14 games for the second year in a row, on the heels of a stunning September collapse last season that cost the Sox a playoff berth and led to the departure of manager Terry Francona. Last weekend the Sox endured back-to-back embarrassments at the hand of the New York Yankees. Their first loss came on Friday, April 20, putting a damper on the 100th birthday celebration of Fenway Park, and the following evening the Sox managed to blow a nine-run lead in the final three innings by allowing 15 unanswered runs, falling to the Yankees 15-9.
New Red Sox park has Fenway feel in Florida
Its official name is JetBlue Park at Fenway South, and one look at the new spring training home of the Boston Red Sox tells you that the emphasis is on Fenway Park.
There's the 37-foot high Green Monster in left field, complete with Monster Seats, the Triangle in front of the 420-foot mark in center, and Pesky's Pole 302 feet down the right field line. Yes, the quirky dimensions and many other features are replicas of the Red Sox historic home, Fenway Park in Boston, which turns 100 years old in April 2012.
Boston Red Sox top 3 million tickets sold for 2011
The Boston Red Sox have surpassed 3 million tickets sold so far this year, a feat that looked in jeopardy when the team started slowly at the beginning of the season.
The team reached the milestone on August 1, the fastest it has ever sold that many tickets; the previous record was in 2009 when the team reached 3 million tickets sold by August 5 of that year.
Boston Red Sox sellout streak likely not in jeopardy despite slow start
The first two weeks of the Major League Baseball season have been nightmarish for the Boston Red Sox. But the news isn't all bad for fans who want to head to Fenway Park and catch the shockingly slumping Sox.
The Red Sox' awful start — they opened 0-6 before taking two of three from the New York Yankees last weekend and their 2-9 record through Wednesday, April 13 is the worst in baseball and tied for the worst 11-game start in the franchise's 110-year history — has resulted in drastically lower prices and far greater availability for Sox home games on the resale market.
Boston Red Sox ticket prices take a dive on the secondary market after surprising poor start
Boston Red Sox fans expected their favorite team to make history this season. Just not the wrong kind of history.
The Red Sox, the overwhelming favorite to win the American League pennant and make the franchise’s first run at a 100-win season since just after World War II, are instead mired in their worst start since World War II.
Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees have baseball's highest average ticket prices
The American League East isn’t the only place in which the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees usually finish 1-2. The longtime rivals, who have finished in the top two in the AL East in six of the last nine seasons, also lead the majors in the most expensive non-premium ticket prices, according to the most recent Fan Cost Index survey released by Team Marketing Report.
The Red Sox have the most expensive non-premium ticket at an average cost of $53.38, followed by the Yankees at $51.83.
Katy Perry, Boston Red Sox tickets on sale throughout the weekend
Tickets for Katy Perry's latest concert tour, as well as tickets to several Major League Baseball teams are on sale throughout the weekend ending January 31 as compiled by TicketNews.
This weekend's onsales start off with several additional concert tour dates for the latest Janet Jackson tour. Billed as a tour to celebrate her greatest hits, Jackson's strong sales during her initial concert onsales have sparked her to add additional shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City. Tickets for those large market concerts go on sale throughout the weekend.
Red Sox and Patriots ticket sales keep Boston in the mix
Whether for the preseason, regular season or postseason, tickets to see the four major pro sports teams in Boston remain red-hot.
Tickets to the New England Patriots’ AFC semifinal game Sunday, January 16 are officially sold out. A small amount of tickets went on sale via Ticketmaster.com last Friday, January 7, and were likely long gone even before the Patriots’ bitter rival, the New York Jets, set up a third meeting of the season between the teams by edging the Indianapolis Colts, 17-16, in a wild card game Saturday, January 8.
Yankees / Red Sox rivalry extends to ticket search
The New York Yankees – Boston Red Sox rivalry merely simmered last season as the Red Sox battled a spate of injuries and finished third in the American League East while the Yankees cruised to another playoff appearance. But, the two teams continued vying for at least one title — that of most popular team in sports, at least among ticket buyers.
The Yankees ended 2010 as the most-searched team among the four major American professional sports on ticket search engine FanSnap.com, while the Red Sox finished third.
Red Sox off-season acquisitions compensate for 2011 ticket price hike
When the Boston Red Sox announced in October that they would raise prices on 30 percent of the seats at Fenway Park, Ace Ticket president Jim Holzman said Red Sox fans wouldn't complain about the increases as long as the Sox made a couple splashes over the winter. Two cannonball-sized acquisitions later, rest assured there are few complaints about the price of tickets.
The franchise, which missed the playoffs in 2010 for just the second time in the last eight years, made the biggest moves during the Major League Baseball winter meetings the first week of December.
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