Chicago Cubs Tickets on Sale

As of 10 a.m. this morning tickets for the Chicago Cubs went on sale. How can fans get the often hard-to-come by tickets to see the Chicago Cubs? That depends.

The obvious and simple answer is to purchase the tickets directly from the team. If fans log on to the Chicago Cubs' web site they can purchase tickets directly by clicking on a few different links.

Directly at the top of the page there is a link in the main menu called "Tickets." By clicking this fans are directed to the Chicago Cubs main ticket page. From here a fan may choose to purchase Single 2008 tickets. After clicking the icon a calendar comes up with all of the Cubs' games and a corresponding ticket link.

Single game tickets too pricey or too much of a hassle? Fans may also join a season ticket wait list. By joining the list fans are entered into a wait list. If and when a set of season tickets for the Chicago Cubs becomes available members of the wait list will be notified and given the option to purchase the tickets. There is no cost to be added to the waitlist.

Another option for Cubs tickets is to order the tickets through Ticketmaster.com. This web site offers a similar format as the Cubs' web site. Using either option for purchasing tickets can be hit or miss, especially when it comes to high demand games.

Although I've never purchased Chicago Cubs tickets, I've seen firsthand the difficulty that can come with trying to purchase high demand sports tickets.

I am from Nebraska after all. Omaha to be exact. Home of the Men's College World Series. Getting good tickets to the CWS seems to be a yearly struggle, competing with all of the out-of-towners purchasing snapping up their own tickets to watch their home town teams compete in the big time. Although going through a scalper has always been an option, I've had the most success by finding out when the tickets go on sale and camping out at my computer, ready to buy them at the first sign of a sale.

Another good tactic that my girlfriend and I have used in the past is to find friends who already have tickets to the big games. Admittedly this tactic is less than dependable, sometimes it's the only option sports fans have. Checking around on local message boards can reveal people who can't make it to the games and are willing to let their high demand tickets go to the highest bidder.

Somehow we have managed to make it to at least one of the next to impossible games every year. If there's a will then there's a way, even if that way is paved in high prices and long wait lists.

Sources:
Chicago Cubs official web site
Chicago.cubs.mlb.com