Keep Your Playoff Tickets Off Secondary Markets!

[rickh150]

I would like to see our playoff home games packed to the brim with Brewers fans! Of course!

If you have your strip and you cry poverty and love capitalism, please see your duty as a fan and sell them to a Brewers fan!  It should be extra hard for Cubs/Dodger/Phillies fans to get in. We control that….no one to blame but ourselves.

[Underachiever]

I was pleased to get NLDS tickets this morning. It was pretty slim pickings in a lot of the sections. That indicates that it was bought up by all of the SSH, so if there are a lot of opposing fans, we will know what happened. 

I waffled, then went ahead and bought Game 5, even though it conflicts with the UW-Iowa fb game and I'm a UW season ticket holder. In the end, the Maryland game made that decision pretty easy. Plus, when the Brewers sweep their opponent, the decision will be made for me.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Silly post. I dropped my SS a couple years ago due to too many commitments and not being able to get there enough, but how exactly do you plan to dictate who buys the tickets? Selling them is actually not that easy to do, especially in the early rounds. The games will get plopped in midday with lukewarm interest. The easiest thing to do is just throw them on any of the resale sites. The last few years, they would sell below face value because the SSH get fleeced on the face value. When I offered them to coworkers at face, nobody bought them.

The strip is NOT cheap, especially if you are anywhere other than the terrace level. 

When I had a pair of club seats, (20pk) I was like $8k deep after I bought the postseason strip + my regular season tickets. The idea that some guy who went to a game or two is going to tell me who to sell them to and how, LOL, please. I'll sell it to Tony La Russa if I want to.  

All that said, if you re-sell anything you got at a presale, expect to be locked out of the following rounds. They enforce that very strictly, which is more than fair. Selling your strip? That's your own business.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

53 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

I was pleased to get NLDS tickets this morning. It was pretty slim pickings in a lot of the sections. That indicates that it was bought up by all of the SSH, so if there are a lot of opposing fans, we will know what happened. 

 

Yes and no. They block out some parts of sections to allow the general public to get a chance to a game or two, so that people who already had the chance to buy tickets can't just buy them all up.

[rickh150]

 

55 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Silly post. 

The strip is NOT cheap, especially if you are anywhere other than the terrace level. 

The idea that some guy who went to a game or two is going to tell me who to sell them to and how, LOL, please. I'll sell it to Tony La Russa if I want to.  

All that said, if you re-sell anything you got at a presale, expect to be locked out of the following rounds. They enforce that very strictly, which is more than fair. Selling your strip? That's your own business.

Brewers don’t want you selling to non-Brewers fans….not silly at all. And this is obvious.  That is the disturbing and maddening part. Of course you can legally sell to whomever; doesn’t mean you should.

And don’t buy the strip if you cannot afford it…..Or if you cannot rid it to fellow Brewers fans lest be branded a Brewers traitor and punk.

I have been a Season Ticket holder in the early days of Miller Park,  have led dozens of group outings, and have attended well over 200 games since 2001.  I have attended 6 playoff games and have been included in the early presale, buying two games for the 2025 NLDS.  Making me out to be a fringe fan nobody while being fine with another happily getting his palm greased by enemy fans for tickets will not win points from the die hards who simply want Brewers fans to get a fair FIRST crack at the the playoff seats.

Sell outs sell out for the buck first…and it is especially disgusting to do that come playoff time!  Sell your strip to whomever?  What kind of a fan is that.  One’s own business? Exactly. That would be one’s own selfish business instead of a collective responsibility that should go unsaid.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

23 minutes ago, rickh150 said:

 

Brewers don’t want you selling to non-Brewers fans….not silly at all. And this is obvious.  That is the disturbing and maddening part. Of course you can legally sell to whomever; doesn’t mean you should.

And don’t buy the strip if you cannot afford it…..Or if you cannot rid it to fellow Brewers fans lest be branded a Brewers traitor and punk.

I have been a Season Ticket holder in the early days of Miller Park,  have led dozens of group outings, and have attended well over 200 games since 2001.  I have attended 6 playoff games and have been included in the early presale, buying two games for the 2025 NLDS.  Making me out to be a fringe fan nobody while being fine with another happily getting his palm greased by enemy fans for tickets will not win points from the die hards who simply want Brewers fans to get a fair FIRST crack at the the playoff seats.

Sell outs sell out for the buck first…and it is especially disgusting to do that come playoff time!  Sell your strip to whomever?  What kind of a fan is that.  One’s own business? Exactly. That would be one’s own selfish business instead of a collective responsibility that should go unsaid.

Except that I never actually mentioned you. 

I don't think it's realistic at all to expect any SSH to attend every home playoff game if the Brewers played through to a World Series. And I didn't say anything about not being able to afford it, either.

It's not that complicated. If you want your SSH seat for a World Series game, you are pretty much forced to buy the strip. You can't chance the presales. I don't think the Brewers expect you're going to all those games yourself. I don't even live within an hour of the stadium. 

Point is that you're taking something filled with nuance and making it black and white when it isn't. There's a reason the Brewers don't penalize selling the strip games.  

It's a completely different thing to participate in a presale and sell your tickets. A strip you committed $4-5k to is yours to do what you want. 

I can very easily turn this around on you and tell anyone crying about it to pony up for a 20 pk if it bothers them so much. But they won't do that, will they?

You get on this high horse every October. How is someone supposed to know what fans they sold to? There is no checked box on StubHub requiring someone to be a Brewers fan. You list the tickets and they sell. Sounds like a Brewers fan problem if someone from Philadelphia is willing to fly out here, get a hotel and go to a game. Brewers fans can buy the same ticket and spend a lot less. 

[rickh150]

Just great to hear people who can’t afford the strips making profits off of flipping them to whomever, isn’t it? Not hating you personally, but I’m glad you are not selling this year. I hope you can still get to a playoff game…nothing like it.

I’m going to the playoffs by buying them from the team. Nothing wrong with that. These games are all sold out with Brewers fans only if the team is giving the opportunity.  Absolutely and certainly. Flippers are making it tougher to get Brewers fans there. No doubt.

And the biggie…..Brewers themselves don’t want ANY on secondary markets.

[rickh150]

And my high horse says, “Naaay…naaaay” to selling playoff seats to the enemy.  

[nate82]

23 hours ago, rickh150 said:

capitalism

Sigh another person who doesn’t know what capitalism is.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

You understand that any fan can go in tomorrow and buy tickets, right? What I anticipate happening is that Cubs fans will buy as many as they can. If the Cubs don't advance, they'll dump them. 

It's a silly post. The secondary market has existed on the Internet for 20 years. Every stadium has opposing fans in it. It's not that deep. If I got to a game and sat next to a Phillies fan I'd probably say hello and talk about the times I've spent in Philadelphia. 

If there are visiting fans there, not enough Brewers fans wanted to be there. Pretty simple.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 hour ago, rickh150 said:

Just great to hear people who can’t afford the strips making profits off of flipping them to whomever, isn’t it? 

Why do you keep saying this? The playoff strip can potentially encompass 11 home games in like a month. There are a million reasons somebody wouldn't be able to go to all of those games that have nothing to do with affordability. That's a 4-6 hour round trip for some of us. 

You're talking about a professional baseball game, not clean drinking water. You're not entitled to go for cheap because you're a "big fan." 😂 

These games also don't have the resale power you seen to think they do. There's barely been interest in the NLDS the last couple times we played in it. 

[Underachiever]

 I bought tickets to the NLDS to ensure I’d have early access to the subsequent rounds. I know if they throw Game 2 at noon on Tuesday, my face value tickets wouldn’t sell at a profit if I couldn’t go.
 

But if there’s World Series baseball in Milwaukee, I will be there

[Team Canada]

Feel free to sell unused tickets to Brewer fans on this site. :)

[Outlander]

I wait it out now, if the Cubs fail to play the Brewers in the NLDS there should be quite a bit of tickets available under face value. The Brewers could always sell for cheap as well, believe it was $10 last year for a game 3 Wild Card that I bought with one of ther promotions after they lost game 1. I understand World Series tickets will be nearly impossible and out of my price range if that ever happens.

[SeaBass]

Only reason I think this post is silly is because what percentage of Brewers fans are actually going to see it? It'll be tiny. This post is a nothingburger. If the Brewers themselves posted to social media and begged their fans not to sell postseason tickets to non-Brewers fans for the exact same reasons as this post it would be largely ignored.

You can't control the human mind by trying to appeal to a "noble sacrifice" over the potential for monetary gain. Or, as OSS has said, even just getting some return on a ticket you won't be able to use.

This is not to say that I don't agree with the sentiment I just don't think this post is really going to have any significant impact if any at all.

[rickh150]

On 9/22/2025 at 9:32 PM, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Why do you keep saying this? The playoff strip can potentially encompass 11 home games in like a month. There are a million reasons somebody wouldn't be able to go to all of those games that have nothing to do with affordability. That's a 4-6 hour round trip for some of us. 

You're talking about a professional baseball game, not clean drinking water. You're not entitled to go for cheap because you're a "big fan." 😂 

These games also don't have the resale power you seen to think they do. There's barely been interest in the NLDS the last couple times we played in it. 

Saying  “SELL to Brewers fans” has never gotten this kind of passionate response by a supposed Brewers fan on a die hard Brewers fan website.  
You’re Talking resale value…ha. I just want the best Brewers atmosphere for the game and the team.  Brewers are looking for ways not to have people like you handling extra tickets
 

[rickh150]

21 hours ago, SeaBass said:

Only reason I think this post is silly is because what percentage of Brewers fans are actually going to see it? It'll be tiny. This post is a nothingburger. If the Brewers themselves posted to social media and begged their fans not to sell postseason tickets to non-Brewers fans for the exact same reasons as this post it would be largely ignored.

You can't control the human mind by trying to appeal to a "noble sacrifice" over the potential for monetary gain. Or, as OSS has said, even just getting some return on a ticket you won't be able to use.

This is not to say that I don't agree with the sentiment I just don't think this post is really going to have any significant impact if any at all.

And you would consider your post not silly then, I gather? 

[SeaBass]

1 hour ago, rickh150 said:

And you would consider your post not silly then, I gather? 

Correct. This topic has 820 views in going on 3 days now, I'd assume by many whom have clicked on it multiple times to read new replies. What actual result do you think comes of this from the couple dozen people you've reached with your plea?

I don't begrudge you for your opinion I just don't think that, as a call to action, it's going to be effective. If you bought advertising on billboards all over Milwaukee I would wonder how effective that would even be.

[SeaBass]

All in all, regardless of the tickets that end up in the hands of opposing team's fans, I'd expect that Brewers fans will still vastly outnumber those other fans. Brewers fans will always be the ones most motivated to buy playoff tickets for Brewers games, and almost all of those people want to actually go to those games. A Brewers vs. Cubs playoff series would be the only one where I'd think the opposing fans would be significantly loud but that's already kind of the norm when the Brewers host the Cubs.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 hours ago, rickh150 said:

Saying  “SELL to Brewers fans” has never gotten this kind of passionate response by a supposed Brewers fan on a die hard Brewers fan website.  
You’re Talking resale value…ha. I just want the best Brewers atmosphere for the game and the team.  Brewers are looking for ways not to have people like you handling extra tickets
 

Again, I ask: How is anyone supposed to know what fan is buying the ticket? You have yet to answer this question. So I can re-sell my tickets, but only to people in my inner circle that identify as Brewers fans? And when those people say no? Or are only willing to pay half of face value? What then? I just eat the loss so that a "true fan"  can go? 🤣

If they don't want people like me selling, that is not a very big problem as I don't possess any of the tickets. However, you'd be wrong, as they constantly beg me to re-up and spend thousands again. I think that's what they care about most.

[rickh150]

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[rickh150]

And dont sell to Old School. He isn’t going when he could flip it with these prices. Ha. Arguing he won’t know who is buying his tickets is a a defense? It’s the reason I am glad he doesn’t have tickets!

[Underachiever]

33 minutes ago, rickh150 said:

And dont sell to Old School. He isn’t going when he could flip it with these prices. Ha. Arguing he won’t know who is buying his tickets is a a defense? It’s the reason I am glad he doesn’t have tickets!

Man, you don't let go of anything, do you? 

[rickh150]

10 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Man, you don't let go of anything, do you? 

IF EVER this topic was relevant, it is NOW!

[MoreTrife]

There is a huge assumption Cubs fans are buying. Any brewers fans who wanted to go have already bought. Rich cubs fans from north shore will be swarming and brewers "fans" won't be able to resist 3x face value.