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Oh, so this is for new buyers?  I saw a tweet about this earlier today and though, "well, guess I'm done with season tickets if I have to do a pre-sale for all the playoffs and WS as a 20-game SSH."  I was quite defeated and sad.

If they are taking that privilege away from long-time 20-game SSH, they're going to have a lot of angry SSH.

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I get it, those strips are sold at so much of a discount that you could buy the 20 game pack living out of state, not go to any of the regular season games, and still come out ahead if they make another WS appearance. The was also the issue of STH reselling those watch party tickets at a huge markup, which was not a good look. 

My warning to the Brewers would just be that loyalty is a two-way street and someday in the future you'll need to sell tickets after a 70-win season. And you don't have to look far to see what can happen when you don't reward loyalty -- which team is currently 30th out of 30 in NBA attendance? 

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I know this is a social media post and lacks full context, but when I saw this earlier today I reacted similarly to pitchleague.  I'll be sending this to "our" ticket rep (the pitch and hawing households have the same rep) asking for some context.  

I realize this year's success is a generational opportunity for the Brewers to make some coin.  They're also experiencing a generational peak of fan/civic goodwill, which could take quite a hit if they cut off 20-pack customers.  (They already withhold some season seat perks for single-ticket customers, which seems unnecessarily petty to me.)  I hope they're putting some thought into how to balance both opportunities. 

Like owbc, I wonder if they've even considered what they'd do if the next active season (2027 or whenever*) is kind of a bust.  Or maybe 2027/whatever next full season is also successful, but after that the fanbase gets all "what have you done lately."  They must be aware of how fan enthusiasm waned with the Milwaukee Braves after the mid-1950s. 

 

*Even with this year's success, a long disruption could really tank the goodwill the Brewers have built up. 

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9 hours ago, hawing said:

 

I know this is a social media post and lacks full context, but when I saw this earlier today I reacted similarly to pitchleague.  I'll be sending this to "our" ticket rep (the pitch and hawing households have the same rep) asking for some context.  

I realize this year's success is a generational opportunity for the Brewers to make some coin.  They're also experiencing a generational peak of fan/civic goodwill, which could take quite a hit if they cut off 20-pack customers.  (They already withhold some season seat perks for single-ticket customers, which seems unnecessarily petty to me.)  I hope they're putting some thought into how to balance both opportunities. 

Like owbc, I wonder if they've even considered what they'd do if the next active season (2027 or whenever*) is kind of a bust.  Or maybe 2027/whatever next full season is also successful, but after that the fanbase gets all "what have you done lately."  They must be aware of how fan enthusiasm waned with the Milwaukee Braves after the mid-1950s. 

 

*Even with this year's success, a long disruption could really tank the goodwill the Brewers have built up. 

It is only for new SSM’s starting the 12th. Everyone else is grandfathered in. I specifically asked beyond this year (2027) and that is the answer I got.

I actually canceled mine after they barred single game accounts from rewards. They told me as long as I didn’t sell the majority of the game then it was fine. Proceeded to sell zero tickets and got locked out of rewards. Kinda ridiculous considering I held the season seat account pre-2018.

Sigh, anyway, time to sign up.

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2 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

I actually canceled mine after they barred single game accounts from rewards. 

If I happen to outlive my partner and the Brewers walk back my perks after 30+ years of SSM-ship, they will have one angry widow to contend with.   I'm sure they have crunched their numbers in a way where it makes financial sense to them to rip off singletons, but for me it gives off an unflattering "cracker factory from The Simpsons" vibe.  "Maybe single people like supporting the Brewers, we don't know.  Frankly, we don't want to know.  It's a market we can do without."  

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On 11/3/2026 at 12:09 PM, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

Any word on the Brewers processing Game 6 and Game 7 refunds?   I believe (what I understood during the ticket sale), is that refunds would be processed within 7-10 business days of the end of the world series...

7 days would be Friday, and 10 days would be next Wednesday.   Anybody see anything yet?

I know in past years when games that were not played an had to be refunded, they default to a credit on the season seat holder account.  When I looked at my account last week, I saw a credit.  I sent an email to my ticket rep, last week and  have not heard back.

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3 hours ago, hawing said:

If I happen to outlive my partner and the Brewers walk back my perks after 30+ years of SSM-ship, they will have one angry widow to contend with.   I'm sure they have crunched their numbers in a way where it makes financial sense to them to rip off singletons, but for me it gives off an unflattering "cracker factory from The Simpsons" vibe.  "Maybe single people like supporting the Brewers, we don't know.  Frankly, we don't want to know.  It's a market we can do without."  

I'm with you hawing. Have been a SSH since 91. Saw in another post that you contacted your SSH rep. Did you do this by email or phone and did you get a reply?  I sent my rep an email last week  about PS refunds and have not heard back yet.  My rep is Nate and has always been great (yeah, Nate is/was great), but over the years his response time has gotten worse and worse. Who is your rep?

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On 11/3/2026 at 12:09 PM, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

Any word on the Brewers processing Game 6 and Game 7 refunds?   I believe (what I understood during the ticket sale), is that refunds would be processed within 7-10 business days of the end of the world series...

7 days would be Friday, and 10 days would be next Wednesday.   Anybody see anything yet?

I was told today that MLB still has the money.

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I got the NLCS G6 and G7 refunds today. 

As for the rest of this, the strip is the only reason I was really a SSH (when I was). I can't blame the Brewers for milking this teat dry of every cent they can. When the team is worse, they'll simply roll some of this stuff back again as an incentive. 

But now that it happened, it's over, they won the World Series...I just don't feel the itch to be there. Sure, I'll participate in the presale if I can get into their server, but the entire reason I ever did in the first place was to be there the year they finally did it. I missed the boat by a couple years, oh well. For me anyway, it's just not a hot ticket to be there when they win their second World Series.

I imagine the resale market won't be anything close to this season if they made it back within the next few seasons.

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19 hours ago, michaeldwilson said:

Does anyone know when spring season tickets will go on sale? I imagine they'll be in demand after our great World Series win. 

Thanks!

I live in Arizona and typically attend a bunch of spring training games each March. The spring training tickets typcially go on sale  in November/early December. So, any day now. 

That said, tickets at Maryvale have never really been in massive demand unless the crew is playing the Angels/Cubs/Dodgers/D'backs. I expect a small surge of Wisconsonites this spring, but I doubt its more than an extra 2k fans per game. Most Maryvale games get like 5k to 7k fans. Maybe most games this spring will draw 8k or 9k. Also, remember some people might not buy tickets with the lockout pending. I personally typically buy a bunch of tickets in December. I wont do so this year until the lockout is resolved. So, if having to plan a big trip from Wisconsin, I bet that scares some folks away. That would be a lot of cancel/postpone if the lockout drags on. 

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On 11/3/2026 at 12:09 PM, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

Any word on the Brewers processing Game 6 and Game 7 refunds?   I believe (what I understood during the ticket sale), is that refunds would be processed within 7-10 business days of the end of the world series...

7 days would be Friday, and 10 days would be next Wednesday.   Anybody see anything yet?

The Brewer ticket office sent an e-mail message last week asking if I'd like to apply the money I paid toward WS Game 6 to a season ticket package...

I asked for the full refund and didn't receive a reply since.

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On 11/9/2026 at 4:41 PM, MrTPlush said:

Starting Thursday, new 20-game plans will no longer be eligible to buy a postseason strip. Potentially still one without the World Series, but TBD.

So if you are on the fence for a 20-game plan, you have two days to decide if you want postseason strip access.

From glancing at the website it appears 20 game fans choice is dead for new customers as well. 

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1 hour ago, Daubs said:

The Brewer ticket office sent an e-mail message last week asking if I'd like to apply the money I paid toward WS Game 6 to a season ticket package...

I asked for the full refund and didn't receive a reply since.

You'll get it next week. It's always taken about this long. NLCS refunds went through today/tomorrow. 

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18 hours ago, wildcat2237 said:

I live in Arizona and typically attend a bunch of spring training games each March. The spring training tickets typcially go on sale  in November/early December. So, any day now. 

That said, tickets at Maryvale have never really been in massive demand unless the crew is playing the Angels/Cubs/Dodgers/D'backs. I expect a small surge of Wisconsonites this spring, but I doubt its more than an extra 2k fans per game. Most Maryvale games get like 5k to 7k fans. Maybe most games this spring will draw 8k or 9k. Also, remember some people might not buy tickets with the lockout pending. I personally typically buy a bunch of tickets in December. I wont do so this year until the lockout is resolved. So, if having to plan a big trip from Wisconsin, I bet that scares some folks away. That would be a lot of cancel/postpone if the lockout drags on. 

Thanks! I appreciate the information. We have our Airbnb rented. I'm already ready to watch the World Champions play again.

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16 hours ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

From glancing at the website it appears 20 game fans choice is dead for new customers as well. 

It appears completely taken out of SSM rotation and instead apart of mini-plans. So you can get a 20 game fan choice membership with none of the perks.

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1 minute ago, MrTPlush said:

It appears completely taken out of SSM rotation and instead apart of mini-plans. So you can get a 20 game fan choice membership with none of the perks.

I was considering re-upping this year, but yeah, not a chance. I stopped after 2022 mostly due to logistics. I'd do it if I lived in Tosa or something. The set plans are useless.

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