Starting this morning, single-game tickets for all Seattle Mariners regular season games are now on sale.
If you are looking for Opening Day Tickets, your best bets are to either stand in line at the nearest team store at 6:30 am to get a number (that’s the way they are doing it this year) or try and get lucky online where the Mariners are warning of 3-5 hour wait times with no guarantees.
You can always go to stubhub and get tickets to any game on the schedule, too, and because the Mariners aren’t among the more attractive teams to watch in the league, you can get good seats at a pretty reasonable price.
But the longer we wait, the more we’re going to pay if the team is good, and there’s a chance they get off to a fast start and turn some heads in the AL in April and May.
To get tickets via Ticketmaster CLICK HERE!
If you are looking for Opening Day tickets and do not want to wait in line, or are looking for seats in sections that have been sold out, CLICK HERE!
The above links will take you directly to the Seattle Mariners ticket pages where you can choose your seats and buy immediately.
Even I am buying tickets this year, and I’m buying early, because if things fall in the Mariners’ direction and they get a little luck from the baseball gods, I don’t want to be one those who sat back and waited and will be stuck home wishing they got in when tickets were available.
The M’s haven’t been legit contenders since mid-season of 2003, and this year’s roster might give them their best chance to make the post season in six years.
Stranger things have happened in baseball - see Rockies, Colorado, 2007. By this time next year there could be a few local bloggers penning their own rendition of “Now I Can Die in Peace”.
To borrow a line from an old slogan around these parts: Mariners Fever… Catch it.
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Way ahead of you Jason. I got my 16 game plan after Fanfest.
Now tell everyone else ya know to get on the ball. As much as I despise those who run the organization, it would be a travesty for the ‘08 Mariners to be a good team, playoffs or not, and have the fans in this area watch it on tv.
That’s what Safeco is for.
And in my opinion, THIS is the year to buy season tickets so you are in line ahead of everyone for ‘09 to improve your seats for a possible World Series. If you wait until we’ve had a “really good” season, good luck.
With one or two moves this coming winter ‘08, they can move from “maybe” playoff contenders to “maybe” World Series contenders. Lopez needs to begin his move to more consistency and plate discipline this year, Yuni needs to continue his improvement, Balentein needs to get in some reasonable ML time this year. If those things happen, ‘09 here we come.
I’ll be in 122 on OD. Never miss it!
I will be there on OD as well! Section 123! I’m excited. I’ve never been to OD before. Jason, will you be there? I thought it would be tough on the M’s web site, but it took me about 10 minutes after getting on right at 10. I looked at stub hub, but I got better seats for less money on the M’s site than on Stub Hub. As much as I’m not happy about losing Adam Jones/Tillman/etc, I’m really excited for Opening Day! Go M’s!
Went to Bellevue Square at 6:45 to get a place in line. Even though they started assigning numbers at 6:30, I was number 54. Ate breakfast with my dad and killed some time until 10, then we talked to a Mariners store employee that told us they typically get through about 10 customers an hour…what a joke! I ended up calling my wife and having her get us tickets online, which was a breeze. We’re in section 111 for Opening Day & I can’t wait!
Well, I should’ve just stayed home. I tried using the link here to Ticketmaster on my phone while I was waiting in line (10 people in front of me -ish) at the local Fred Meyer — our local Team Store was shut down a month or so ago. Their site worked just fine up until the Captcha image. I F’N HATE TICKETMASTER //rant #1
So, okay, I tried using the phone. Took me forever to remember the number, and when I finally found it, obviously couldn’t get through. Once I finally DID get through, their automated system SUCK SUCK SUCKITY-SUCKS!!!! I ended up having to hang up and try again. I F’N HATE TICKETMASTER!!!! //rant #2
By the time I finally got through their crappy automated system, I’d reached the front of the line, where the guy said “Sold out!” — but he checked again and three tickets were available (probably the ones I’d just released by hanging up the phone).
In spite of the fact that I’LL NEVER @#$@#$#@ VISIT A TICKETMASTER OUTLET EVER @W#$@#$ AGAIN, I have three tickets in Section 149. In the back. But at least we’re close to the food and restrooms, I think.
Lesson learned: NEVER EVER go to a Ticketmaster outlet in person when you need tickets. Fumble through their crappy web site where you can’t select the exact section you want to sit in. Or buy a 16-game plan, which is too much money for my tastes (considering I’m lucky to get to more than 2-3 games anyway).
Ticketmaster SUCKS!!!! And you get to pay a “convenience” fee to use them…
Id go to more games, but im a college student and money is hard tocome by.
can’t get m’s spring games on spokane/coeur d’alene radio stations yet. for some reason or other.
does anyone know where to get m’s radio online??
also agree 100%
ticketmaster fee’s are totally out of line!
You can get the MLB package and listen to all games and watch most of them, even in spring training.
Otherwise, you’re SOL.
mlb.tv is great. This year they are going up to 1.2 MB which is basically the same graphics as watching it on a non HDTV.
Section 108, Row 27, seats 21 and 22. I’ve got season tickets there so I’ll be there 60+ times this year. Feel free to come visit any game!
Bretticus…
How long have you had those seats?
I used to have tickets in 108, row like 25 or 28 IIRC, which wasn’t far from the first row in RF “under the lotto sign”is what I used to tell people.
How is stubhub legal?
How is it not?
They are licensed, and have a contract with MLB, as well as the other major sports.
Jason–this is my first year with season tickets. I’m usually all over the ballpark about 40 times a year but my parents figured it’d be cheaper for all of us if we just had two seats for the year.
How did you like 108? I took a look at the view at fan fest and got a distinct feeling they’re very good seats…
And yeah, these are in the same spot, 5 rows up from the front row. Again, feel free to drop by and say hello. I love educated baseball chat, which is something you rarely get at Safeco, so it would be quite refreshing.
Yup - finally relented this year and bought a 16game plan. The Bedard trade was enough for me to go through with it - never would have if they didn’t do that deal. Up in the club area if anyone’s got seats up there - we could get a beer!!!
I loved that section, Bretticus, I much prefer that angle to one behind the plate if I’m just there to watch the game and not get a look at a certain player.
For those who haven’t noticed, I’m updating the notes and pitching probables for all Cactus League Games HERE, or you can simply click on the menu page titled “Spring Training News” at the top of this page.
Going to the stadium box office is still the best way to get tickets. The lines were gone at 2pm yesterday and I got 4 tickets to Opening Day and 2 apiece for every NYY and BOS game. Not the best seats ever, but not bad either. Mostly View Box seats down the lines. I figure I’ll go to one game in each NYY or Boston series. I’ll pick the matchup the looks best and then sell the other two games on Craigslist to desperate Reed Sox and Yankees fans.
View Box seats are generally my favorite affordable tickets. For Felix Opening Day I was able to get a pair right over home plate. I also got 4 $7 bleachers for Ichiro Bobblehead night. No sense in paying for seats on that night when there’s gonna be 15,000 empties.
Other than those games, everything else should be available at least a few weeks in advance, so there’s no rush. Unless the M’s get hot all of a sudden.
I’ll bet you tickets to another game that on Ichiro bobblehead night there won’t be 15,000 empties.
It’s a Friday night, and though they are playing Oakland, a team that figures to be pretty bad, they are still a division rival and if the M’s are 14-10, or better, there’s no chance there’s many no-sells or even no-shows.
They aren’t no-shows for Ichiro Bobblehead night. There’s just a lot of people who buy 3 or 4 tickets apiece to re-enter and get extra bobbleheads. And then there’s the mass of people headed back to their cars with armfuls of them that don’t even stay for the game. Paid attendance will be maxed out, but there’ll probably only be 35,000 bodies in the stands at most by game time.
But yeah, a hot start could increase that total a little more than in previous years.
Just a quick thought. Did anyone else notice that the ball is about 6 inches above Beltre’s bat in that picture. I’m no baseball expert, but i know enough to know that a good bunt should be going the other direction, i.e. towards the ground. Good thing he never actually bunts in a real game.
Go M’s!
you can lop it and be very successful. A lotof non-bunters bunt that way. Dan Wilson was good at that… just a little pop off the bat.
The important thing is to keep the bat head vertical and avoid an actual pop up.
Jason, being a newbie to Spring Training, is there a lot of activity at the training complex even when games are being played?
Not usually a ton, the workouts typically happen in the morning and end early in the afternoon, if not noon itself.
If I were you I would hang out on the minor league fields. That’s where you get to see players and things you can’t see during the season.
How many games did the 03 mariners win? I bet they won more then the 08 model wins. I will bet you a beer a very large beer..
Someone already owes me a huge beer, so until that person pays up, no more beer bets.
In fact, Mike owes me a beer, too - hey, Mike, pay up pal, share the blue moon.
I don’t care if the 03 team won 93 games, 133 games or 23 games… this year’s team could very well be better than that squad that finished the year 12-27 and was 33-41 after the all-star break.
Thanks bro, I’m staying at the Hilton Pointe and am told some players are staying there as well.
BTW, do you have anything to discuss regarding the new coaching staff and other recent hires like Wallace?
Like what, ek?
I love the Wallace hiring. The rest don’t matter much.
I was just wondering if behind the scenes stuff is different with Wallace in place, and the new coaches settling in with a different club.
Do you get a sense that this so-called “will to win” attitude shift that Ichiro pointed out in interviews is something observable on the operational level. I figure new chiefs usually means different rules or some kind of top-down message was implemented.
Impact trades do certainly have a way to instilling emotion into the players on the roster. There’s definitely something to that. Believing you’re good is one of the most important parts of being an athlete and a team.
Wallace brings so much to the table, it’s not just about coaching, though he’s got so much experience he can’t help but help.
The thing I like most about Wallace is that he also has a scouting and player development background (which should be essential in a pitching coordinator, since scouting and developing your own is the point).
He’s been an assistant to the GM, and will serve in that role with Seattle, too, and has held a big-league PC gig.
Cool, and thanks again. I want to hear Wallace’s take on Morrow and Aumont now. ;-)
We should probably let him get to know both of them as pitchers first.
It’s been all of three weeks and he has 50 pitchers to learn.
Although Morrow is more the responsibility of Stottlemyre. Wallace won’t be assigned to Morrow for any purpose this early on. If he runs into some mechanical issues, Wallace may be called in, as well as Lance Painter and Scott Budner.