Time: August 22, 2015 all day
Location: Safeco Field
Event Type: ballpark meet-up
Organized By: Ballpark Chasers Staff
Latest Activity: Aug 22, 2015
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Ballpark Chasers,
Our Second Annual Ballpark Chasers Meetup is almost here! Game day is Saturday, August 22nd- White Sox vs. Mariners. Our event is now sold out.
Saturday’s Itinerary:
11am-2pm: BBQ lunch at Ken Lee's house. Free for Ballpark Chasers and guests. Donations accepted and will go towards the Sports Legacy Institute. BBQ style food, pizza and Ken's Manfish Beer will be served.
3:00-4:00pm: Safeco Field Tour. We are meeting at 2:45pm at the Diamond Club entrance, the doors by the home plate entrance on 1st Ave. Free for Ballpark Chasers and guests. A bobblehead will be held for you; no need to worry about getting in line early. A big thank you to Doug Miller for making this a free event!
6:10pm: White Sox vs. Mariners (Robinson Cano Bobblehead Night)
Transportation: Chuck Booth and Tike Narry will have a rental van and can assist with transportation during the weekend. Please reach out to Chuck at mlbreports@gmail.com to coordinate.
Other opportunities for games over the weekend:
Friday August 21st: Mariners vs. White Sox 7:10pm*
Sunday August 23rd: MiLB game (Tacoma Rainers 5:05pm)*
Monday August 24th: MiLb game (Everett Aquasox 7:05pm)*
*Not organized by our staff. Chasers who attend any of these games will coordinate tickets and gatherings themselves.
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I've written this in my posts before but I don't want tickets that are reasonably priced. It'll cost $200-$300 for airfare and $100-$150 per night for hotel. When you're spending all that, paying an extra $40 for a game ticket isn't that much of an expense. That said, I'd sit wherever the group decides to sit. The point is to hang with other Chasers.
I will be there. Hope I get to see the game this year! :)
I wish that I could, but I am busy that weekend. I am looking forward to making it to Seattle soon though.
I'll be going to see the Mariners that Friday evening and Saturday and flying back on Sunday to see the Mets-Rockies.
Going to have to give this serious thought...Seattle is the last city I need for 30. My initial plans were to tie in an Alaska cruise...but that is looking less and less likely.
If you are an American driving a rental into Canada, you should be fine. Just make sure your rental agreement is ok with the cross-border trip - most are. I did the opposite last year - rented in Vancouver and drove to Oregon and back. The US dollar is very strong against our Canadian dollar right now, so think of all of Canada as being on sale! COme for a visit!
I'll have finished my 30 stadiums by then, so I'm likely free to come. Going to a Rainers game is intriguing, although that might mean staying over another night.
If I get a rental car in Seattle, do I have to do anything different if I plan on traveling to Canada?
Craig - unlikely I'd bother getting a car, and my budget is a couple of hundred bucks a night. Happy to take the train to/from the ballpark. It's quite a good system in Downtown Seattle, from what I remember from a couple of years ago when we visited.
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