Will there be general admission this weekend cheaper than $69.?

elcampopooch said:

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Will there be general admission this weekend cheaper than $69.?

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Where are you seeing that? It's $22 on the Astros website

I went to the Shriner Baseball Classic. I believe it was Seat Geek. I will check Astro site.

elcampopooch said:

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I went to the Shriner Baseball Classic. I believe it was Seat Geek. I will check Astro site.

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Astros site has them for face value and they won't sell out since it's GA. So definitely go that route over seat geek. They'll be like $31 each with fees included

Anyone know if FloSports will be covering it this year?

First of all it is no longer the Shriners Classic, that has moved to GLF.

If you live the Houston area the entire slate of games will be shown on the Space City Home Network although due to Astros Spring Training games and Rockets games some will be shown on the alternative channel. I have not seen anything definitive yet but these games were streamed on the Astros site in past if you don't get SCHN.

I thought I saw that the MLB Network was covering these as well. Did I see that wrong?

LRB38 said:

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I thought I saw that the MLB Network was covering these as well. Did I see that wrong?

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Apparently our game against Okie State Saturday will be aired live on MLB Network. Anything else seems to be tape delayed. With Spring Training starting I somewhat surprised to get even that much.

If you are buying general admission tickets, just buy them at the gate. Quick and easy. If you want the Reserved seating, buy on line to get your seat.

If you are talking about the series in Houston this weekend, Shriner's doesn't sponsor it anymore. They've got multiple series in Arlington.

For the series in Houston, a three-day adult GA ticket is $51 with $12.49 processing fee for a total of $63.49.

You can buy tickets, including single days or a 3-game package here:
https://www.mlb.com/astros/tickets/college-classic

safety guy said:

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If you are buying general admission tickets, just buy them at the gate. Quick and easy. If you want the Reserved seating, buy on line to get your seat.

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I tried to buy at the gate two years ago. They would not sell to me and told me I had to buy on my phone. It was tedious, I had to go through creating an MLB account, downloading the MLB app, and my tickets didn't show up in my account immediately. The whole process took a long time and then I had to wait about 10 minutes after buying before I could see the tickets in my account and enter the stadium. I recommend getting tickets online in advance so you don't have to come up against this.

bought our GA tickets last night… yes you do have to have MLB acct… with fees came out to $60 for the 3-day GA per person

Last year this tournament at the Astros stadium (whatever it was called) was live on YouTube

The youtube feeds were pirate feeds. May show up again or maybe not

TV Fri and Sun Space City Network. Sat MLB Network from what I see

ensign_beedrill said:

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safety guy said:

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If you are buying general admission tickets, just buy them at the gate. Quick and easy. If you want the Reserved seating, buy on line to get your seat.

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I tried to buy at the gate two years ago. They would not sell to me and told me I had to buy on my phone. It was tedious, I had to go through creating an MLB account, downloading the MLB app, and my tickets didn't show up in my account immediately. The whole process took a long time and then I had to wait about 10 minutes after buying before I could see the tickets in my account and enter the stadium. I recommend getting tickets online in advance so you don't have to come up against this.

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That is one screwed up system. I may go Friday if I have time. I have not been to the games there in about 6 years so they must want all tickets on line to reduce the cost of selling tickets at the stadium.

Boozer92 said:

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The youtube feeds were pirate feeds. May show up again or maybe not

TV Fri and Sun Space City Network. Sat MLB Network from what I see

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No, I believe they were streamed live on the Astros Youtube channel. They will do that again this year.

"Additionally, all nine games will also be streamed live without a blackout or paywall on Astros.com and on the Astros X, Facebook and YouTube channels."

https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-astros-foundation-college-classic-returns-to-daikin-park-on-feb-28

Let's just not have another 17 inning game where I stay up entirely too late doing PBP.

I get why A&M plays the late games, but to me it's annoying to make them play all 3. My wife wants to take the kids, but it sucks for two reasons...

1. you get home late
2. If a previous game(s) runs long you have to sit and wait for god know how long before the final game starts. could end up being there until 11pm or later.

trouble said:

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Let's just not have another 17 inning game where I stay up entirely too late doing PBP.

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I'll never forget that 2017 TCU game… the game before (I think lsu vs Baylor) ran late and ours didn't start until 8:30. Then it went 15 innings and a loss. Brutal

That one sucked big time

Thank You. I must have thinking of the streams from Globe Life that got shut down after a day or so 2 years ago.

I'm sure it's because of the other teams' travel requirements but the Sunday game vs Rice being the late game is a bummer. A Sunday afternoon game would be a great crowd but since it's going to end late I doubt that many people end up going, even the locals.

Excited for Friday night though.

Fairview20 said:

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I'm sure it's because of the other teams' travel requirements but the Sunday game vs Rice being the late game is a bummer. A Sunday afternoon game would be a great crowd but since it's going to end late I doubt that many people end up going, even the locals.

Excited for Friday night though.

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I like my time slot staying stable. We might leave early from the Rice game so I can work the next morning, though…but I did take both Friday and Monday off just in case!!!

tjack16 said:

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trouble said:

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Let's just not have another 17 inning game where I stay up entirely too late doing PBP.

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I'll never forget that 2017 TCU game… the game before (I think lsu vs Baylor) ran late and ours didn't start until 8:30. Then it went 15 innings and a loss. Brutal

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After watching the last out in 2016 and then the shaky start to 2017, my playoff hopes were living/dying on that game all 15 innings. I was certain the season was over after we lost and then fell to Baylor. Not as certain as Maroon Dawn

Still crazy to think that team made it to Omaha.

AustinCountyAg said:

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I get why A&M plays the late games, but to me it's annoying to make them play all 3. My wife wants to take the kids, but it sucks for two reasons...

1. you get home late
2. If a previous game(s) runs long you have to sit and wait for god know how long before the final game starts. could end up being there until 11pm or later.

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I will count myself blessed and lucky to get out of there by 11:00.

Chrundle the Great said:

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tjack16 said:

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trouble said:

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Let's just not have another 17 inning game where I stay up entirely too late doing PBP.

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I'll never forget that 2017 TCU game… the game before (I think lsu vs Baylor) ran late and ours didn't start until 8:30. Then it went 15 innings and a loss. Brutal

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After watching the last out in 2016 and then the shaky start to 2017, my playoff hopes were living/dying on that game all 15 innings. I was certain the season was over after we lost and then fell to Baylor. Not as certain as Maroon Dawn

Still crazy to think that team made it to Omaha.

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Thank you to Davidson for upsetting North Carolina in the regional

For a total of nine games

You did an amazing job!!!

Since I can't make it to Houston, I'm just going to have a Shiner Classic at $10.99 a six pack

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If you live the Houston area the entire slate of games will be shown on the Space City Home Network

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You don't have to live in the Houston area. I have Space City as part of my FuboTV package.

Tried to find on the Astros website, but does anyone know if you can exit the stadium and come back in?

Also, can you bring bubble makers?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the reminder, forgot about the ticket purchase process.

We'll be there Friday

By the way I have a GA ticket plus parking pass for Friday I'm not using. So if you'd like to avoid fees let me know. I'll sell both for $30 together ($42 total from Astros site with fees)

Figured I'd go to this thread first and if no takers I'll take it to ticket exchange. We decided on just going Saturday now

ensign_beedrill said:

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safety guy said:

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If you are buying general admission tickets, just buy them at the gate. Quick and easy. If you want the Reserved seating, buy on line to get your seat.

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I tried to buy at the gate two years ago. They would not sell to me and told me I had to buy on my phone. It was tedious, I had to go through creating an MLB account, downloading the MLB app, and my tickets didn't show up in my account immediately. The whole process took a long time and then I had to wait about 10 minutes after buying before I could see the tickets in my account and enter the stadium. I recommend getting tickets online in advance so you don't have to come up against this.

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Good reminder. Make sure you have the MLB ballpark app or whatever on your phone before going.

Last year i bought on my phone from the restaurant before walking over, and had to get help at the Will Call window. Then enjoyed an all-nighter vs Tech.

For parking, in addition to the Astros lots, there's also a pay-at-the-machine lot behind Woodrows and Cobos BBQ (mainly a taco place), if you wan't to eat/drink before the game. 801 Chartres Street, facing the 59 freeway feeder on the East side of the freeway.

Do we know which dugout we will have on Friday night?