Twins Tickets Easier To Come By -- For Now
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- If you think you can't get to a Twins game because Target Field is always sold out, think again.
Last night was the Twins first "non sell-out" of the year. Some of that had to do with the Twins playing the Royals, but some other factors may also be at play.
"For some tickets right now, it's cheaper to buy a Twins ticket from us than to go to a movie," said Ticket King co-owner Michael Nowakowski.
That may also be true if you are buying tickets on the street.
"These (tickets) are $14 each. I'd sell these for $10 for the pair at this point in time," said Twins fan Tom Imhoff, who was trying to sell his tickets Wednesday.
Imhof said he can make $20 to $30 selling tickets in the summer during a game like this one, but Wednesday he was forced to almost give his upper deck tickets away and Twins fan Jim Petry was more than willing to take them off his hands.
"We found two tickets for $10," said Petry.
School is still in session, spring weather is unpredictable and Kevin Smith of the Minnesota Twins says there's a common misconception that tickets this time of year are hard to come by -- during the week or the weekend.
"We've said all along that midday games in April, May and September are the ones we have the most availability," said Twins spokesman Kevin Smith.
However, easy ticket availability doesn't mean attendance is down. The Twins had more than 36,000 fans at Wednesday's game. That's excellent, compared to only about 20,000 fans that showed up in Detroit this afternoon for the Tigers-Rangers game.
"The fact that we have 36,000 fans here today is amazing and we are thankful for every fan who has come in," said Smith.
Smith said if Wednesday's game were played in the summer months, there probably would have been about 3,000 more people at Target Field. He says if this game had been played in the Metrodome, there probably would have been about 25,000 less fans.
Smith also said there is turnover before every game so tickets are always available at the ticket office.
Visiting teams return tickets and so do umpires and corporations.
