I’m losing track of how many years in a row Tom has raised ticket prices. I can’t keep up. My hunch is to say every year for the last decade – at least 50 cents to the price of beer.
Domestic Cans have no business costing $13.99 not anywhere. Not on Mars or an airport or at Wrigley Field or your own lethal injection and you have one more chance to drink one more cold beer. Even on death row I think $13.99 is unreasonable and I’m happy to argue that with anyone.
A round of beers after tip and tax is $62.
I’m no cheapskate by any stretch but $62 is four cases of beer at Kenwood liquors on Cicero in Oak Lawn.
$62 is two shitty tickets on a wet day game in early April.
$62 is two dances at a Tampa strip club outside peak hours.
Under no circumstances should $62 be a round of beers for the fellas at Wrigley Field and this is assuming we’re drinking Bud Light. Turn the heat up to a Kona Wave Trash Can and you’re an extra $68-70 depending on the tip button.
I think that’s bullshit because Tom Ricketts has been a terrible owner since winning the World Series.
The Cubs lead MLB with $371M in Revenue Net Payroll. Nobody in MLB has a bigger spread between the money they made in 2024 compared to the money spent on players in 2025 and that should be disgusting when you consider Tom’s comments about struggling to break even.
It really makes me sick to talk and think about but it’s necessary. Cubs fans can’t just complain. You have to be mad and you have to tell Tom when you see him at Wrigley that it sucks that he doesn’t increase his spend but he keeps making it more expensive each year for the average fan.
Completely unacceptable and no amount of Sammy Sosa days and video board highlights will change that.
The only solution forward if he keeps raising prices is to sign Kyle Tucker for 10 years and then win a bunch of division championships. That’s the only way he can shut me up about raising prices and I don’t think it’s going to ever happen.
So until then, kick rocks Tom.
Or is that too expensive?
Absolutely insane. Last year I realized how much value is in the club ticket seats. You can sometimes find Catalina club tickets for $130-175 where it’s free food and free drinks. I would just show up when gates open and start drinking 2 hours before the game.
This is the way
This is another banger by Carl. Miss his content