Planning a Trip to Fenway

Faneuil Hall Marketplace (eat at Durgin Park!!!)
Boston Common
Harvard University


If you go to Cheers (across from Boston Common) don't bother going inside. It bears ZERO resemblance to the TV set and was quite a disappointment.

For Sox games I suggest Stub hub. Be warned that seats are very expensive, you can go on the street and get them but you'll pay about twice face value. the nice thing about Fenway is that the worst seats are pretty good in regards to your view of the fiield. You'll have a lot less room then you use to and despite the upgrades bathrooms and concession stands might not be what your use to in the new parks. You'll love it though, it's like a party with thousands of friends every night.

Any of the stops on the Freedom Trail are worth seeing, I'd recommend the Union Oyster House at Haymarket Square. There are tons of other great seafood resturants as well, Legal Seafood by the Aquarium is a favorite. If you stay at the Copley Plaza your about a 20 min walk to Fenway or about a 10 min ride on the T.

Enjoy yourself I''m planning a trip with my son when he goes back to school in August.

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If you go to Cheers (across from Boston Common) don't bother going inside. It bears ZERO resemblance to the TV set and was quite a disappointment.

Yeah, but everybody knows your name! Actually, despite the comment above I often stop into the Bull and Finch Pub (Cheers)...beer is still good and they have good clam chowder.

I use StubHub for my tickets to Fenway...that is unless I get a freebie like I once did with this seat (Row 11, for the record ) !



Enjoy!

Ace ticket is also a reputable ticket agency though you will pay a rather premium price for tickets. It isn't cheap to go to a Sox game that is for sure!! But it is a fun time and a unique park.

If you are looking at grand stand tickets from section 1 - 3 you'd be better off getting bleacher seats in my opinion, though you can't walk the park from the bleachers like you could from the grand stand section.

My understanding is that tickets are hard to come by, but you should definitely try. My boys are die hard Red Sox fans, and so we headed to Boston two summers ago. Ended up buying a destination package through Red Sox Destinations (link below), and while it was definitely a splurge, we loved it. Got tickets for 3 games, tour of Fenway w/ lunch, shirts and some memorabilia. Might be overkill for you, but a place to start.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/b...ing/destinations.jsp

I went to college in Boston and it is my favorite city. Freedom Trail might sound boring to your daughter, but it offers an opportunity to walk Boston and see some historic sights along the way. My boys (then 12 and 14) ended up enjoying it. We stayed at the Sheraton in the Prudential Center -- not my favorite but location was great. Marriott might be better.

Good luck. You'll have fun no matter what you end up doing.

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Originally posted by justbaseball:
[QUOTE]Yeah, but everybody knows your name! Actually, despite the comment above I often stop into the Bull and Finch Pub (Cheers)...beer is still good and they have good clam chowder.

I'm sorry, didn't want to be a downer. But Cheers is one of my favorite all time shows and I guess I just expected the bar to look just like the TV set. You know, sit on Norm's stool, say hi to Cochise, etc.

It is a nice little pub though.

Another way to get tickets is get in line 2 1/2 hours before game time for the bleacher seats that are held back for game day. Ask for the best seats available. There may be returned comp box seats from the visiting team. These are in the first twenty rows behind the backstop. Check the price on the Sox website. The last time I did this a couple of years ago they were $90 each. If you obtain tickets this way you must enter the stadium pon purchase. There is plenty of good food inside. You can also watch BP. Otherwise try Stubhub.com. I'll add some Boston attractions later.

First, the Cheers thing. The Hampshire House on the corner of Beacon and Arlington is the front for the show. Once inside nothing is the same. The Cheers bar in Fanuiel Hall looks more like the real thing. Then again there's a Cheers bar at the airport in Minneapolis (assuming it's still there).

Things to see and do are going to Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market to watch street performers and other tourists. It's also where the revolutionaries met. Walk along the Charles River. Beacon Hill is old Boston architecture. Charles Street has many old book stores and antique shops. This may sound bizarre, but there's the King's Chapel Burial Grounds where there are many famous people buried. There's the view from the top of the Hancock and Prudential buildings (although I think it's a ripoff). There's Harvard Yard and Harvard Square. Old Ironsides (famous battleship). Bunker Hill (famous battle). The North End (Paul Revere's home, North Church, cannolis at Mike's). If you once read your kids Make Way For Ducklings it's written about Boston Public Gardens. Some of the oldest churches in America are in Boston. If you're into architecture it's interesting to take in a few on a walk. The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the top museums in the country. You can go up to Salem for the Salem Witch trails and Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables. If you can get out to Concord you can retrace the steps of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Thoreau's Walden Pond is in Concord.

Do not drive in Boston. Take the T.

if you can't find tickets let me know. i have a friend........ well, let me know.

from very good to soso.

While watching this weekend there were ads all game about tickets still being available.

I don't think tickets are as expensive this season as they have been in the past. We're a bit spoiled! I agree that StubHub and Ace are the best brokers. I don't agree that you can't do well outside the park on game day. You may have to wait until just before game time, but I bet you can find seats for pretty close to cost.

The Back Bay hotels mentioned above are an easy walk and that area of Boston is the best for restaurants and shopping.

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Originally posted by 20dad:
if you can't find tickets let me know. i have a friend........ well, let me know.

from very good to soso.

were you channeling Dr. Suess when you wrote this? LOL!

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Other things to do? Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

Try this once you get there:


1. Head north on Yawkey Way toward Brookline Ave 207 ft
2. Turn right at Brookline Ave 0.2 mi
3. Turn right at Beacon St/MA-2
Continue to follow MA-2 0.4 mi
4. Turn right at Massachusetts Ave 289 ft
5. Turn right to merge onto I-90 W
Partial toll road 53.8 mi
6. Take exit 9 to merge onto I-84 W toward US-20/Hartford/New York City
Partial toll road
Entering Connecticut 41.7 mi
7. Slight left at CT-15 S/Wilbur Cross Hwy (signs for Charter Oak Bridge/CT-15/I-91/NY City) 2.6 mi
8. Take exit 87 for I-91/Brainard Rd toward Brainard/Airport Rd 0.1 mi
9. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for I-91 and merge onto I-91 S 36.1 mi
10. Merge onto I-95 S
Entering New York 64.3 mi
11. Continue on I-278 W (signs for Bruckner Exp/I-278) 4.7 mi
12. Continue on I-87 N (signs for Albany/Maj Deegan Expy/I-87) 2.1 mi
13. Take exit 5 toward E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge 0.2 mi
14. Turn right at E 157th St 115 ft
15. Turn left at Ruppert Pl 0.1 mi
16. Arrive Yankee Stadium. Bronx, NY

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Will be at Fenway on Sunday evening where the parking is easy and the Fans are great---and I am from NYC---prefer the atmosphere in Fenway to Citifield and Yankee Stadium anyday

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prefer the atmosphere in Fenway

I get a chill even when I'm on the turnpike and I look up and see people walking on the overpass to Fenway.

TR ... parking near Fenway is $30 this year. Try parking about a mile up Bay State Road. Bay State Road runs parallel to Comm Av starting at Kenmore Square on the river side. Or park on one of the side streets at the west campus end of BU and take the T.

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(eat at Durgin Park!!!)

Do you remember when Durgin Park was a show? The waitresses were purposely rude and the customers gave it right back to them?

Very few of those waitresses remain. When we go with my uncle he requests one of the oldtimers and they put on a show for the diners. Sometimes tourists who don't get it snap at my uncle. The people who do get it LTAO.

I've only been there once, in 1999. They didn't do that then. I only really remember the casual setting and the incredibly huge steaks.

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were you channeling Dr. Suess when you wrote this? LOL!

now that you point it out,it does look strange.

i have a friend in the ticket business,has very good tickets or soso tickets.but no green eggs and ham.