I lived three blocks away when I was college. We would sneak in after the third inning when they stopped collecting tickets. This was way before 9/11 and the Red Sox didn’t sell out every game.
Haa me my friends used to buy a hundred nips and walk down from Southie to Fenway and the same thing goodtimes, but yes after 9/11 it was a whole new world, we got arrested almost immediately 😂
game was an absolute blast (thanks to the third period). my only knock on it was crowd control. there was minimal staff or signage directing people to their seats, so just before puck drop everyone just mobbed around the standing ares and created log jambs
I don't get it. Terrible sightlines (sometimes none at all), freezing cold weather, inflated ticket prices does not sound fun at all. It looks like there are no good seats, no matter where you're sitting. Why do people do this?
Great video! As much as the atmosphere had to be amazing, I truly think that some of these seats were absolute rip-offs! They (NHL) know, that almost everybody wants to go when they play at such a historic place (Fenway), but I mean come on, to charge (prob close to $100) money for those seats behind the broadcast is just brutal!
The first sporting event where you actually want to sit far away😂 Feel bad for the fans in the first rows that paid so much and can't even see the puck
Amazing vlog man! I'm from Australia and am a HUGE Penguins fan who also dreams of attending the Winter Classic one day so it was great to see what it's like to be there! I also recently started my youtube channel dedicated to Aussie sports but I've got ambitions to visit America, Europe etc. Keep it up man! 💪
I would much rather watch a hockey game in an arena designed for hockey or from the comfort of my own home then a baseball field such as this one. The seats are so far away from the action. It would be like going to a concert and sitting so far back that you can’t see the stage or the people on it. I wouldn’t pay money for this shitty experience. It looks terrible to my eyes!
Good job, CG. Regarding the removal of the bullpens; they weren't originally there. Tom Yawkey added them in 1940 to provide a shorter porch for a 1939 rookie lefty HR hitter named Theodore Samuel...uh, I forget his last name. The BPs gave Teddy Ballgame 23 less feet to attain a homer in RF; not that he needed any help.
Loved the video, but how the hell you guys pay so much money for seeing zero of the game? Almost all of the seats are terribly far away or not even appropriately high enough for the fans to have a great view
Rookie Winter Classic experience. Should have went to the 2022 one in Minnesota. Nothing fake needed there. Well, maybe some more "fake" heat. 😂 That was a crazy experience.
I cannot WAIT for this in NC next month! I read enough to know to get midfield upper level at the football stadium. This looks like so much fun! Thanks for the video!
I guess the only difference between these two clubs is that, well, the Pens are from Pittsburgh. Otherwise, youve got two teams, same colors. Technically, both clubs have Boston-based ownership. Pens are owned by the Fenway Sports Group, who I guess also owns the venue itself? Anyways, irony all over Beantown!
Have gone to the two Avs Stadium series games, it’s definitely more about the experience than anything. Waiting for the day the Avs get a winter classic game wether in CO or out of state to travel for it! 👌🏼
Could you even SEE the puck? Or did you pay some ungodly amount to sit outside in the cold and watch the game on the big screen? And the low people who could only see heads going back and forth.....
so, shitty sight angles and too far away, a horribly cold experience and potentially dangerous ice conditions for the players for most of these games. All for a manufactured hype of an outdoor game that never caught on with fans or TV ratings as the NHL had hoped.
I looked up the price to attend and the cheapest was around $500 (Ticketmaster) and the most expensive was a whopping $16,000. I liked your video and wish you luck with your new channel. B's look sensational this year. Can they keep it up? We'll see in June.
I attended the 2014 classic in Michigan. It was very overrated. A cool experience but you can hardly follow the game at all. To be fair, I was in the back corner, so the worst seats. Also, it was snowing right in my eyes. With how cold it was and how little I was able to see, I ended up leaving the game early. As a hard-core fan that really disappointed me but there was just no point in staying any longer.
Hmmm. Pay premium prices to stand in endless lines, have only 10% of the available seats give you an even halfway decent view AND have other fans just stand around in the way of your view? Why not throw in paying $10 for a cold hot dog and watered down beer, and get to stand in yet another line to go to thee bathroom? I think I’ll stay home and watch it on TV.
It was such an amazing experience being at the game! And your point of view was great. We were under the balcony making comments when the sun was shinning on your seats lol. But still, with the Plaza and the events happening before the game, it was one hell of a weekend!!
Frankly Im shocked that the view from Center was as good as it was, grossly underestimated thoes seats. honestly from what you recorded there isnt a bad seat beyond the first row "hey i went to that game" seats. Honestly thought the only good seats would be 1st base line and Monster seats. Solid vid man
Thanks for showing this. What an experience! Too bad the Pens lost but still the atmosphere is amazing. The seating arrangement could have been done better but just to be there would be awesome
If you’re a hockey fan and you actually want to see all of the game, the Winter Classic is not for you. It’s a game for people who watch a handful of regular season games a year, tops, and just go to the game so they brag that they went.
It’s just a bourgeois event, that’s all. The current demographic of sports fans desires status symbols and ~special~ events as signifiers of their virtue as earners, entrepreneurs, etc. Working class fans couldn’t imagine burning that much cash to sit 45 miles from the ice while piss-drunk on $16 beers. There’s a reason they spend half the game on their phone taking terrible videos and probably remember next to nothing. It really doesn’t mean much to them after a few days as they’re already hunting down the next event or consumer product to fill the gaping hole where a soul is supposed to be.
5:30 I’m at the top of the stairs hanging with my friends from Fenway 🤣 but loved your angle of an event that Boston sports fans should not miss! Glad you got some things that I missed on my video as well! Go B’S! 💪🏽🖤💛🐻🏒
I've only been to Fenway once in the middle of January. But I will never forget those views. Hopefully I make it to a Winter Classic there once in my life.
