Red Sox vs. Yankees ALDS at Fenway
When:
Friday, Oct 05, 2018 7:30p -
Saturday, Oct 06, 2018 11:30p
Friday, Oct 05, 2018 7:30p -
Saturday, Oct 06, 2018 11:30p
Where:
Fenway Park
1 Jersey St
Boston, MA
Admission:
$104+
Categories:
Alcohol, Date Idea, Food, Kid Friendly, Sports & Active Life
Event website:
www.redsox.com
One of the greatest rivalries in sports gets renewed, with the Red Sox and Yankees squaring off in the postseason for the first time since 2004. The series will kick off Friday night at Fenway Park, with first pitch scheduled for 7:32 p.m. The winner of the Sox-Yankees series will advance to the ALCS to face the winner of the series between the Indians and Astros.
SCHEDULE:
Game 1: Fri., Oct. 5, 7:32 p.m. at Fenway Park (TBS)
Game 2: Sat. Oct. 6,, 8:15 p.m. at Fenway Park (TBS)
Game 3: Mon., Oct. 8, 7:40 p.m. at Yankee Stadium (TBS)
Game 4 (if necessary): Tue., Oct. 9, 8:07 p.m. at Yankee Stadium (TBS)
Game 5 (if necessary): Thu., Oct. 11, 7:40 p.m. at Fenway Park (TBS)
Tickets on Stub:
Via the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau:
With back-to-back home games at Fenway Park tonight and tomorrow, the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) is forecasting that over $15 million will be injected into the visitor economy. “Everyone understands that sports are a big business and very lucrative for teams and their owners, the players and their agents,” said Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) President & CEO Patrick Moscaritolo. “But what very few understand is that sports are also a very lucrative business for a city’s visitor industry and visitor economy.”
According to the Bureau’s analysis, the games will generate 15,500 room nights sold over Friday and Saturday nights. The lodging spending alone will exceed $5M, with food & beverage spending coming in around $3.2M and retail approximately $1.2M. Direct spending will exceed $9M, with an additional $6M of indirect spending that ripples out to other industries and workers, including transportation and F&B distributors.
“It’s the perfect storm, in a good way, that will pay big dividends,” Moscaritolo said. “Playoff baseball, the New York Yankees and their fans coming to play a record-setting Red Sox team, beautiful weather over a holiday weekend, our visitor industry cannot ask for a better scenario.”
