Brewers fans offer a boat, flights and carpentry for World Series tickets
Fans in Wisconsin are proposing unusual trades after Milwaukee reached its first World Series since 1982, but the reported offers have not been confirmed as completed exchanges.
Milwaukee Brewers fans are offering a pontoon boat, business-class flights and carpentry work for World Series tickets, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on October 16. The offers followed Milwaukee’s October 15 sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, which sent the Brewers to the World Series for the first time since 1982. The reported offers show what some supporters are willing to trade for a chance to attend; no completed exchange has been confirmed.
The Journal Sentinel reported that even standing-room tickets for World Series games in Milwaukee were going for more than $2,000. That was the paper’s reported asking-price context, rather than a documented sale price for any of the proposed trades.
What Brewers fans are offering for tickets
Casey Kusch of Waterford offered his 20-foot pontoon boat through online trading groups, adding the ticket proposal to an existing listing, according to the Journal Sentinel. He had valued the boat at $3,000 before the Brewers qualified for the World Series. Kusch told the paper he had received a few responses to his offer.
Brad Pinzer of Milwaukee posted an offer of one-way business-class flights to Europe in a Facebook ticket-exchange group. He was seeking four tickets for Games 1 and 2, with one flight offered per ticket. The flights would leave from Chicago’s O’Hare airport, with destinations including Spain, France, Finland and Ireland, he said. Pinzer told the Journal Sentinel that people had expressed interest, but he had not found an arrangement that met their specific needs.
Tony Stover, a Milwaukee union carpenter, offered carpentry work for two tickets: one for himself and one for his daughter. Stover told the Journal Sentinel he had taken her to Game 1 of both the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series. His proposal would give them another chance to attend a Brewers postseason game together, this time at the World Series.
Why this World Series trip matters in Milwaukee
Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 6–4 on October 15 to complete a four-game sweep, ESPN reported. Its only previous World Series appearance was in 1982. Brewers player Christian Yelich told ESPN the team understood what reaching the Series meant to the city and was excited to return to its supporters. The unusual ticket offers are one local response to a berth that Milwaukee fans had waited 44 years to see again.
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Sources and context
- Brewers fans offer boats, flights and labor for World Series ticketsMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (USA TODAY Network; republished by Yahoo Sports)
- Inside night Brewers booked World Series trip, ousted DodgersESPN
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