The Virtual Waiting Room - my screensaver for the day

Please wait for us to refresh your browser! I didn’t get through the Virtual Waiting Room until after 3:00 Saturday and didn’t have a lot of hope to get any tickets… but it turns out that there were plenty still available. I managed to get 2 infield grandstands for the Patriots Day Pack (Pack 2) and 4 Bleacher tickets for Pack #10. I also got through later at night for the April/May game on sale and got a pair of uppers for a couple random Thursday night games. Not great seats, but even after the fees, you’re in Fenway Park for less than $20.

I think the reason so many tickets were available so late is because nobody was getting through for a lot of the day. The Red Sox claim their system accommodates 500 people at a time. That may be true normally, but according to WBZ, the Red Sox server crashed at least twice during the weekend. Maybe they can use some of that extra money we all had to shell out this weekend and invest in some load balancing tools… Or better yet, upgrade your servers to allow more than 500 and give me 3 or 4 Saturday mornings per year back.