Inside Fenway Park’s luxury suites
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live the suite life at sports arenas around New England, you’re in for a treat. The Track has a ticket to look at our local stadiums’ premium seating possibilities, starting with Fenway Park and some of its unconventional spectator experiences.
“Given that we are the smallest park in baseball, we have our own set of challenges as far as the amount of total seats that we can have,” said Will Droste, Senior Vice President of Ticket Sales and Premium Package Sales for the Red Sox. “In some ways, it can be a blessing in disguise because it’s forced us to be more and more creative.”
Aside from the classic concept of a suite, Fenway has crafted a slew of opportunities that will forever stick out in fans’ memories. Let’s take the park’s Jim Beam Dugout, an “open-air suite” made to mirror the neighboring Red Sox digs.
“It is actually dug down into the ground,” Droste said of the 25-seat offering, which can cost anywhere from $13,750 to $20G. “It’s one of the only places where there’s a viewpoint similar to that of a player watching from the dugout.”
“There are photos and we have a pre-game meal in the Royal Rooters Club,” he added of its perks. “You actually get player parking passes because we tried to create a real, player-like gameday experience.”
If being dugout-adjacent to the team isn’t enough, there’s even a premium option that’ll have you catching a little on-field action.
“We’ve created experiences like the centerfield batting practice package, where you’re actually in centerfield with custom gloves, catching fly balls during Red Sox batting practices.”
The “pretty extreme experience” then has you posting up in Fenway’s Left Field Coca Cola Corner Pavilion for the game. You’ll get to walk away with your commemorative glove and a killer story. Not bad for $7G to $11G.
Higher up from the field, fans can also spend a game schmoozing with a Sox player of yore in the stadium’s Legends Suite. For $11G to $22G, up to 20 guests can sit with an in-suite Hall of Famer, which could be anyone from Jim Rice to Dwight Evans.
“You have a former Red Sox player actually in there with you for the first five innings of the game, signing autographs, chatting, telling stories,” Droste said.
And if you’re more in the mood for media, Fenway also boasts a Press Box Suite — a space for eight that is, you guessed it, an old, converted press box.
“It has no perspective like any other suite in baseball because you’re right next to the broadcasters,” Droste said of the space, which rings in at $3,200.
When it comes to the lucky spectators indulging in these and the other special packages Fenway offers, Droste said that the main demographic is businesses looking to woo prospects and treat clients.
“People gravitate towards the things that are different because they really want to stand out,” he said. “They know that their guests are invited to the whole suite environment by other companies all the time. There are packages that will give them an experience they’ve never done in their life and will never do again.”
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