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| Michael Kopech, Dylan Cease, Don Cooper and Steve Stone at SoxFest 2020. |
Instead the White Sox will be hosting "SoxFest Live" on Jan. 24-25 at the Ramova Theater in Bridgeport. According to the team's website, the "reimagined" event "promises a unique blend of entertainment, interactive experiences with players and White Sox greats, and celebration of seasons’ past and those ahead."
I'm not sure what the hell that means. I can tell you the program is from 5 to 9 p.m. each day, and while they haven't specifically said so, it seems like it's the same show each night. It's $56, plus fees, for a single-day general admission, or $225, plus fees, for a single-day MVP Experience.
The fact that they aren't offering two-day passes is telling. If you go one night, why go the next?
We'll be taking a pass on this, even though we've been frequent SoxFest attendees in the past.
It used to be a three-day experience with a two-night stay in a downtown hotel. Now? It's four hours in a renovated theater that (generously) holds 1,500 people.
There have been no announcements about who will be there. Current players? Former players? Who knows? It's as if they want you to spend the money now, and then they'll tell you later what the experience will be. It makes no sense.
This is just another in a long line of cheapened White Sox experiences. They want you to support a team that has nothing but Triple-A players on it, but they'll charge you major league prices. The game day experience has been stagnant for years. They are out of fresh ideas, but hey, it's better at the ballpark!
They launched a new regional sports network that looks low-budget, and they don't have a deal with the largest cable provider in the Chicago area. So, we're all hanging antennas in the window to watch the games. Hope it doesn't storm.
And now this watered-down version of SoxFest is introduced. It's the latest absurdity.
White Sox baseball: Settle for our crap, or else. If you don't like it, too bad.
