Fans are going to flood Fenway Park for Tuesday's Boston Red Sox home opener — and this year, there are more things from them do around the ballpark than ever.
While all attention will be focused on the inside of the stadium, outside, bars and restaurants are getting ready for opening day, which is their most busy season.
"It's just a different environment," said Katie Briskie, who's an event planner. "Even the amount of people here right now…the game is not for another 5 hours."
Briskie is the event planner for five different venues on Lansdowne Street — and given the last two losing seasons, she said they're looking forward to this one as already the Red Sox boasting a 7-3 record.
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"The better the Red Sox play, the better we do," she said.
Smaller businesses are feeling that boost as well. Last year's opening day, Roger Sloman with the Coast 2 Coast Catering stand said they sold food to 5,000 customers.
"We're hoping to have a lot more than we did last year," he said, to help rake in hundreds to thousands of dollars.
While the team's record may be a reason people will come out, the ticket prices are a can't miss.
When the tickets first opened to the public, some websites had them as low as $5. Tuesday morning, tickets were averaging $50 per person on websites like Stub Hub and Ticketmaster.
To put that into perspective, last season, which many want to forget, the average price for a ticket was nearly $63.
The action in the stadium begins at 1:30 p.m. but the action outside starts when you arrive.
