As much as we love our professional sports teams in Houston (Houston Texans, Houston Rockets, Houston Dynamo, Houston Dash ... and of course our 2017 World Series Champions - Houston Astros), it is also fun (and often cheaper!) to go check out a local Minor League Baseball team like our Sugarland Skeeters.
I mentioned I will be bringing you a series of posts that relate to saving money even WITH kids: Financial Independence With Kids? But Kids Are So Expensive! This will include (but not limited to) free or cheap entertainment (even with kids) such as going to the Sugarland Skeeters game.
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| Our youngest was not pleased with being the mascot. Hah! |
We went to a Skeeters game a few weeks ago with the kids for the cost of $55.50 Total. If we (me and the kids!) didn't eat, it would have been cheaper, but isn't that half the fun of going to a baseball game?
4 Tickets = $36
Parking = $5 Cash Only
Food = $14.50 (4 Hotdogs / Fries)
Water = Free Water Fountains
Tickets: We purchased the Grassland tickets for only $9 each. No, you don't have an actual seat, but one of the big highlights for the kids was running up and down the hill / grassland area. (There are benches available at the bottom of the grassland area. These were also a highlight because you could watch the pitchers practicing up close and personal!).
Parking: $5. You really can't beat $5 parking for an event in the Houston area (in this case, Sugarland).
Food: We purchased four hotdogs (one for me, one and half for the kids) and fries to share (they were crispy and delicious) for $14.50. Yes, one can argue that you can make that at home for much cheaper, but like I mentioned above, part of the fun of going to a ball game is enjoying some grub (plus it was dinner time and the kids were hungry). At most large sporting events (like our Houston area professional teams mentioned above) the prices would be much higher.
Now this outing wasn't as cheap as say our art trip to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Art Thursdays), but like we mentioned recently (What Do You Mean I Can Still Buy Starbucks?), yes you can still spend money and save for financial independence.
And what about the priceless parts of our Skeeters evening? A Skeeters game is super family friendly. Besides the Grassland area, they also have a splash pad and a playground. Our kids spent hours on the playground (they thought the splash pad was too cold! Below 100 in Houston so brrrrrr! Hah!).
They also enjoyed watching the pitchers practice from the Grassland area. And of course there was the baseball game! I think if our seats were closer, our son would have paid more attention to the game, but honestly we were there for the whole family experience and not just the game (but hey, they are good and headed to the playoffs!).
Another perk? Even though our other sports teams in Houston do offer family friendly areas, we were dealing with a much smaller crowd (not crowded at all) at the Skeeters game.
They also offered Fireworks at the end of the game, but we didn't end up staying since the game went to extra innings. It was already after 9 pm before we left the game (and we live about an hour away). But fireworks are another great family perk!
So have you been to a Skeeters game? Or if you aren't in the Houston area, have you been to a minor league team game? Or what about an even cheaper option ... high school sports?
-Tara
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