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Where Are You Watching the A's Playoff Game? Got Tickets?

With a slight chance of rain tonight, will you head out to the Coliseum, bundle up at home or hit your local sports bar?

As the Oakland A's face the Detroit Tigers in the deciding final game of the American League Division Series Thursday evening, East Bay fans have several options, though tickets are in short supply.

The Oakland A's web site showed no tickets available, which means anyone who wants to join the crowd at the Coliseum will need to turn to scalpers or find some very generous friends. 

(CORRECTION: Link to StubHub was incorrect. It's fixed now.) StubHub showed about 1,700 tickets at 11:30 a.m., starting around $60 dollars for standing room, but the supply had dropped to about 1,500 shortly after noon. And if you're willing to take a chance Craigslist, sellers were offering tickets there as well.

The game is scheduled to begin at 6:37 p.m. and will be on TNT.

The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the upper 50s Thursday evening with a slight chance of rain.

Update: BART has announced that it will run trains with extra cars tonight due to the baseball playoff game and a Golden State Warriors preseason basketball game.

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Ari Soglin (Editor) October 11, 2012 at 04:55 pm
At the risk of driving up prices, which I hate to do: Availability on StubHub continues to drop quickly. There are about 1,300 tickets now, down from about 1,500 just a half hour ago. Good news is those standing room ticket prices have slipped under $60 (barely).
Kenneth October 11, 2012 at 05:42 pm
You call them scalpers, we call them arbitageurs.
Creek Diva October 11, 2012 at 06:56 pm
At home, where the beer is cheaper and the bathrooms are cleaner.
GO A's!
Ari Soglin (Editor) October 11, 2012 at 08:27 pm
Thanks for the video, @Bigmike. That's some victory dance.
Bigmike October 11, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Thanks Ari, this victory dance was from a game in mid August. We had our company picnic that day at the game which included a Kinder's BBQ.The A's got the win so yes, a dance was in order!!!
Dept. of Misinformation October 12, 2012 at 12:17 am
How irrelevant! Is this what the patch has come to!!? they're calling this new!!? just kidding. Go A's, insane game last night!

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