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Houston Astros World Series tickets soar up to $50,000 ahead of Game 1

The Astros are headed to their third World Series since 2017 — and tickets are gonna cost you.

The Houston Astros are about to take the field for the team’s third World Series appearance since winning it all in 2017. Not surprisingly, fans across the Gulf Coast are scrambling for the hottest ticket in Texas.

Individual tickets for the World Series online at the Astros website are showing as sold out for all home games. Sadly, tickets are not available for purchase at the Minute Maid Park Box Office.

That means fans have to look to secondary ticket purveyors such as SimpleSeats, StubHub, and VividSeats.

At SimpleSeats, tickets for Game 1 start at $650 for Section 430, Row 2, and go up to $889 for Section 153, Row 12.

Game 1 tickets at VividSeats start at $387 for SRO (Standing Room Only) and go up to a $3676 Section 128 by the field, Row 1.

And at StubHub, Game 3 tix start at $575 for SRO (Standing Room Only) to a whopping $50,000 for Diamond Club D, Row 3.

Meanwhile, as fans grab those hard-to-get tickets, the Mayor’s Office of Special Events has released the following World Series schedule regarding street closures downtown and around the ballpark, CultureMap news partner ABC 13 notes.

Three east lanes of the 300-500 blocks of Crawford between Texas and Congress — one west curb lane open for EMS access only.
1500-1800 blocks of Preston between La Branch & Hamilton closed — business access only.
Two north curb lanes of the 1600-1800 blocks of Texas between Crawford and Hamilton (includes the metered inlet lane)
South curb lane of the 1600 block of Congress between Crawford and Jackson.
Two south curb lanes including sidewalk of the 1700-1800 blocks of Congress between Jackson and Hamilton - two north lanes open for vehicular traffic.
West curb lane of the 300-500 blocks of Hamilton between Texas and Congress.
East curb lane of 200 block of Chenevert between Franklin and Congress East curb lane of the 600 block of Avenida de las Americas (ADLA) between Capitol and Texas.
300 La Branch (home games only) I-10 single merge (lane 4 to 2 to allow Chartres to flow onto I-10 without merging — home games only)

Those in need of parking spots downtown are encouraged to check sites such as Spothero to reserve a spot.

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Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”

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