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This is SUPER COOL!! To celebrate the official start of the 2022 regular season, the Chicago Cubs and Budweiser are inviting fans to Wrigley Field Tuesday, April 5, to “Play for Opening Day” where 50 lucky fans will get the opportunity to take batting practice and #HitTheBuds targets on the field that represent various prizes such as a pair of tickets to Opening Day Thursday, April 7, access to a 15-person luxury suite for Opening Day, a Traeger Grill, one free Budweiser at every Cubs home game for the 2022 regular season and more. One fan also will have the opportunity to win $1 million for hitting a ball that hits the Budweiser sign above the video board in right field.
If this sounds exciting to you and you want to participate you should go to Gallagher Way Tuesday, April 5, from 9:30-10 a.m. to receive a raffle ticket. Of those fans who get a raffle ticket, 50 of them will be randomly chosen to participate in the “Play for Opening Day” batting practice fan event between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. Each fan selected to participate will get three pitches for a chance to hit a target on the field to win prizes. You must be 21 years of age or older to participate.
Some of the amazing prizes!!
- $1 million* (can only be won by the first person who hits a ball that hits the Budweiser sign above the video board in right field)
- 15-person luxury suite for Opening Day
- Pair of Opening Day tickets with access to The W Club powered by CDW and/or Maker’s Mark Barrel Room
- Traeger Grill (provided by Budweiser)
- One free Budweiser at every Cubs home game for the 2022 regular season
- Baseball bat (provided by Budweiser)
- Budweiser MLB pint glass
- T-shirt