Good afternoon everyone, hopefully everybody is all geared up for the Holidays this week and has all their shopping done! Just wanted to inform everyone about an email that I received from the Cubs today about the 2009 Cubs Club. There are some positives but some negatives to this club that I will blog about now.

Ok first off this new club is being seperated into three categories. The Standard, The Ivy, and The Marquee. Pretty much the difference in each membership is the price, and how many tickets you will be able to buy during a special pre-sale. That is where things get negative for me and I’ll talk more about at the end of this post.

The standard membership entitles you to the following for $19.95:

• 2009 Membership Card
• 2009 MLB.com Gameday Audio
• Cubs Club sticker
• Exclusive E-mails and Web Content
• Members-Only Section
• Exclusive Message Board
• Interactive Cameras

The Ivy membership entitles you to the following for $129.95:

• Everything included in the Standard membership PLUS
• MLB.TV 30-Day Trial Subscription
• Opportunity to purchase up to 4 tickets in a special Ivy-level pre-sale
• Special Gate entrance at Wrigley Field

The Marquee membership entitles you to the following for $249.00:

• Everything included in the Standard membership PLUS
• MLB.TV 30-Day Trial Subscription
• Opportunity to purchase up to 12 tickets in a special Marquee-level pre-sale
• Cubs Marquee Club t-shirt
• Non-game on-field event during 2009 for all marquee members

Ok so basically you can shell out $129.95 or $249.00 for a pre-sale that the team plans on offering. Who knows what games these will be for and what tickets will be available during these pre-sales. I don’t like it one bit considering you can usually pick up tickets to any game during the onsales. The only way I see these memberships being a good deal is if you get discounted ticket prices for your four or twelve tickets, but also receive a pre-sale for any playoff tickets that might go on sale. Other then that it just doesn’t seem worth it to me.

What’s your opinions on these memberships? Just another way for the team to bring in some more money? Do you plan on buying any of them and if so, what is your reasoning?