Gateway Region YMCA

YMCA Night with the Cardinals 2026

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame! ⚾

Give your family the opportunity to see the Cardinals take on the Cincinnati Reds. YMCA participants can enjoy discounted tickets and take part in a special pregame parade at Busch Stadium. Seats will be located in the Right Field and 1st Base Loges (sections 229–240).

Tickets

Tickets that normally cost $45 or more each will be available to pre-order at a reduced rate of $22 to anyone online or from your local branch of the Gateway Region YMCA.

Seats will be in the Right Field and 1st Base Loges, sections 229-240.
New ticket delivery via MLB Ballpark app: This year, tickets will be digital instead of physical tickets. In order to access your tickets, please download the MLB Ballpark app. If you already have an account, please indicate the email address associated with your Ballpark account during the registration process. If you do not have an account, an email will be sent to you when tickets are assigned prompting you to do so. The app is required to access your tickets. 

All tickets purchased will be made available after June 30 through the MLB Ballpark App.

Purchase Tickets  Download MLB Ballpark App

Schedule

5:30 pm:
Enter Gate 1 at southeast side of Stadium. Meet your YMCA branch team at the gate for the parade.
5:50 pm:
Parade participants line up on East Ramp
6:00 pm:
Pregame Parade
7:15 pm:
First pitch

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Tickets that normally cost $45 or more each will be available to pre-order at a reduced rate of $22 to anyone online or from your local branch of the Gateway Region YMCA.

All tickets purchased will be made available after June 30 through the MLB Ballpark App.

Purchase Tickets

Registered YMCA program participants will be able to participate in a pre-game parade around the Cardinals playing field. Only coaches, camp counselors, or other pre-selected volunteer group leaders will walk in the pre-game parade around the Cardinals playing field.

All parade participants are asked wear their YMCA shirts. Parents will meet the group leader from their YMCA branch inside Gate 1 at the southeast corner of Busch Stadium near Broadway and Poplar (I-64.) Gate 1 will open at 5:15 pm (earlier than other gates.) Tickets will be scanned as you enter.

Parade participants should be lined up at or before 5:50 pm on the East Ramp, just to your right as you enter Gate 1. Look for your YMCA branch sign to gather with your designated volunteers. The parade will start shortly after 6 pm.

Photos are allowed, however, the parade has to be kept moving. Please do not stop and take and/or pose for pictures.

All parents and family members will be asked to leave the parade area once their child has been dropped off to their group. Families can enjoy the parade from inside the stadium. Families may go to their seats or enjoy the parade from section 128-130. Each volunteer group leader will take the kids to their seats once the parade is over.

Contact for more information
David Cox
david.cox@gwrymca.org