TPA sees more World Series travelers

A lot of fans of both teams who traveled here for the game are facing a tough decision, head home or stay for game five. Some of them are even making that decision after they arrive at Tampa International Airport for their flight home. That is where we find FOX 13's Aaron Mesmer tonight. Aaron, you've talked with a bunch of fans about the game and their plans. What are they telling you? Well, first of all, Lyndon Haley, I mean, they can't stop talking about that exciting 12th inning last night. It doesn't matter really who you're rooting for. It was just a thrilling game to watch. But then some of them came here on very little sleep to try to catch their flights the next morning. And then a lot of them turned right around and headed back to St. Pete for game five. We talked with a group of Brewers fans who did just that. They say they got here, then they found tickets for about $750 a piece, so they decided to push back their flights. A second group of Milwaukee fans had a very similar story. They came here to the airport, rebooked their flights, and then headed back to the Trop. And yeah, there are also some Rays fans from other parts of the country who didn't want to miss the chance to see their team in the World Series. A dad from Mississippi says they became Rays fans because he's friends with first base coach Corey Dickerson, so he decided to make it a memorable trip with his young son. I've got a little 8-year-old little boy here, and we decided to come down and have a little father-son trip and make some good memories. It doesn't get much better than that. Yeah, we got to the airport and then looked at tickets for tonight and said, wow, we should just stay. So we rearranged everything, rearranged flights, going to go check into an Airbnb now, work really hard all day from our laptops, and then go to the game tonight. Yeah, here's something else we're hearing from Brewers fans, and it's confirming some of these rumors that we'd heard toward the beginning of this series that even after airfare, lodging, food, game tickets, it was still cheaper for some of them to go to a World Series game here in Tampa Bay than in Milwaukee. Listen to this. We were looking at ticket prices in Milwaukee, and they were, I think, minimum like $2,500. And we looked at flight prices, Airbnbs, and then tickets to the game. And for one person individually, it was substantially less than that. So we said, why not? We may never make it back. First time in my life. So, yeah, let's pull the trigger and go. So to add all of that together, it's still cheaper than going to a game where you're from in Milwaukee. Exactly, yeah. Yeah, the outcome of last night's game also had an immediate impact on the airport's departure schedule. Ten flights to Milwaukee were canceled, and those would have been reserved for the team, their fans, and their families, of course. But we're hoping the airport's going to be busy tomorrow with folks heading back to Milwaukee, maybe for Rays fans and Milwaukee fans, maybe for game six. We can only hope, right, guys? But either way, Aaron, this has been a win for the city of St. Petersburg because everyone, well, not everyone, but you said a lot of people turned around and went back. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Exactly. They're eating, they're drinking, they're spending the night, they're doing all of it. Certainly Ferg's is making bank on that. For sure. All right. Thanks, Aaron.