A week from today, the Padres will have gone their separate ways to start a four-month offseason. Of course, there’s no such thing these days at Petco Park, the host for more than two dozen ventures before the start of the 2017 season, from next week’s Padres Futures Game to monster truck action to the return of The Links at Petco Park.

The popularity of the latter event has led the Padres to nearly double the tee times available for this year’s layout.

“We underestimated the demand so we built it into our calendar year to have more capacity and more days,” Padres President and CEO Mike Dee said. “Everyone who came here last year said they wanted to come back to do it again. There were a lot of people last year who were shut out because there weren’t tee times available.”

This year’s Links has 684 tee times for nearly 2,800 slots over the six-day event, nearly double the 1,500 golfers who participated in the inaugural course set-up. Pricing for the Nov. 3-8 dates starts at $150 for a twosome, $300 for a foursome and $25 for new spectator tickets as the Padres double down on rotating non-baseball events into their 12-year-old downtown park.


This year’s calendar also includes a Padres prospects exhibition game on Oct. 7, Pedal at the Park in November, Supercross and Monster Jam dates after the New Year and more than 20 private corporate events, many of them held in conjunction with visiting conventions.

The Padres are scaling back this year’s Holiday Wonderland to a non-paid event that will be limited to the Park at the Park, allowing staff ample time to prepare for this year’s World Baseball Classic in March, ahead of the start of the next Padres season.

“We’ve said one of our goals all along was to make Petco Park a 365-day-a-year facility,” Dee said. “We’ve taken that to the fullest extreme the last couple of years. This is probably one of the busier ballparks in America just given the advantage of having great weather year-round.”

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PETCO PARK OFFSEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Oct. 7 | Padres Future Game

Tickets: Free now to general public but donations will still be accepted for the Padres Foundation. (www.padres.com/futuresgame)

Nov. 3-8 | The Links at Petco Park

Tickets: Visit www.padres.com/thelinks for information regarding the opportunity to purchase a tee time. Information will become available beginning Tuesday morning.

Nov. 12-13 | Padres Pedal the Cause and Padres Pedal the Park

Jan. 14 | Monster Energy Supercross


Tickets: Season ticket member presale starts Oct. 19 and is available to the general public on Oct. 21. Visit www.padres.com/supercross.

Jan. 21, Feb. 18 | Monster Jam

Tickets: Season ticket member presale starts Sept. 20 and is available to the general public on Sept. 27. Visit www.padres.com/monsterjam.

March 14-18 | World Baseball Classic

What: Second-round action for the International Baseball Federation’s tournament games.

jeff.sanders@sduniontribune.com; Twitter: @sdutSanders

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