Yesterday was an awful experience for just about everyone so you weren't alone. Lot of complaints going around. Getting through security was absolute hell. No one could get any food. Not all the concessions were open. Some STILL only take cash. Better hope you brought cash for beer because only way to get that without missing an inning was from the vendors. Bathroom lines were horrible.
I did ask one of the workers and they were told to expect around 20-22k. I'm not sure what happened there. Almost 32k announced.
Seemed like everyone from the upper deck was on the main concourse yesterday. That is my guess on the major cause of the issues (albeit I never made it up top to see how crowded it was up there). They give you every incentive to come down. The Goose island deck, the beer cave, cf fan deck, the kids deck, the revolution bar etc.
Sox were one of the few teams to check tickets on the main concourse. They stopped it a few years ago. But I wish theyd go back to it for crowds over a certain number. They did that for about a year before scrapping it all together.