The World Series is set: Dodgers vs. New York Yankeesfeaturing two of baseball’s three biggest spenders.
Also some of baseball’s biggest spenders: fans buying World Series tickets.
Resale prices soared Monday, the day after the Dodgers clinched their spot in the World Series. The Fall Classic game is the richest in baseball history, in the two most populous cities in the United States.
The World Series opens Friday. The bottom line at Dodger Stadium: Tickets for two will likely cost you at least $2,500.
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As of Monday afternoon, the minimum price for a Game 1 ticket on StubHub was $1,326, up 23% from Sunday night. The minimum price for one of the four potential games at Dodger Stadium: $1,268.
The Dodgers exhausted tickets available on their website. They control a large part of the resale market for their tickets, so prices generally do not vary significantly between venues. The minimum price for any game at Dodger Stadium on Vivid Seats, another resale site: $1,202.
StubHub said Monday that its revenue for this year’s World Series already exceeds last year’s sales for the Arizona Diamondbacks-Texas Rangers World Series, even though that series doesn’t start for four days, and is already four times higher than that generated by the company for the 2022 Houston Astros-Philadelphia Phillies World Series.
In this series, ticket prices at Dodger Stadium are a relative bargain. The Yankees did not appear in the World Series since 2009; the Dodgers are making their fourth appearance since.
As of Monday afternoon, it was the lowest price for Vivid Seats tickets for Game 3, Game 1 at Yankee Stadium: $1,536.
It was for a ticket, not a seat. The ticket is standing room only.
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This story was originally published in Los Angeles Times.
