If you thought Cubs’ NLCS ticket prices at Wrigley Field were going crazy at this time last week, you haven’t seen anything yet. With the New York Mets set to compete in their first World Series since 2000, ticket prices at Citi Field have soared beyond those numbers and reached all-time highs.
With Games 3, 4 and 5 scheduled for Citi Field, ticket resale services say the average asking price for seats was sitting on $1,667.82 as of Thursday. That already makes them the costliest tickets in baseball history. And those numbers only figure to rise in the days ahead.
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In fact, on StubHub, they have a pair of Game 3 tickets going right now for $1 million.
The previous record price, according to TiqIQ.com, was held by the 2010 San Francisco Giants at $1,661. The Boston Red Sox were close behind with a $1,660.96 average during the 2013 World Series.
Of course we all know how crazy San Francisco and Boston fans are about their teams and baseball in general. Mets fans are in that category as well. Only they’re both crazy and hungry considering it has been 29 years since the Mets won a World Series.
Here’s the most recent game-by-game breakdown courtesy of CBS New York:
Game 3 on Oct. 30 has the least expensive average of the three home contests — $1,572. The cheapest tickets are going for $666.
Game 4 on Oct. 31 has an average price of $1,609 with a “get-in” price of $661. Tickets to Game 5 on Nov. 1 are selling for $1,841 on average, with the most affordable ones at $711.
Obviously there’s no place Mets fans would rather be on Halloween weekend than Citi Field for the World Series, but to get there they’ll have to open up their wallets. As the New York Daily News notes, many fans will end up being left out with ticket prices going beyond a feasible price range.
Andrew Bajana, 19, figured the prices won’t drop enough to help him. Steered by his mother to Mets fandom as a kid, he’s planning to watch the series on television.
“I saw what they were asking for during the Dodgers series and it was outrageous — and the World Series is worse,” said Bajana, who was selling Mets gear at the Modell’s Sporting Goods in Flushing. “I can’t afford that.”
The Mets will open the series on Tuesday in either Kansas City or Toronto on Tuesday, but could conceivably have a chance to clinch the series at home in Games 4 or 5. Given the level of competition, that might be a longshot, but even the slightest inkling of that becoming a reality could send those prices soaring higher. If that’s even possible.
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