After splitting the first two games of Major League Baseball's Fall Classic with the Indians in Cleveland, the Cubs head home for Games 3, 4 and 5 and ticket prices at venerable Wrigley Field have skyrocketed.
Prices posted on ticket reselling site StubHub for game three -- the first World Series game at Wrigley Field in 71 years -- showed a pair of standing room only tickets being offered at $2,250 apiece, while a pair of tickets to box seats near a dugout were offered at $30,000 each on Thursday afternoon.
ESPN, citing "insiders" with access to StubHub buyer and seller data, said the median price of a ticket sold via the site for game three was $3,000. The median price reflects the middle number in the series of ticket prices arranged in order of value.
The median price of tickets sold for games one and two of the series in Cleveland was $1,000.
If a spot in the stadium is out of reach, fans keen to soak up the atmosphere can purchase tickets to view the game from a "Wrigley rooftop" -- on buildings that overlook the ballpark and cater to fans. Even those cost nearly $1,000.
Prices exploded as soon as the Cubs booked their World Series berth with a National League Championship Series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tickets for Friday's game three were promptly listed on event ticket search engine TicketIQ for an average of $6,155.
"I was not expecting an average asking price in the $6,000 range. It was a surprise even for a person who tracks the market all the time," Jesse Lawrence, founder and chief executive of TicketIQ, said. "From a historical standpoint, it's totally mind-boggling."
The Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 and haven't played in the championship since 1945.
Some fans consider the team cursed given the near-misses and sometimes woeful seasons that have come over the past 71 years.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
