With the Chicago Cubs going for their first World Series championship since 1908, and the Cleveland Indians going for their first World Series championship since 1948, tickets on the secondary market are seeing a notable bump.
The increase in secondary market prices appears to have more to do with the Cubs than Indians. However, a ticket to Tuesday’s Game One at Progressive Field is averaging $3,125 on TicketIQ.
While this seems expensive, tickets for the games at Wrigley Field are much higher.
TicketIQ Founder & CEO Jesse Lawrence said, “It’s totally mind-boggling. I don’t think we’ll see anything like this again.” Game 3 tickets at Wrigley Field are being sold for an average of $3,000 on StubHub and $3,423 on SeatGeek. Tickets to games 3, 4 and 5 at Wrigley are “listed on TickPick for an average of $10,590 and $3,862 for games 1,2, 6 and 7 in Cleveland.”
A spokesperson from TickPick went onto say that ticket prices have risen more than $300 since this past Saturday. They also went on to say that tickets are being sold for higher prices than this year’s Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers.
As the series goes on, tickets seem to be getting even more expensive.
USA TODAY’s A.J. Perez notes Game 5 on SeatGeek had an “average listing price of $4,614.” SeatGeek Content Analyst Chris Leyden said, “Right now Game 5 in Chicago would be the second-most in-demand event we have ever seen, only topped by Mayweather-Pacquiao.
As we’ve seen thus far this postseason, the Cubs have been nothing but money for Major League Baseball, and the tickets for a Game 5 at Wrigley would likely be at an insane price, especially if the Cubs are in position to win the title.
