Toronto Blue Jays ticket prices are skyrocketing and unlikely to get any better, and this year’s World Series is quickly becoming one of the most expensive in history.
The Blue Jays will face the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series on Friday, with much fanfare accompanying them. Nicknamed “Canada’s team,” the Blue Jays have not won a World Series since 1993 and have largely been considered the underdog against Los Angeles. They are leading 3-2 in the World Series after a big win on Wednesday.
But getting tickets for Friday’s game has been almost impossible, and the situation is only getting worse.
Game 6 prices average more than $2,000 U.S. dollars, or about $2,800 Canadian dollars, and a potential Game 7 could cost nearly $3,000 U.S. dollars, or about $4,200 Canadian dollars, on the resale market, according to data from Victory Live, a technology and analytics company that tracks verified transactions on the secondary market.
The Blue Jays can clinch the World Series title tonight against the Dodgers in Game 6 in Toronto.
“Daily trends show that average prices for Game 6 have increased each day since Tuesday,” a press release from Victory Live reads.
Therefore, it is not surprising that both die-hard baseball fans and playoff supporters have expressed their great disappointment. Some reports They have even declared this year’s World Series the most expensive sporting event ever held in Canada.
The Blue Jays could clinch the World Series in Toronto on Friday.
At nearly $2,000 per seat, Game 6 is the most expensive sporting event ever recorded in Canada. pic.twitter.com/6jWABkC21X
At the time of this writing, the cheapest ticket available on Ticketmaster was $1,462.50 for a single spot in the Rogers Center Garden District, while the cheapest ticket available on StubHub was approximately $1,600.
According to Victory Live, Game 6 prices are behind the resale average of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows last year at Rogers Centre, which averaged $2,320. However, if the Blue Jays and Dodgers meet in Game 7, ticket prices could exceed that, data shows.
Blue Jays fans’ spirits are rising ahead of tonight’s game and the prospect of the World Series title returning to Canada. CBC’s Clara Pasieka has fan reaction.
The sky-high prices have even inspired Ontario Premier Doug Ford to speak out, promising to investigate the problem.
“My personal opinion…they’re ripping people off,” he said earlier this month. “When you have one player in the market that controls the inputs, that’s not the right thing for people to do.”
In particular, the Ford government itself discarded part of a law in 2019, that would have limited ticket resale prices to 50 percent above face value.
