In One Day, Game 2 Ticket Prices Rise 26 Percent
Ken Belson,
New York Times
October 30, 2009
Maybe it was the warmer, dryer weather Thursday night. Or perhaps Phillies fans were prompted by their team’s victory on Wednesday. Possibly Yankees fans worried that Game 2 of the World Series could be the final game at Yankee Stadium this season.
Whatever the reason, the average price for a ticket to Thursday night’s game jumped 26 percent in one day, to $737 from $585, according to FanSnap.com, which tracks five dozen online ticket brokers.
Not surprisingly, the least expensive seats have seen the largest percentage gains. Seats in the bleachers that cost as little as $5 during the regular season were being offered for $550 at 3 p.m. Thursday, a 69 percent increase compared with the same time Wednesday. Tickets to sit in the Legends seats behind home plate rose 145 percent, to $6,600, enough to buy a handful of flat-panel television sets.
Tickets to sit in field level seats in the infield dipped 5 percent, to $1,545.
What’s more, prices for the third and fourth games, to be played in Philadelphia this weekend, were also rising, according to Jason Berger, the chief executive of AllShows.com, a ticket seller in the New York area.
Undoubtedly, the close proximity between New York and Philadelphia has made it easier for fans to attend games in both cities. But it did not hurt that the Phillies’ starting pitcher for Game 2 was Pedro Martinez, who pitched many times in the old Yankee Stadium for the Boston Red Sox and the Mets. Game 1 of the World Series proved the power of the New York market and the appeal of a team, the Philadelphia Phillies, playing to win back-to-back championships.
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