Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 2:40 PM | 7 comments |
 

Two days out, Phillies tix prices remain steady

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It looks like the average ticket prices for the four Phillies home games have remained stable over the past couple of days. StubHub's daily report, released a couple of minutes ago, showed the average price for tickets to the four potential games is $241. Game 1 ($238) and Game 2 ($236) are showing up on the low side; Game 6 ($261) and Game 7 ($266) are on the high side.

The cost of tickets sold for Game 1 on Thursday night has ranged from $75 for standing room range to $995 in the Diamond Club behind home plate. Around 1,500 are still showing to be available for Thursday and 2,100 for Friday. Numbers in that range exist for Game 6 and Game 7.

Tickets for the Phillies-Brewers series at Citizens Bank Park sold for less than $150; significantly lower than the $270 average for last year's NLDS between the Philllies and Rockies.

According to StubHub, fans buying tickets for the three possible World Series games here are paying an average of $864.

Tickets are averaging $164 for the three possible games at Dodger Stadium.

In the other series, folks wanting tickets to Fenway Park for Games 3, 4 and 5 are paying an average of $319, while the average selling price for the four potential games at Tropicana Field in Tampa has leveled off at $165. 

Posted by Paul Vigna @ 2:40 PM  Permalink | 7 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:31 PM, 10/07/2008
    As a Philly fan who lives in So Cal, I'm seriously contemplating trying to get tickets for Game 3 or 4 in LA, and even though it looks like tickets will be cheaper here, not sure I want to pay $164 to watch the game in bad seats with 40,000 stinking Dodgers fans around me.
    — JimG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:32 PM, 10/07/2008
    Will someone explain to me what a Major League team is doing in Tampa Bay?
    — Frank Lloyd Wrong
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:58 PM, 10/07/2008
    Winning?
    — JFranklin
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:07 PM, 10/07/2008
    I've got my world series tix for game 5 - if the Phils make it... Not to cheap to buy @ $150 each ticket!
    — phillywebcast
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:07 PM, 10/07/2008
    JimG, I just looked on the Dodgers website today and you can still buy tickets direct from the team. Not great seats, but still...Dodgers fans are pitiful. Hard to believe the games are not sold out yet...Fortunately, I'm a partial season ticket holder so I have my tix in Philly for face. I couldn't afford it otherwise.
    — tbp1015
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:04 PM, 10/07/2008
    My second comment in the this thread. Stub Hub is a rip off in my opinion, very heavy fees to sellers and buyers in this website. I can't believe the MLB sanctions the prices that people are getting on this site. It makes the old scalpers that hawked at the Vet look like choir boys. People are selling tickets for 500 percent of face and then some all with the blessing of the MLB, they should be ashamed of themselves it's almost criminal.
    — phillywebcast
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:57 AM, 10/08/2008
    Craigslist, way to go, direct contact with the sellers and NO FEES
    — phillylexis300


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