All of the World Series games at Progressive Field are sold out. And it all happened pretty quickly, which isn’t surprising given season ticket holders (who could buy up to 8 seats), those with playoff priority, and the Indians Insiders who got a crack at seats yesterday. So when a very limited number of seats went on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. this morning, it didn’t take long for them to disappear. 

(There were apparently technical issues yesterday and today, it looks like. Multiple times, we and others got error messages and the system seemed generally overloaded. Again, not surprising, but definitely aggravating.)

Ticket prices were predictably steep, with standing room starting at $100 and the numbers climbing into the multiple hundreds from there.

Many of those tickets quickly appeared for sale on secondary markets. Prices there are beyond steep. Now, it’s worth noting we’re early in the process here and the market is bound to correct a little as Game One next Tuesday approaches, but so far SRO is being listed for $600+, six times face value. (One caveat on the market correction would be if the Cubs prevail over the Dodgers. Cub fans are more inclined to scoop up the pricey tickets given the proximity and the historical import of a South Side World Series berth.)

So you might not be able to make it in the doors for a home game, but the Tribe will be hosting watch parties for road games at the Jake. We’ll update you on those details once the Tribe announces them.

This article appears in Oct 19-25, 2016.

4 replies on “Standing Room Tickets for Sold Out World Series Games Listed for $600+ on Stubhub”

  1. The proximity and the historical import of a SOUTH Side World Series berth? Fix it, you silly jamoke!

    The Cubs play in Wrigley, which is on the NORTH Side. It’s the White Sux who play on the South Side, at whatever the fuck they’re calling their ballpark this week. And yeah, the rich yupster Cub fans will buy up all the remaining tickets at the Jake.

    And if Chicago wins, you can also forget about Tribe vs. Cubs on the NORTH Side…whatever the “secondary market” ticket prices are in Cleveland, and no matter what scalper you choose to deal with, multiply by a factor of five or six. At least. Maybe ten. That’s why the cameras constantly zoom in on the likes of high-rollers like Eddie Vedder and Bill Murray.

    Unless you have more than a few grand to spend, per game, you will be out in the Wrigleyville streets, as I will be. City streets that will put Bourbon Street and Mardi Gras to shame. Zillions of drunken frat boys. You will see more beat cops (no pun intended) and horse cops than there were at the RNC. It will be complete and total madness! A human zoo! A nuthouse on fire! Can’t wait!

    Chuckles the Clown

  2. Ticket scalping gone legal when it’s an online resale site — as if the tickets were found on the ground miles from the box office.

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