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Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series tickets have reached Taylor Swift level prices
The World Series is set: the Dodgers against the New York Yankees, featuring two of baseball’s three biggest spenders.
Also some of baseball’s biggest spenders: fans buying tickets for the World Series.
Resale prices soared Monday, on the day after the Dodgers clinched their spot in the World Series. The Fall Classic matchup is the most storied in baseball history, in the two most populated cities in the United States.
The World Series opens Friday. The bottom line at Dodger Stadium: Tickets for two probably will cost you at least $2,500.
On Monday afternoon, the minimum price for a Game 1 ticket on StubHub was $1,326, up 23% from Sunday night. The minimum price for any of the four potential games at Dodger Stadium: $1,268.
The Dodgers sold out the tickets available through their website. They control much of the resale market for their tickets, so prices usually do not vary significantly among sites. The minimum price for any game at Dodger Stadium on Vivid Seats, another resale site: $1,202.
StubHub said Monday its sales revenue for this year’s World Series already exceeds its sales revenue for last year’s Arizona Diamondbacks-Texas Rangers World Series, even though this series does not start for four days, and already is four times more than the company generated for the 2022 Houston Astros-Philadelphia Phillies World Series.
In this series, the ticket prices at Dodger Stadium are a relative bargain. The Yankees have not appeared in the World Series since 2009; the Dodgers are making their fourth appearance since then.
On Monday afternoon, this was the lowest Vivid Seats ticket price for Game 3, the first game at Yankee Stadium: $1,536.
That was for a ticket, not a seat. The ticket is standing room only.
Shohei Ohtani’s first World Series makes Mike Trout’s demise all the more tragic
For over a decade, the Los Angeles Angels have tried to surround Mike Trout with teammates who can finally get him to the World Series. Shohei Ohtani was once one of those teammates.
Trout was drafted by the Angels in 2009 and touted as an exciting five-tool athlete. He debuted for the Angels in 2011. Trout has hit .299/.410/.581 for his career with an OPS of 991. He has 378 home runs, 212 stolen bases, and 954 RBIs. He’s an 11-time All-Star, AL Rookie of the Year in 2012, a nine-time Silver Slugger winner and winner of the AL MVP in 2014, 2016 and 2019.
The Angels made the postseason in 2014, losing the American League Division Series to the Kansas City Royals.
Ohtani debuted with the Angels in 2018 as the most exciting two-way player to enter the game. Since 2018, Trout hasn’t had a complete season with the Angels failing to the injured list. Trout only played in 29 games in 2024 because of a torn meniscus that required two surgeries.
