Cubs fans next season will have to "pony up to experience games in luxury," according to Chris Kuc of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Ticket prices for the four new clubs at Wrigley Field -- including the "American Airlines 1914 Club" that will open next season in the lower deck behind home plate -- "have been revealed." The cost of 600-plus season tickets for the 1914 Club "will range from $400-$695 per ticket per game -- as much as $56,295" for the '18 season. The price "includes taxes, food, soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor." The most expensive tickets "will be closest to the field and decrease in price the higher the row." Tickets for the "Maker's Mark Barrel Room," set to open in '19, "will range from $395-$495 per game and include taxes, food, soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor." Tickets for the "W Club" near the left-field corner, will range "from $285-$375 per game" and include the same food and beverage options, sans liquor. Tickets for the "Catalina Club," which will be "located beneath the press box behind home plate also beginning in 2019, will run from $235-$325 per ticket per game." Ticket buyers "sign a contract that includes an escalator clause" ranging between 4-7% to "ensure price certainty through the length of the deals that typically will run two, four or six years for the W Club and three, five or seven years for the other three clubs." Cubs VP/Ticketing Cale Vennum said the response for the 1914 Club has been "fantastic" and is trending toward a sellout (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 9/27).
