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Price Of World Series Box Seats Up 35% From Last Season

MLB Raises Price Of World
Series Box Seats To $250

Some MLB teams have sent season-ticket holders notices saying that prices of “regular box seats will be $250” for World Series games, up from $185 last season, according to the AP. The 35% increase “is the steepest in nearly a decade,” since MLB raised the price from $75 to $150 in ’98. The lowest priced World Series ticket is $75, a $10 increase from last year. MLB Senior VP/PR Rich Levin: “The ticket prices are comparable to other major events” (AP, 8/28).

METS: In N.Y., Phil Mushnick reported the Mets are charging a $5-per-ticket handling charge for playoff tickets, totaling $200 for four tickets over ten games. A regular-season subscription this year of four tickets — or 324 games — included a $20 total handling fee. Mushnick: “The Mets charged $20 to send a customer 324 regular-season tickets. The Mets then charged the same customer $200 to send 40 postseason tickets. ... That’s a robbery” (N.Y. POST, 8/27).

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