Demand to watch the Astros following their World Series win is "considerable," according to David Barron of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. Astros President of Business Operations Reid Ryan said, "We are pricing to demand. We price like the airlines do and like hotels do and like concerts do." Ryan said that the team "cannot provide an average ticket price for any seat, absent purchase of a full or partial season ticket plan, because of variable pricing." But he added that ticket prices are either "higher or the same from last year but did not provide details." Ryan noted that the Astros have "sold the equivalent of about 6,000 new full-season ticket packages" for '18 and "just over half of the seats in the 41,000-seat stadium are sold on a season basis." Barron noted for most Astros fans, it is going to "cost more to watch games" this season. The last few remaining single-game tickets to the home opener against the Orioles were "snapped up at prices on the team's website Friday morning that ranged up to $399, and that was for a seat that would have cost you $375 on Thursday." The range of prices and options "can be dizzying." In April alone, with 16 home games, the Astros have tickets at "47 different price points in seven of their 20-plus stadium seat sections." But Ryan also said that the Astros "expect in August and September to return a promotion called Ballpark Pass in which fans purchase seven to eight tickets for $59, with seat locations for each game determined by the club based on availability" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 3/3).
