Media
Chicago Cubs Tickets, at $160, Are Most Expensive in Baseball
Published:
Last Updated:
Among the teams that make up Major League Baseball, ticket prices per game range from $160.06 for a Chicago Cubs game to $55.80 for tickets to the Colorado Rockies, according to ticket sales company Tiqiq. The prices appear not to be based on win-loss records or the size of stadiums.
The Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field has 42,495 seats. The team does have a spectacular record at 24-7. In the case of the Red Sox, the team with the second highest ticket price at $132.97, Fenway Park is small, with 37,673 seats. The Red Sox have a record of 18-3. However, that is where the trend of win-loss and stadium size ends.
The storied New York Yankees play in the new Yankee Stadium. It seats 54,251. Tickets to individual games cost $118.15. The Yankees have a terrible win-loss record of 11-18.
Coors Field, home to the Rockies, also does not contribute to any pattern. It has 50,445 seats, among the largest in the league, and the team has a win-loss record of 15-16.
As baseball has evolved, so has the pattern of revenue brought in by teams. A huge amount comes in from parking and food. For the much more well to do, sky boxes can cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, based on location and size.
If there is a pattern to ticket sales, seats have nothing to do with it.
Take This Retirement Quiz To Get Matched With A Financial Advisor (Sponsored)
Take the quiz below to get matched with a financial advisor today.
Each advisor has been vetted by SmartAsset and is held to a fiduciary standard to act in your best interests.
Here’s how it works:
1. Answer SmartAsset advisor match quiz
2. Review your pre-screened matches at your leisure. Check out the
advisors’ profiles.
3. Speak with advisors at no cost to you. Have an introductory call on the phone or introduction in person and choose whom to work with in the future
Take the retirement quiz right here.
Thank you for reading! Have some feedback for us?
Contact the 24/7 Wall St. editorial team.
Editors' Picks
