The cheapest tickets for the first game of the final of the MLBthe call World Series that will be disputed starting Friday Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers have shot up to almost $1,500 dollars.
Tickets for the Rogers Center in Torontowhich can only be purchased through the multinational Ticketmaster, They sold out in a few minutes as soon as its sale began on Tuesday morning. The Blue Jays stadium has capacity for just over 39,000 spectators.
Although the official price of the cheapest seats is about $250 Canadian dollars ($180 US dollars)on Ticketmaster’s own website those same tickets are now on resale for more than $2,000 Canadian dollars, that is: $1,429 US dollars.
The price for better-positioned seats, which normally cost $500, is located above the $12,000 Canadian dollars ($8,578 US dollars).
Some users have reported that, despite being on the waiting list to purchase tickets, they were unable to access the tickets because they immediately disappeared as soon as they went on sale. And in a few seconds, they appeared on the Ticketmaster resale market with exorbitant prices.
The last time the Blue Jays reached the World Series, In 1993, the cheapest tickets were $32 Canadian ($22 US).
The prices for the final have sparked protests from fans, including Doug Ford, the head of the government of the province of Ontario, where Toronto is located.
Ford declared this Wednesday that in his opinion, “people are being scammed” and warned that he will investigate the monopoly that Ticketmaster has for the sale of tickets to shows.
*With information from EFE.
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