The Toronto Blue Jays are advancing to the American League Championship Series (ALCS) for the first time since 2016, and tickets for the games have quickly sold out and are now being resold at steep prices.
After holding onto a slim 2-1 lead in the seventh inning of Game 4, the Blue Jays broke the game open on Wednesday with a hit from Nathan Lukes and a run from Myles Straw. As a result of the win, the Jays are slated to face the winner of the Detroit-Seattle series, with Game 1 of the ALCS scheduled for this weekend.
Tickets for all ALCS home games went on sale Thursday, including seats for Game 1 on Oct. 12 and Game 2 on Oct. 13, along with Game 6 on Oct. 19 and Game 7 on Oct. 20, if necessary.
Within two hours of becoming available Thursday morning, tickets for all four home games sold out or were listed as a “verified resale,” leaving many eager fans disappointed with the strikeout, as the home team heads to the ALCS for the first time in nearly a decade.
Those unable to grab tickets were left waiting in an online queue that, at one point, quickly rose to over 100,000 people.
For those who missed the initial sale on Thursday, verified resale tickets can be found on Ticketmaster, with baseline prices skyrocketing.
Many listings are going for well above face value, with the lowest prices at the time of writing ranging between $436.16 and $491.84. Additionally, prime seats are commanding several times their original prices, varying between $4,100 and more than $9,000.
Meanwhile, fans are expressing their experiences online, citing steep resale prices, verified resellers, and disappointment over missing out on a long-awaited sports event.
“I got in, immediately sold out with resellers the only option. I guess I’m watching at home,” one Reddit user said.
“I have 44000 ppl in front of me, and I joined the waiting room early wtf Ticketmaster,” another user added.
“Only had 6k ahead of me for game 6, and tickets are all gone. The number of resales already up is crazy,” one Redditor commented.
“How people aren’t instantly banned for buying and selling an entire row of tickets is beyond me,” another user added,” another user said.
“For real… I was 14,000 in line and the only thing left when I got in was resale tickets… I love the Jays but I’m not paying a scalper $500 a ticket for 500s…,” a Redditor added.
