Playoff ticket question

moxacaine · Sep 20, 2012

The Nationals Wild Card/NLDS tickets go on sale tomorrow and im planning on getting tickets to at least one game. I was curious if the teams jack up their ticket prices for the playoffs?

A separate question, this years playoffs if i read correctly the lower seeded team gets the first two games and then the higher seeded team gets the last three. Will this be the same in the LCS? Obviously its 7 games but are they still giving the lower seeded team the first games?

thanks

Brewer Andy · Sep 20, 2012

In a 7 game the lower team gets the middle 3 games if I'm not mistaken. I would imagine ticket prices are each team's discretion but I don't remember the Brewers tickets last year being much higher than reg season if at all

Pine Tar · Sep 20, 2012

First rounds usually does not go up. Then round 2 may or may not go up either. But the league sets prices on the Champion Series and the World Series

aarne13 · Sep 20, 2012

Any of the Nats guys going to any of the games this weekend? Some of the team collectors are in town for some games. It would be cool to meet some new folks.

moxacaine · Sep 20, 2012

aarne13 said:
Any of the Nats guys going to any of the games this weekend? Some of the team collectors are in town for some games. It would be cool to meet some new folks.

need to talk to the gf tomorrow but id like to go to Sundays game.

aarne13 · Sep 20, 2012

We will be there. We have tickets for Fri-Sat. With the redskins in town, tickets should be cheap on Sunday.

vwnut13 · Sep 20, 2012

The Pirates started selling their Playoff tickets a month ago.

You should contact a Pirates fan for all your Playoff Ticket Questions!

wolfmanalfredo · Sep 20, 2012

How awesome for baseball if there were an oakland/baltimore vs washington/pittsburgh world series. I hope these guys make it all the way

moxacaine · Sep 21, 2012

vwnut13 said:
The Pirates started selling their Playoff tickets a month ago.

You should contact a Pirates fan for all your Playoff Ticket Questions!

lol!!!!

TenaciousJDD · Sep 21, 2012

moxacaine said:
The Nationals Wild Card/NLDS tickets go on sale tomorrow and im planning on getting tickets to at least one game. I was curious if the teams jack up their ticket prices for the playoffs?

A separate question, this years playoffs if i read correctly the lower seeded team gets the first two games and then the higher seeded team gets the last three. Will this be the same in the LCS? Obviously its 7 games but are they still giving the lower seeded team the first games?

thanks

I had season tickets for the Dodgers a few years ago and what I remember is that the prices for playoff tickets were crazy, even for the Division Series. My understanding at the time was that the pricing was set by MLB and not by the teams. It seemed to make some sense as I recall each level having one blanket price for all seats when during the regular season the costs were tiered depending on how far out you were. I wish I could find the invoices to show you, but the cost for our 4 seats in the Top Deck for the maximum 11 playoff games was higher than what we paid for 81 regular season games and 2 exhibitions.

moxacaine · Sep 21, 2012

Damn ticket prices on Ebay are already crazy. I may buy 4 for each of the games so i can just sell the extras. lol depending on the price.

moxacaine · Sep 21, 2012

TenaciousJDD said:
I had season tickets for the Dodgers a few years ago and what I remember is that the prices for playoff tickets were crazy, even for the Division Series. My understanding at the time was that the pricing was set by MLB and not by the teams. It seemed to make some sense as I recall each level having one blanket price for all seats when during the regular season the costs were tiered depending on how far out you were. I wish I could find the invoices to show you, but the cost for our 4 seats in the Top Deck for the maximum 11 playoff games was higher than what we paid for 81 regular season games and 2 exhibitions.

thanks for the heads up. i really hope theyre not crazy like that.

moxacaine · Sep 21, 2012

thanks guys, they finally posted the info i was looking for. it does increase with each series.

jbmm161 · Sep 21, 2012

I paid $40 for a third level ticket which during the season would cost $8. So yes teams jack up the prices because they can.
I subscribe to the Texas Rangers newsletter and you have to enter an online raffle and be picked to buy tickets. I got to buy tickets for 1 playoff game.
Normally the tickets are for your teams home playoff games so they are generic and only say Home Game 1 or Home Game 2 etc.
I went with Game 2 since Game 1 was standing room only.

The way the playoffs work this year is different than the last and a big disadvantage to #1 seeds in my opinion.
The first 2 games are played at the Wild Card team's ballpark and then Game 3 at the top seeds park and 4 and 5 if necessary are scheduled for the top seed.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=12

muskiesfan · Sep 21, 2012

The Reds are doing the online raffle this year as well. Neither my wife or I won for the first round, but hopefully we'll get a shot at CS or WS tickets.

jbmm161 said:
I paid $40 for a third level ticket which during the season would cost $8. So yes teams jack up the prices because they can.
I subscribe to the Texas Rangers newsletter and you have to enter an online raffle and be picked to buy tickets. I got to buy tickets for 1 playoff game.
Normally the tickets are for your teams home playoff games so they are generic and only say Home Game 1 or Home Game 2 etc.
I went with Game 2 since Game 1 was standing room only.

The way the playoffs work this year is different than the last and a big disadvantage to #1 seeds in my opinion.
The first 2 games are played at the Wild Card team's ballpark and then Game 3 at the top seeds park and 4 and 5 if necessary are scheduled for the top seed.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=12

moxacaine · Sep 21, 2012

I just got 4 tickets outfield reserved for $55 each. :grin:

right behind the visitors bullpen.

Bonds73 · Sep 21, 2012

Just got Oriole tickets for the potential 1 game wild card playoff. Thought that would be quite an experience as the 1st wild card play-in game in MLB history. Upper reserved ticket went for $ 35 plus $ 6 convenience charge (Just charge me $ 41 for the damn ticket, will ya). Regular season these go for between $ 17 and $ 24.

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