Want inside Wrigley? It'll cost you
How much would you pay to watch a World Series game at Wrigley Field?To paraphrase Jim Mora: World Series? World? Series? World Series?!?!? How did Game One of that series with the Dodgers turn out?
That's the question Chicago Cubs fans hope they'll have to answer later this month.
As of Tuesday afternoon, StubHub - an online ticket marketplace for the resale of tickets - offered tickets for a potential World Series ranging from $1,679.99 (standing room to Game 3 on Oct. 25) to $54,860 (infield club box to Game 4 on Oct. 26) per seat.
Anyway, on to the MWL tie-in:
Peoria Chiefs president Rocky Vonachen was momentarily speechless when informed of that price range.
"Holy cow!" Vonachen finally said, channeling the late Cubs play-by-play announcer Harry Caray, who was his father Pete's best friend. "I might put mine on there."
Vonachen was joking - probably.
As the Class A Midwest League affiliate of the Cubs, the Chiefs typically receive four tickets to each postseason game. The Chiefs usually treat those tickets as a perk to loyal sponsors in Peoria. That's what Vonachen already has been busy explaining heading into tonight's National League Division Series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"Long-lost friends all of a sudden show up," Vonachen said. "I just tell them we get very few tickets, and usually we use those for our corporate partners."
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