Wrigley Field is Affair With A 20 Year Old Female Studentabout to host its first World Series since 1945.
The Chicago Cubs evened the series at one game apiece with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night. After two games in Cleveland, the series heads 350 miles west for Game 3 on Friday.
And to see the Cubs' first World Series home game in 71 years, it's going to cost you.
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As of 12 p.m. PT on Thursday, the cheapest ticket option on StubHub— standing room only — will run you $2,250 a pop for Game 3. Let's say you really want to be sitting. Tack on another $200 for outfield bleacher tickets.
The history of this World Series has been touted relentlessly, but here's a recap.
The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908, and haven't been to one since 1945. That's the longest championship drought in North American professional sports. The Indians haven't won a World Series since 1948, the second-longest drought in baseball.
Oh, what's that? You're a die-hard Cubs fan? You've been waiting your whole life for this moment and won't settle for anything less than a close-up view of your team?
Seats behind the Cubs dugout are listed anywhere between $4,995 and $10,000.
The median ticket price, according to ESPN's Darren Rovell, is $3,000.
Or, you could take those 3,000 smackers and buy something else. Like 300 copies of The Naturalon DVD. Or a round trip from Chicago to Rome, sitting in premium economy class. Or Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro.
Hopefully you've been stashing $42.45 in a Cubs hat every year since 1945, because that's what it would take to buy median-priced tickets for Game 3.
