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Blue JaysALDS Tickets Sell Out in Minutes as Wild Card Seats Linger

Unsettled seeding means some tickets will be refunded if games are not played at Rogers Centre.

Overview

  • The Blue Jays opened single-game postseason sales at 10 a.m. ET Thursday via Ticketmaster, listing the maximum possible home dates for the Wild Card Series and ALDS.
  • All three potential ALDS home games sold out rapidly—Games 1 and 2 in about 30 minutes and Game 3 in under 90—while many Wild Card seats remained available on the primary site.
  • Face-value pricing showed a sharp split, with ALDS tickets starting around $86 in the 500 level and topping roughly $619 in the 100s, compared with Wild Card seats from about $77 and up to about $599 in the 100s.
  • Secondary-market listings jumped immediately, with StubHub and SeatGeek offering upper-deck options near the $140–$350 range and premium seats into the thousands, including suite listings above $25,000, as Ticketmaster faces an FTC and state attorneys’ lawsuit over alleged cost-inflating practices.
  • Toronto has clinched a playoff berth but is still jockeying with the Yankees for position, which will decide whether it hosts a Wild Card series or receives an ALDS bye, and purchasers will be refunded for any home games that are not played.