The only thing hotter than the Colorado Rockies right now is the sale of tickets to the baseball club’s upcoming playoff games.
In cyberspace, Rockies tickets are on fire. had 1,546 postings of Rockies tickets Tuesday – the majority of which were from sellers looking to unload for big bucks.
One seller was seeking $700 for four lower-level seats at Saturday’s National League division series game, while another seller wanted $250 for a pair on the same level for the same game.
Chris Guenthner, 23, a journalism student at Metropolitan State College of Denver, tried to get into Monday’s tie-breaker game against the San Diego Padres but was priced out, he said.
So, Guenthner bought tickets for Saturday’s game through the Coors Field box office.
Now he’s hoping to make some extra dough on the Rockies’ good fortune. “I’m hoping to get $100 for them, but I will lower my price if it doesn’t sell,” he said of his $15 face-value tickets.
Whether the tickets sell or not, Guenthner has a ticket put aside, and he’ll see Saturday’s game with friends. “Going to the game is the No. 1 goal for me,” he said.
Selling tickets over the Internet at inflated prices is legal and big business, but selling tickets for more than face value on the streets of Denver is against the law – it’s a municipal-code violation.
The Rockies quickly sold all of the organization’s NLDS seats.
National League Championship Series tickets are already on sale. Ticket-office prices range from $60 to $100. The $30 Rockpile tickets are sold out.
Some Net traders are proposing swaps of Broncos tickets for baseball playoff tickets.
One cyberspace seller in Philadelphia posted an offer for seats at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies, for $450 each.
Another posting on the Internet attempts to add a voice of caution amid the frenzy.
“Don’t be buying Sunday tickets for an obscene amount, the game is dependent on the 1st to 3rd games” and may not even be necessary, it says. “Don’t give these jerks any more money!”
