This is how much Dodgers fans spent to attend the World Series: 'This is the golden ticket in L.A.'

While astir Dodgers fans are watching each the enactment of the World Series from a screen, immoderate person made it their ngo to beryllium wrong of the stadium wherever it happens.

It’s nary concealed that attending a World Series crippled isn’t cheap. But conscionable however costly is it? The prices whitethorn astonishment you.

This year’s tickets astatine Dodger Stadium, primitively priced betwixt astir $340 to $550 for galore seats, were astir intolerable to nab astatine look value, and resale prices connected sites similar StubHub and Vivid Seats skyrocketed (we’ve spotted prices upward of $200,000). However, by Game 3, tickets had dropped, allowing immoderate fans to snag them up past infinitesimal for little than $700. (Plus these folks bargained for 3 hours of shot and ended up getting six — doubly the woody they expected, on with the accidental to witnesser Freddie Freeman deed yet different walk-off location run.)

As crowds swarmed into the stadium earlier Game 3, we asked attendees astir however overmuch they paid to get into the crippled and what it meant to them to beryllium there.

Dodgers fans Salvador Andrade, 46, and his lad Joachim Andrade, 7.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Salvador: Since I tin remember.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

People are going to hatred maine due to the fact that I’m a play [ticket] holder, truthful I paid similar $1,600, but for the full playoffs. I sold my [extra] 2 tickets for inexpensive for $1,500 to a friend. I deliberation they’re going similar for a $1,000 to $1,200.

Was it worthy it?

This is our 2nd World Series. Last year, we were present astatine Game 1 [Freddie] Freeman’s expansive slam. So for [my son], I’m hoping it’s worthy it down the enactment whenever he’s my property and that helium telephone archer his kids, “Hey, I was there.”

Dodgers fans Jason and Liz Helvie, with their son-in-law Jake Loefke.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Liv: My full life. [Jake] is my son-in-law. He’s a immense fan, truthful we wanted to astonishment him with tickets.

Loefke: I cried similar a small baby.

Liv: He did [laughs].

[We besides brought] my dad, Jose. He’s been a immense Dodger fan. We mislaid him past year. We came to the World Series [last year] and the feline accidentally made a mistake with our tickets, truthful helium moved america a small spot closer. And the spot adjacent to america was wholly empty, truthful we sat his representation determination and we won. That’s erstwhile Freeman deed that location run, Game 1. We instrumentality [my dad] everywhere. I forgot him Friday and we lost. I’m not doing that again.

Jason: He’s our bully luck charm.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

Liv: It was similar $860. It wasn’t bad.

Was it worthy it?

Liv: Yes, absolutely! Just due to the fact that I consciousness similar it represents L.A. and the information that this is what I grew up with. My dada played ball. He played with [Sandy] Koufax.

Dodgers fans Aiden Mashaka and his dad, Akida Mashaka.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Akida: What are you talking about? Kirk Gibson! I’m Tommy Lasorda, baby!

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

Akida: $900. We bought our tickets from a 3rd party. I’ve been asking my brother-in-law however overmuch I beryllium him, but he’s specified an astonishing quality being. He’s similar “Don’t worry. I got this!”

Was it worthy it?

Akida: Of people it’s worthy it. We’re seeing the Dodgers World Series. The formation costs much than $900. If you person it, it’s worthy it. If you don’t person it, it’s not worthy it — you tin ticker it connected TV. If I was inactive successful school, I would beryllium watching connected TV. But I americium a 53-year-old man, aft galore years of life, truthful I tin walk $900 to ticker the Dodgers.

Aiden: This is possibly my 2nd oregon 3rd crippled that I’ve been to for the Dodgers. Being astatine the World Series, similar the expansive finale, I consciousness similar it’s a large clip to beryllium here. I’m truly arrogant of my dad, my auntie and my uncle for bringing maine here. I privation to convey them.

Akida: Can we get a crying emoji?

Dodgers fans Lillian Wang, Alfie Chuang, Leduo Yang and Killian Yang.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Killian: There are a batch of Dodger fans present from Taiwan and Asia due to the fact that of the power of Ohtani and Yamamoto. [Fans] privation to witnesser their careers and legacy.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

Killian: Around $660. We bought the tickets this morning. We’ve been present aggregate times and we consciousness similar possibly a fewer hours earlier the game, you tin get a amended price.

Was it worthy it?

Lillian: Yeah, of course. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Killian: And particularly for the World Series due to the fact that past twelvemonth we besides came for Game 2 and we spent astir $1,000.

Dodgers instrumentality Calvin Young.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

I’ve been a Dodger instrumentality since I was calved successful ’96 and of course, the Dodgers are fig one. I felt atrocious for not going past year, truthful I was like, you cognize what, I gotta spell this year, truthful present I am.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

$800

Was it worthy it?

It was decidedly worthy it for similar a one-time experience.

Shelly Banales, left, and her kids Kelsey and Nolan Banales.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Shelly: I’ve been a Dodger instrumentality since the ‘80s erstwhile Kirk Gibson deed his infamous location run. Then I joined a Dodger instrumentality and past these 2 became Dodger fans due to the fact that of that. This is our archetypal World Series. It means a lot. We thought astir doing it past twelvemonth and we benignant of talked ourselves retired of it, but this twelvemonth we were similar “We’re not missing it” origin you conscionable don’t cognize erstwhile it’s going to travel astir again.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

Shelly: I deliberation we paid $850.

Nolan: We conscionable waited until Game 2 was implicit to get our tickets. Once they won, it was benignant of a wrapper astatine that point.

Was it worthy it?

Shelly: We’ll fto you cognize astatine the extremity of the crippled [laughs].

Dodgers instrumentality Bryan Santiago, 14.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Santiago: Since I was born. Last twelvemonth I came to the archetypal crippled of the World Series against the New York Yankees. It was precise weird, and maine and my dada thought we conscionable lost, but past Freddie Freeman came up. It was a precise chill moment. It astir apt won’t hap again. [Editor’s note: It happened again!]

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

De La Torre: We spent $800 for tickets, truthful it’s decidedly worthy it. Last twelvemonth we were present for Game 1, Freddie Freeman, expansive slam, truthful it was worthy it, past it’s worthy it now. And you know, spending clip with my lad astatine the ballgame is priceless.

Dodgers fans David Urbina, left, and Francisco Franco.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Franco: I started picking it up successful similar 2017. That’s erstwhile I truly started paying attention. They made it to the World Series. Obviously, we hatred the cheaters but it is what it is.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

Franco: $725. It’s already worthy it. I’m not adjacent successful the stadium yet.

Urbina: $660.

Franco: I got amended seats [laughs].

Dodgers instrumentality Land Matthies.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

My full life. Are you serious? The Dodgers really utilized to beryllium an affiliate of the Isotopes. I enactment astatine the Albuquerque Isotopes. Our triple-A team, they’re present the Rockies but we utilized to beryllium affiliated with the Dodgers truthful it conscionable goes manus successful hand.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

I paid $800. It’s not terrible. I’m down location plate. I got connected Ticketmaster similar past Thursday. I was watching the prices. I bargain a batch of tickets, truthful I benignant of cognize the system. So going to Dodger Stadium, I’ve done it earlier and truthful I conscionable knew, conscionable get a summons and effort to get into the game.

Was it worthy it?

Oh, 100%. This is the World Series! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It’s worthy a splurge due to the fact that successful the end, it’s the moments that matter. So hopefully the Dodgers get the win. That’s the biggest portion contiguous is the Dodgers getting the triumph and having a bully time.

Dodgers fans from left, Nieco Payton, Guadalupe Conde, Luis Torres, and TJ Pena.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Conde: At slightest 30 years. Since I tin remember, that’s been my lone shot team.

Pena: I’m going to beryllium honorable with you, we are not Dodger fans but we are present to enactment the crippled of baseball.

How overmuch did you wage for your ticket?

Pena: We paid astir $900 for our tickets to travel to the game. We got them astatine the opening of this week. We came retired present due to the fact that they [Conde and Torres] really won the giveaway for our company, truthful we brought them retired to the crippled done our institution DripStix.

Was it worthy it?

Pena: It was truly worthy the wealth due to the fact that it’s a beauteous city. This is my archetypal clip successful the stadium, and I emotion to question and spell to stadiums.

Dodgers fans Jesse Avila, left, and Victor Delgado.

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How agelong person you been a Dodgers fan?

Delgado: Ever since I was a kid, I ever wanted to spell to a Dodger game. Born and raised a Dodger instrumentality since I was a kid. My dada took maine to the game. Now, I instrumentality my kids to the game. It’s conscionable a generational thing. Back-to-back championships is hard to do, but we’re going to bash it.

How overmuch did you wage for ticket?

Delgado: I paid astir $1,000. That [was] the cheapest one.

Was it worthy it?

Avila: Of course. It’s the aureate summons close present successful L.A.