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Darren Rovell, ESPN Senior Writer 7y

World Series ticket prices dip after Cubs' Game 3, Game 4 losses

MLB, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians

Prices on the resale market for Games 4 and 5 of the World Series in Chicago plummeted on Saturday morning after the Cubs' loss to the Indians on Friday and dropped more on Sunday morning after their second straight loss at Wrigley Field on Saturday.

After the Cubs lost Game 4, the ticket market for Game 5 collapsed. List prices for the cheapest ticket fell to under $1,000 compared to just 48 hours before, when there wasn't a single Game 5 ticket listed on the resale market for less than $2,400.

Ticket prices fell even further on Sunday. At 11 a.m. ET, nine hours before Game 5 begins, there were 445 tickets listed for under $1,000 on StubHub.

When Game 3 ended, the cheapest seats to Games 4 and 5 were $1,900 and $2,400, respectively. By 6:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, just hours before the first pitch for Game 4, the cheapest ticket to the game on StubHub was $1,700, a rise from the early afternoon ($1,475). 

The prices for Game 5 dropped even more precipitously because the loss assured that if the Cubs were to win the World Series, it wouldn't be done at home. 

The median price paid for a Game 3 ticket on StubHub was $2,800 and that didn't include any sales in the six hours before the game. Because of a contract between the Cubs and StubHub, which has been in place for three seasons, the ticket reseller was forced to pull the tickets, meaning those selling on the site had to shift their tickets to other sites.

Right before Game 3 began, StubHub announced it had struck a deal with the Cubs and MLB Advanced Media that would enable tickets to be sold on the site right up until game time.

Prices for Games 4 and 5 haven't just dropped on the low end.

Box seats that were purchased on StubHub on Tuesday for Saturday night's game that sold for $9,500 can now be had for $4,500. On Friday, a fan paid $15,000 each for tickets in the front row behind the Cubs' dugout for Sunday's Game 5. Tickets just four rows behind those seats can now be had for $4,500.

The average resale prices of tickets sold on StubHub are still records. The Game 4 average resale price is $3,100, while Game 5 is at $3,300 per ticket. In comparison, the average price for Games 1 and 2 in Cleveland was $1,000.

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