The Chicago Cubs were in the top-three major league teams in average ticket price last season. The proposed 19.5 percent increase will give them a solid hold on number one in 2017. The best seats will increase the most: 31 percent for club box infield seats and bleachers by 22 percent. Other seats will go up six to 17 percent.
It will also be the second straight season that the team has raised the face value of its tickets by at least 10 percent.
Community-minded approach
According to Jesse Rogers at ESPNChicago, the marquee nature of the team’s interleague home games played a part in the increases.