Patience is a virtue, but it didn't pay off Toronto Blue Jays fans who lasted until nearly 3 a.m. at Rogers Center for a party that saw more than 27,000 fans fill the stands.
The Blue Jays lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 6–5 at Dodgers Stadium in Game 3 when Freddie Freeman scored in the bottom of the 18th inning. Although several hundred fans left Rogers Center by the end of the game, the remaining fans roared in disappointment as the game came to an end.
“It's pretty brutal, to be honest,” Jays fan Zaul Fereydouni said immediately after the final out.
Fereydouni attended the first game, and when he heard that the stadium was hosting fan parties during road games, he jumped at the opportunity to invite a few of his friends to keep up with the World Series. Tickets for the Rogers Center parties were $15, much cheaper than any games at home.
It was a much better way to enjoy the postseason, Fereydouni said.
“(Given how exclusive the World Series is, being able to come for $15 was pretty good.”
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Karim Alzanun and Noah Cappon, who accompanied Feridoni, agreed. Friends said the energy was high among the loyal fans who stuck around, and that was part of what kept them there until the end of the game.
“It’s worth it, even though we have to get up in a few hours,” Cappon said.
Single-game World Series tickets sold out within about an hour of going on sale last Tuesday. As of Monday evening, the cheapest general admission Game 6 resale ticket was more than $1,800.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford made his own comments about high ticket prices ahead of the World Series, saying even he would watch the game at home to avoid high ticket prices.
Ticketmaster previously said it does not set or control World Series ticket prices.
Jays fans Adam Young and Christian Gonzalez said their tickets Monday to Rogers Center felt like two baseball games in one, given how long the game lasted.
“This is the closest we've ever gotten to a game without going to an actual game. The atmosphere is the same,” Young said.
The two men, born and raised in Toronto and lifelong Blue Jays fans, stayed until the last. Gonzalez said his father was also in tow early in the game but left a little early.
Gonzalez said his father followed the Jays to the World Series in 1992 and 1993. Gonzalez said he wasn't even born the last time the Jays played on the world stage, and it was special to share that moment with his father.
Watch parties will be held at the Rogers Center during Games 4 and 5 of the World Series, with proceeds from tickets going to the Jays Care Foundation. The City of Toronto is also hosting free public viewing parties at Nathan Phillips Square.
The Jays now fall to 2-1 in the best-of-seven matchup. Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
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