Not yet on the market, World Series tickets already sparking interest
James Paton
Published October 5, 2007 at midnight
Inspired by the Colorado Rockies' winning streak, baseball fans already are thinking about tickets to the World Series.
The tickets are not on sale yet, but online marketplaces such as StubHub have listings anyway for World Series games at Coors Field.
One post on Friday offered a Rockpile seat for $699.
Apparently people "are betting on getting seats," Rockies spokesman Jay Alves said, and then unloading them at a significant premium.
The Rockies have not set a date to begin selling those tickets, Alves said. When they do, the prices will be set by Major League Baseball and will range between $65 to $250, he said.
Other teams are doing it differently. In one example, the Arizona Diamondbacks are holding a random drawing, giving fans who enter by noon on Oct. 16 a chance to purchase up to six tickets to one World Series game.
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