Some Wrigley Ticket Prices On The Rise

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Dec 5, 2009 8:00PM

Trying to figure out Cubs ticket prices - with the different sections of Wrigley and four pricing categories - can be like trying to figure out calculus. And for 2010 one part of the equation is being altered as some of the better Cubs tickets will be more expensive next year. First of all, the number of "Platinum" games - the most expensive games - will increase from 14 in '09 to 26 in '10. For those games, most of the more expensive tickets will increase. According to the Tribune:

The most expensive seat will be a platinum club infield box, which was raised by $12, or a 12 percent increase from $100 to $112. The cheapest tickets will be $9 for an upper deck outfield reserved seat for one of the six "bronze" games on weekdays in April, May and September.

The Cubs maintain that half of the ticket inventory will remain about the same, while the average price increase will be $2 for "gold" games and $5 for "platinum" games. A 1 percent rise in the city amusement tax, from 11 to 12 percent, also figured into the price hike.

And they have to pay off Milton Bradley's bloated contract somehow.