Puerto Rico’s games against the Dominican Republic and Venezuela in the World Classic were sold out

Tickets for Puerto Rico’s matches against Venezuela and the Dominican Republic next World Baseball Classic on March 12 and 15, respectively, as well as Nicaragua’s on the 11th, were sold out on the official electronic sales site, and there are only options left for the match against Israel.

The sale of individual ‘tickets’ for the general fans began today, Thursday, at 11:00 in the morning on the Miami Marlins portal, whose LoanDepot Park stadium will host the preliminary round for Group D, in which will be Puerto Rico.

But, with the two pre-sale processes that took place since the end of 2022, first with the sale of packages, and then this week with the sale of individual tickets on Tuesday and Wednesday, everything that was available for the matches against Venezuela and the Dominican Republic was sold out

“Subscribers (of the Marlins at LoanDepot Park) first had access to individual tickets to tournament games. That was Tuesday. Fans who had purchased 2023 Marlins game tickets (Major League season) had access Wednesday (to Classic tickets). The others had access starting today,” the Marlins communications office explained by text message to The new day.

For the first hour, tickets were available to fans for the games against Nicaragua on the opening date of the tournament on March 11 at 12:00 noon, and on March 13 against Israel at 7:00 pm. But already after 1:00 in the afternoon this Thursday, the tickets for the clash against the Nicaraguans were also sold out.

Puerto Rico will play the preliminary round of the tournament in Group D and will have the four games mentioned. If they advance to the subsequent rounds, they will all be at the Marlins LoanDepot.

For the fan who is hell-bent on seeing in person the ornate clash between Caribbean rivals Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic – the highlight of the preliminary round in Group D – has the option of buying a resale ticket.

But know that you will have to shell out several thousand dollars if you are willing to do whatever it takes to watch the game and see stars of the caliber of the Boricuas. Francisco Lindor, Carlos Correa and Javier Báez, facing Dominican idols such as Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Manny Machado and Juan Soto, to mention just a few.

Sites dedicated to resale, such as the well-known StubHub, have tickets available for several of the games, including those that appear sold out on the official Marlins website. This is because tickets that were previously purchased by other fans appear on resale sites and are then put up for sale through these platforms, which serve as intermediaries.

For an idea of ​​how prices can be multiplied, The game between Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, which at first glance does not look as attractive as one against the Dominican Republic or Venezuela, has two tickets for $1,882 each, almost level with the playing field, but along the first base line that extends to right field. Tickets for the ‘Clubhouse Box 9’ are also available for $12,364 each.

Now, if your obsession is the Puerto Rico-Dominican matchup, you’ll find options as low as $5,102 at Vista Box 304, which is well back from home plate on the right wing of the stadium. Tickets for the closest chairs behind home plate in section 18 are available for $16,327 each. In total there are 22 tickets available for that match on StubHub, and 24 for the match against Venezuela.

The Marlins’ press office confirmed early that tickets for the championship game on March 21 had also been sold out, and later The new day He checked on the official website and found that the duels for the quarterfinal and semifinal phases were also all sold.

The only options available are through resale, with exorbitant prices, such as a ticket that exceeds $40,000 for the final game.

Criticism from fans, as occurred in October when ticket packages initially opened exclusively to Marlins season ticket holders, has not been long in coming this week.

“This is a joke now. WHAT’S THIS! More presale more BUY MARLINS TICKETS. We don’t live in Miami. And not even the people who live there go to your games. Free TICKETS. @MLB it’s your turn,” a user by the name of Yohan Santos wrote Tuesday as a comment to a Marlins post on his official Twitter account urging fans to buy tickets to Major League Baseball regular-season games. of the Marlins, to have access to the pre-sale of individual tickets for the Classic.

A day after that team post, another fan, Cisco Rivera, complained that “I bought individual (Marlins) tickets and I don’t have access to buy WBC tickets.”

On the other hand, others, like a user named Marguerite, highlighted that “I already have my tickets for the semifinals.”