If you’re a family of four, then your experience on a summer night at Dodger Stadium is among the best in baseball. Cheer and shout with 55,000 people. The glow of blue when the stadium lights go dark and closer Edwin Diaz enters to “Timmy Trumpets” out of the Dodgers’ bullpen.
And then, somewhere between the parking gate and the first bite of a hot dog, reality taps you on the shoulder. The entire experience costs $413.16. According to Bill Speros of Bookies.com, that’s the price of taking your family to see the back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers in 2026.
Four tickets, parking, two beers, two sodas, four hot dogs - a family of four buying into the Los Angeles Dodgers experience now pays the highest price in Major League Baseball for the second straight year. Nearly $200 above the league average. Not for souvenirs. Just for entry into the moment.
Average ticket prices sit at $78.11, the highest in the sport. Parking alone is $45. The beer isn’t even the most expensive in baseball, but a michelada will put you back $28.
Meanwhile, across the league, the contrast is stark. The Boston Red Sox trail the Dodgers at $372.90. Surprisingly, the nomadic Oakland Athletics sit third, buoyed by scarcity in Sacramento.But head down the 5 freeway, and the Angels quietly sell a $44 family pack, now that sounds like a top five priority!
The other California teams are all in the top 10 as well. The San Francisco Giants sit in fifth with a price of $283.58. The Padres are sixth at $274.14.
It's commiepornia where there's rich and poor. Yesterday I went to our small town market for the first time in 3 years and was I shocked. They've raised prices 2 and 3 fold in just that short time. BTW the new ownership ain't from around here if you know what I mean.
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