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Fact Of The Day: The Most And Least Expensive Stadiums For Baseball Fans

baseball-field-828713_960_720I love baseball. I grew up in a baseball house. The New Yorks Mets  games could always count on me  as a viewers. I wish I could go more. It can be very pricey to go to a game.

Some Major League Baseball stadiums cater to their fans with affordable tickets and food prices, others are notorious for some pretty steep charges.

Personal finance website GOBankingRates.com conducted a cost analysis of attending a game at all 30 MLB stadiums, comparing the price of four factors:

  • Two tickets
  • Two hot dogs
  • Two beers
  • Parking

While the average cost of spending a day enjoying America’s pastime is $77.92, fans attending a game at Angel Stadium ofAnaheim pay the cheapest per-game average cost ― $47.60 ― whereas Boston Red Sox fans pay the highest per-game average cost at Fenway Park ― $157.

To learn where your team ranks, see the full findings here.

Additional Insights:

  • The Great American Ballpark, where the Cincinnati Reds play, sells hot dogs for just $1.
  • The price of a small beer at an MLB game ranges from $4 to $7.75.
  • The difference between the most and least expensive admission ticket to a game is about $40.
  • The three cheapest stadiums to catch a game are in the West ― Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Dodger Stadium and Chase Field, where the Arizona Diamondbacks play.
  • The three most expensive stadiums to attend a game include Boston’s Fenway Park ― home of the Red Sox ― Chicago’sWrigley Field ― home of the Cubs ― and New York’s Yankee Stadium.

AsI am tad biased, I must say #LETSGOMETS

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