MIAMI — LoanDepot park, home of the Miami Marlins, was packed for five days of pool play to begin the World Baseball Classic.
Expect that to continue as the ballpark becomes the sole host for the rest of the tournament.
The Marlins announced Friday that all five remaining World Baseball Classic games — both quarterfinals (Mexico vs Puerto Rico on Friday and Venezuela vs the United States on Saturday), the semifinals on Sunday and Monday, and the championship on Tuesday — are sold out. All games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
But tickets are still available on the secondary market, and, compared to even as recently as Thursday morning, more options are available at more affordable prices for every game.
Yes, this includes the Sunday semifinal that will feature Cuba against the winner of the Venezuela-United States quarterfinal.
For that game specifically, as of 6 p.m. Friday, tickets are available for as low as $71 on Ticketmaster, $79 on SeatGeek, $84 on Vivid Seats and $89 on Stubhub. Those will get you in either the home run porch in right field or the 300 section of the ballpark.
For comparison, there were minimal tickets for less than $200 for the Cuba semifinal as recently as 8 a.m. Thursday.
To find tickets and prices on the secondary market for the rest of the tournament games, go to Stubhub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats or Ticketmaster.
The 10 games of pool play at loanDepot park set the record for the most attended World Baseball Classic round ever in the United States drawing 295,850. Six of 10 games had an announced attendance of at least 30,000. Only two had fewer than 20,000 fans.
The average attendance of 29,585 was an increase of more than 8% from the 2017 average of 27,313. There were eight games in pool play for the 2017 tournament, compared to 10 games this year.
