The Braves launch their 2015 home season Friday against the New York Mets and, as always, tickets for the opener are in demand.
Look no further than the prices being asked on StubHub, the online secondary ticket site where sellers of even distant seats have been seeking around $40 apiece.
Not bad for an outfit whose playoff prospects for 2015 are deemed bleak by harsher critics.
But look out beyond this once-a-year event to most of the rest of the dates on the home schedule and there are discounted tickets aplenty. An unscientific assessment of the marketplace suggests that lower price tickets for most Braves games are also going for less than comparable seats in other baseball cities.
Fans who don’t mind sitting far from the action can get seats for as low as $7.50 at the site for many games, no matter the date or opponent. April and May are pretty much bargain fests.
Prices climb a bit once school lets out, at least on the weekends. But the only real blip in prices is in mid-June when the Red Sox come to town for a midweek series, bringing their Boston prices with them.
Some franchises had comparably low-priced tickets offered on StubHub, but typically not for so many games.
The Braves aren’t expressing concern, however.
“Our ticket base remains strong and loyal,” emailed Braves spokesperson Beth Marshall.
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