Yankee Playoff Tickets Will Be Cheaper Than Regular Season Tickets

Here is something that Yankees fans thought they'd never hear: for the first time ever, playoff tickets will actually be cheaper than what the team charged during the regular season. The Yankees charged astronomical prices for seats at their new ballpark and a price adjustment was definitely needed.

The $2,500 "Legends" seats located right behind home plate will be reduced to a more palatable $275 during the American League Division Series. Even if the team makes it all te way to the World Series, the most fans will pay for the priciest seats in the ballpark will be $425.

The markdown from $2,500 to $275, however, is not as drastic as it seems. Most of the $2,500 that fans paid out to sit in the Legends seats went towards upfront licensing fees that they paid for the privlege of actually buying the tickets. That made the average cost of a regular game ticket $325, so the $275 ALDS price represents a savings of about $50 per ticket. Even still, who'd have thought that postseason Yankees tickets would be cheaper than the regular season tickets? Usually it's the other way around.

.For the ALDS, obstructed view bleacher seats will be an ultra-affordable $5. Grandstand seats will range up to $29, Terrace level seats will go for up to $80, and main level seats will be priced up to $200.

Less affluent fans who want to see the ALDS will pay $5 for obstructed-view bleacher seats and up to $29 for grandstand seats. Terrace-level seats will go for up to $80, and those on the main level will cost up to $125.

For the World Series, the low-end bleacher seats will cost $50, while grandstand seats will sell for up to $100. Terrace seats can be had for up to $150, and main-level seats will be priced up to $200.

Fans without season tickets, however, will have an extremely difficult time getting their hands on tickets. They may be shut out entirely with fewer than 1,000 seats available for World Series games. The Yanks have sold more than 37,000 season ticket plans on the stadium's 50,235 seats.

Major League Baseball requires 3,000 seats for players and the media, and between 5,550 and 9,500 seats during each playoff game for sponsors.