Giants fans have waited a long time for this one. Come Friday night it will be almost exactly five years since Brandon Belt swung through a 102-mph Aroldis Chapman fastball to end the last postseason game in San Francisco.
Of course, fans who waited too long to be a part of the scene Friday at Oracle Park might find the hunt for Orange October tickets an onerous one.
Unless they’re willing to really pay the price.
Only a handful of upper deck and standing-room only tickets remained for Game 1 of the National League Division Series as of Wednesday afternoon. The few unsold View Reserve seats in right field cost $165 through the Giants’ website (sfgiants.com), while standing-room access will cost $110.
The resale market for tickets to Friday’s game — against the winner of Wednesday’s Dodgers vs. Cardinals game — is surprisingly cheaper. You could still find View Reserve seats in left field for $123 at VividSeats and SeatGeek on Wednesday. StubHub, meanwhile, was still offering View Reserve seating in Section 325 for $147, the same price you’d pay there to get into Oracle with no assigned seat.
Those fans who want a better view or just a more comfortable place to sit, will need to dig a lot deeper to get into Oracle Park Friday. Most other tickets available on StubHub range from $549 for a Field Club seat in Section 109 to $3,000 for a Dugout Club seat in Section 113.
Tickets for Game 2 on Saturday night and a possible series-deciding Game 5 at Oracle Park are even more scarce. Not that this causes any problem whatsoever for Giants management.
Like most teams, the Giants have seen a downturn in ticket sales since 2019 – they drew a modest 1.7 million fans this season. However, interest in watching the 107-win Giants in the playoffs has suddenly reached the same levels it was during San Francisco’s three World Series championship runs, according to Russ Stanley, the longtime Giants vice president of ticket sales.
“We’re not seeing any softening on the purchasing side,” Stanley told the San Francisco Business Times. “We had 40,000 on Saturday and 37,000 on Sunday and the atmosphere here … it was back. Sunday brought back chills to 2010. It just had that same sort of energy to it. It was nice to have that back.”
Fans who don’t want to miss out on a potential National League Championship Series in San Francisco might want to spring into action Thursday at 2 p.m. That’s when the Giants will begin the public sale of NLDS tickets.
The tickets to a potential Game 1 on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Oracle — as well as Game 2 (Sunday, Oct. 17) and possible Game 6 (Saturday, Oct. 23) and Game 7 (Sunday Oct. 24) – will be available online. All tickets are mobile only and can be purchased at sfgiants.com, where you can find more information.
