SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- StubHub, the
world's largest event marketplace, today released its second annual
Major League Baseball (MLB) season preview which includes the
hottest selling games and trending teams heading into Opening Day
2018. For the first time since 1968, all 30 MLB clubs will play
their first games of the season on the same day, March 29. StubHub sorted through its wealth of
data to find key trends ahead of Opening Day as the company embarks
on its 11th season as the Official Fan to Fan Ticket
Marketplace of MLB and its 30 Major League Clubs.
"As StubHub comes off another record breaking World Series in
terms of demand last season, we're feeling the excitement from
baseball fans as we head into Opening Day 2018," said Jill
Krimmel, StubHub's General Manager of MLB, NCAA and All
Other Sports. "This season is significant for StubHub because for the first time fans
will be able to purchase MLB tickets right up until game time for
all 30 teams."
The top-selling opening home game this year belongs to the New
York Yankees, led by new team member and reigning National League
MVP Giancarlo Stanton, as they face the Tampa Bay Rays in The
Bronx. A California rivalry takes the spot for the
second highest selling Opening Day game, as the Los Angeles Dodgers
face off against the San Francisco Giants.
Looking past Opening Day, Barry
Bonds' San Francisco Giants jersey retirement is the most
anticipated moment of MLB's regular season, according to StubHub
data. After home openers, the game to commemorate the former
Giants' slugger on August 11 is
StubHub's most in-demand game of the season according to sales.
Three out of five of the top selling non-home openers on StubHub
involve the Giants and Dodgers, proving to be the most heated MLB
rivalry heading into 2018.
The complete list of top in-demand MLB home openers according to
ticket sales on StubHub:
- Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees, 4/2
- San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3/29
- Seattle Mariners at San Francisco Giants, 4/3
- Baltimore Orioles at Houston Astros, 4/2
- St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, 3/29
The full list of top MLB games outside of home openers according
to ticket sales on StubHub:
- Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants (Barry Bonds Jersey
Retirement), 8/11
- Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 4/7
- San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3/30
- Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 4/6
- Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 6/30
According to total regular season sales so far, the Yankees are
also this season's most in-demand team, with the San Francisco
Giants, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs
rounding out the top five-best selling teams.
The complete list of top in-demand MLB teams according to
regular season ticket sales on StubHub:
- New York Yankees
- San Francisco Giants
- Boston Red Sox
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Chicago Cubs
- St. Louis Cardinals
- New York Mets
- Houston Astros
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Texas Rangers
Coming off their 2017 World Series win, the Houston Astros have
seen 115 percent growth in the amount of tickets sold on StubHub,
the largest of any MLB team. The Astros are also one of the top
five trending teams, experiencing the highest growth of regular
season ticket sales over the last four years.
The full list of top trending MLB teams according to
StubHub:
- Chicago Cubs
- Houston Astros
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Cleveland Indians
- New York Mets
An overview of all StubHub stats and ticket sales data can be
found here. 2018 MLB regular season tickets are available to
purchase on StubHub now and will be listed up until game time for
all 30 MLB teams. As always, StubHub backs all listings with its
market- leading FanProtect™ Guarantee and MLB fans can use
StubHub's 360-degree Virtual View feature and price alerts
technology to find the perfect seats for any game. StubHub also
released a new update for its iOS and Android app making it easier
for fans to sell and manage their tickets.
About StubHub
At StubHub, our mission is simple: help
fans find fun. We connect fans with their favorite teams, shows and
artists and introduce them to the ones they'll love next. As the
largest ticket marketplace in the world, we enable fans to buy and
sell tickets to tens of thousands of events, whenever they want,
through our desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub
app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. Offering a superior
fan experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale
market in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our
industry firsts include the introduction of the first ticketing
application, the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first
live entertainment rewards program, Fan Rewards™. Our business
partners include more than 130 properties in MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and
NCAA, plus AEG, AXS and Paciolan. With the acquisition of Ticketbis
in August 2016, throughout the world,
StubHub provides the total end-to-end event going experience.
StubHub is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). For
more information on StubHub, visit StubHub.com or follow @StubHub
on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or YouTube.com/StubHub.
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