The End is sold out

The Yankee Stadium regular season swan song is sold out. Color me unsurprised:

The last regular season game at Yankee Stadium is sold out. Fans scooped up a few thousand tickets online in just 11 minutes Wednesday.

Scalpers quickly started hawking tickets for the historic Sept. 21 game against the Baltimore Orioles, with top seats going for a head-spinning $17,000 a pop. Even the cheapest bleachers seats at the House that Ruth Built were going for $165 online.

A Yankees spokesman said there just weren’t enough tickets for all the fans who want to see the last regular season game at the storied ballpark, which opened in 1923. “This day won’t happen ever again,” said Jason Zillo. “It’s going to be a celebration.”

It’s going to be a celebration that no one can attend because a bunch of suits spending a few thousand dollars on tickets are going to be there. According to the Yanks, over 75 percent of the available seats went to Season Ticket holders. Now’s the time to make friends with the Yankee season ticket holder in your life.

Meanwhile, how much would you pay to see the final game in the Stadium? If Tier Reserve seats are going for $200-$300, I think it’s well worth it to get to see that last game in person. Fans routinely pay that much for World Series tickets; why not something more unique than the World Series?

Yankee Stadium only gets torn down and closed once, and on Sept. 21, the Yanks will close out their regular season history on the south side of 161st St. The real game, though, is landing a ticket for that Sunday afternoon affair.