The New York Mets are not even in the World Series. First, they have to make it by the Chicago Cubs, who beat the Mets in all seven of the regular season games the teams played against one another. Even with a hard series that could go to seven games, Met’s tickets for the World Series are already $1,700.

The Mets face a tall order, but that has not stopped team management from bragging. According to The New York Times, General Manager Sandy Alderson says his team is different now, compared to when it faced the Cubs earlier in the season, packed with more experienced pitchers and power hitters. And, as New York is the largest city in the country, the pool of people who want tickets is huge.

Tiqiq, a site that allows sports fans to bid on tickets in the secondary market, has Met tickets priced as high as $5,871 per seat against an imaginary team called TBD. The price is for the series game that would be paid on October 31. Two tickets are available at this price for Section 114, near the field and between home base and first base. The two tickets on the block would cost $11,742 for the game. Of course, there is the price of food, beer and maybe parking on top of that.

The market for tickets is elastic. Some Mets ticket prices for the same game are as low as $880. These seats are almost as far from the field as possible, well into the upper deck and distant from any base paths.

As an example of how high these World Series tickets are, a season ticket to Mets games costs as little as $362 for a single seat well into the upper stands. The best season tickets, behind home base, are $7,102.

For the time being, before the Mets take the field against the Cubs, ticket prices are near $5,800. Imagine if the Mets take the first two or three games in the upcoming series against the Cubs. It would be no surprise if the top ticket prices surged above $10,000.

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