Spring training mania: Resale tickets going for as much as $700

PHOENIX — Spring training ticket prices are looking more like World Series ticket prices in Arizona. 

For Friday night's game between the Dodgers and Reds, lawn seats are going for more than $400 on Seat Geek and Ticketmaster. 

Want to sit behind the plate (and a little to the left) for the same game? That'll be $706. The lowest-priced ticket is $99. 

For comparison, tickets for Game 3 of the World Series started at $454, tickets for Game 4 started at $403 and tickets for Game 5 started at $430.

Prices are sky-high for not just the Dodgers and Reds game. 

The lowest-priced ticket for some of the upcoming games is $47. 

12News recently compared ticket prices for four Cactus League teams from 2014 to 2024.

All of them were drastically higher, more than inflation alone would account for. 

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Years ago, you could walk up to a Cactus League spring training game right before the first pitch, pay less than $5, and go watch the game from the outfield lawn.

Those days are long gone. 

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The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.   

The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. The Coyotes play at Mullett Arena on ASU's Tempe campus.  

Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix.  

The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises.