WORLD SERIES: The price and experience of behind-the-plate seats for the Blue Jays

Sam McDadi is becoming a familiar face for Toronto Blue Jays fans.

The Greater Toronto Area realtor has been sitting behind the home plate during the most remarkable Jays postseason run in 32 years, appearing on TV in the background during all of the action.

With the Jays now heading to the World Series for the first time since 1993, INsauga.com spoke to McDadi about his experience — and what it’s like sitting so close to all of the history-making action.

“It’s really surreal,” he said.

“I think where our seats are — third row — you get the perfect view of the game… you can see the pitches. So actually the first time I sat there I said, ‘Oh, this is unbelievable. This is surreal.'”

McDadi has season tickets for three seats and said he has given quite a few away to clients, family and friends.

But he has also made sure to consistently attend the last approximately 20 games to watch the Jays — some of whom are his clients, he said.

“It’s really unbelievable, but especially during the playoffs where the energy is off the charts,” McDadi said.

On Monday night, he was there for the nail-biter Game 7 of the American League Championship Series when Toronto defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 to make it to the World Series and face the L.A. Dodgers.

“Game six, they started off really hot, so it was pretty much electric from beginning to end,” McDadi said.

With a “slower start” on Monday, “the energy was little bit subdued,” he said.

But that didn’t last.

“Seventh inning, when Springer hits this three-run shot, for those three innings, the energy surpassed the whole of game six,” he said.

“It was to the point where it was pandemonium. It was unbelievable.”

McDadi said the seats also include food, such as lobster, crab, shrimp, and oysters, with the service being “second-to-none.”

Ticketholders in that section also get access to the high-end TD Lounge, snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, and in-seat service.

With the World Series starting at the Rogers Centre on Friday, McDadi said he will be there.

“I will not miss a game,” he said.

But, “if the price is right,” he might sell his other tickets.

Premium club tickets are only sold as full season memberships, but the resale value of one of those tickets for a World Series game is steep.

McDadi said tickets in that section could go for $15,000 to $20,000 U.S. during the World Series– roughly $21,000 to $28,000 Canadian.

And that just for one seat, for one game.

As of Wednesday morning on SeatGeek, which is the official fan-to-fan marketplace, prices for a single ticket were ranging from about $16,000 to $26,000 for Friday’s game in that section at the Rogers Centre.

On Saturday, a single ticket costs around $19,000.

“I told my friends, ‘Listen, I may keep one, but if the price is right, I might sell the other two,'” McDadi said.

McDadi also attended playoff games during the 2019 Toronto Raptors season, in which the team ultimately won the championship.

“The energy was really, truly magnificent,” he said of those Raptors games.

“It was electric, but I’ve got to tell you, what we’re experiencing right now is really unprecedented.”

The World Series starts at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Rogers Centre.