Back in 1961, when the Twins first started playing ball in Minnesota, catching a game at Metropolitan Stadium was a straightforward affair. You had three ticket options: a “general admission” ticket for $1.50, a “reserved grandstand” ticket for $2.50, or a “box seat” for $3.00. No extra fees, no hidden costs. Just imagine it—$3.00 back then is roughly $31.67 in today’s money. Now, take a trip to Target Field today and see what kind of ticket that $31.67 will get you after all the fees and extra charges.
Those early Twins ticket prices stayed the same for seven years while the team played in Bloomington. And they had some great teams during that time, including the 1965 squad that won the American League Pennant, only to lose the World Series in a nail-biting seven games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fun fact: The Twins were considered to have one of the highest payrolls in baseball back then! Calvin Griffith, the owner, is often remembered as a cheapskate today, but things were quite different.
Fast forward to 1981, the last year the Twins played at Met Stadium, and they still kept things simple with just four ticket categories: general admission, unreserved grandstand, reserved grandstand, and box seats. General admission went for $3, and box seats were $7. It wasn’t until 1988, seven years into their stint at the Metrodome, that the first double-digit ticket price of $10 appeared for a lower deck reserved seat. And by 1992, after winning the World Series twice, the $3.00 general admission ticket was gone for good. Can you think of anything you can get today for the same price you could 30 years ago? It’s a tough one!
Things took a real turn in 2006 when the Twins introduced dynamic ticket pricing. It was a game-changer, literally. Now, the price you paid depended on the ticket demand for that game. The person sitting next to you might have paid more or less than you. Ticket prices could go up but rarely went down, since they couldn’t dip below what a season ticket holder paid. It was a win for the team but a bit of a kicker for fans, as ticket prices soared with increasing demand.
The screws tightened further on dynamic pricing, and by 2024, all Twins tickets were dynamically priced from the get-go, whereas before, there had been a base price for a short period. When I couldn’t figure out Twins ticket prices anymore, I reached out to Eddie Eixenberger, the Twins VP of Ticket Sales and Strategy. We had what seemed like a pleasant chat, and he promised to get back to me with some data. But he never did, and my follow-up attempts were unsuccessful. It became pretty clear that the Twins, under Dave St. Peter, had no interest in sharing information about ticket pricing or numbers.
In the past, the Twins made base season ticket numbers available to the public, and local newspapers often wrote about them. Recently, though, when I asked Dave St. Peter for this data, he made it clear that they wouldn’t provide it anymore—at least to me. What’s the big secret? Why shouldn’t the fans have access to this data? The only reason I can think of is that the Twins might be embarrassed by the numbers.
That’s why I didn’t publish Twins ticket price info for 2024 on this site. Imagine my surprise when the Twins rolled out their 2025 ticket plan. It’s a tangled web of rewards and pricing that you practically need a lawyer to navigate. Apparently, the Twins haven’t heard of the KISS principle—Keep It Simple, Stupid!