The Minnesota Twins have been here since 1961 and 99,554,632 million fans (through 2022) have passed through the turnstiles at the Met, the H.H.H. Metrodome and now Target Field to watch the Minnesota Twins play ball and most of them have bought tickets. I don’t spend a lot of time reviewing season ticket prices or suite prices on the Twins Ticket Price History page at this time, all I am looking at are the single game ticket prices that the average fan would have to pay if they want to attend a game but I do mention Twins season ticket prices here and there.
What I am looking at are the categories of tickets (box seat, grandstand, etc.) and the published prices of Twins tickets over the years. The category names changed numerous times over the years and when you get to 2006 then you start to see the Twins utilize “tier” ticket pricing and in 2012 the Twins introduced the Minnesota fans to “demand-based” ticket pricing which makes the published single game ticket prices obsolete except for the day when single game tickets go on sale, generally in mid-February. The tables and charts below will provide you with a pictorial look at the number of ticket categories, the average ticket prices, and the lowest and highest ticket prices for each year. You will also find images of tickets for some of the past seasons. In some cases some of these tickets may be “phantom” tickets which means that the tickets were printed for a game or series of games in which the Twins did not participate. If a team is in the playoff hunt tickets need to be printed and sold to the fans and sometimes the team falls out of the race and fans have “phantom” tickets on their hands.
| Year | Number of categories | Avg. ticket cost | Lowest priced ticket | Highest price ticket | Avg. ticket price increase/decrease % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 93 | $40.61 | $10.00 | $116.00 | 4.29% |
| 2022 | 96 | 38.94 | $12.00 | $112.00 | no change |
| 2021 | 96 | $38.88 | $12.00 | $110.00 | no change |
| 2020 | 96 | $38.88 | $12.00 | $110.00 | 2.86% |
| 2019 | 93 | $37.80 | $10.00 | $99.00 | no change |
| 2018 | 155 | $37.72 | $7.00 | $119.00 | 18.92% |
| 2017 | 100 | $31.72 | $6.00 | $117.00 | no change |
| 2016 | 100 | $31.72 | $6.00 | $117.00 | 1.50% |
| 2015 | 100 | $31.25 | $6.00 | $115.00 | No change – see note 1 |
| 2014 | 95 | $30.68 | $6.00 | $115.00 | no change |
| 2013 | 95 | $30.68 | $8.00 | $118.00 | -3.91% |
| 2012 | 60 | $31.93 | $14.00 | $88.00 | 3.23% |
| 2011 | 60 | $30.93 | $14.00 | $85.00 | 4.49% |
| 2010 | 57 | $29.60 | $18.00 | $82.00 | -2.15% |
| 2009 | 24 | $30.25 | $8.00 | $58.00 | 3.84% |
| 2008 | 16 | $29.13 | $7.00 | $55.00 | 12.56% |
| 2007 | 16 | $25.88 | $7.00 | $47.00 | 8.38% |
| 2006 | 16 | $23.88 | $6.00 | $44.00 | 13.71% |
| 2005 | 7 | $21.00 | $6.00 | $38.00 | 3.50% |
| 2004 | 7 | $20.29 | $6.00 | $35.00 | 10.09% |
| 2003 | 7 | $18.43 | $6.00 | $31.00 | 20.54% |
| 2002 | 7 | $15.29 | $5.00 | $27.00 | -17.04% |
| 2001 | 7 | $18.43 | $6.00 | $31.00 | 53.58% |
| 2000 | 6 | $12.00 | $4.00 | $21.00 | 9.09% |
| 1999 | 6 | $11.00 | $4.00 | $19.00 | 17.02% |
| 1998 | 5 | $9.40 | $4.00 | $13.00 | no change |
| 1997 | 5 | $9.40 | $4.00 | $13.00 | 8.42% |
| 1996 | 6 | $8.67 | $4.00 | $12.00 | -20.17% |
| 1995 | 7 | $10.86 | $4.00 | $17.00 | no change |
| 1994 | 7 | $10.86 | $4.00 | $17.00 | 12.31% |
| 1993 | 6 | $9.67 | $4.00 | $14.00 | 2.87% |
| 1992 | 5 | $9.40 | $4.00 | $14.00 | 11.90% |
| 1991 | 5 | $8.40 | $3.00 | $13.00 | 20.00% |
| 1990 | 4 | $7.00 | $3.00 | $11.00 | no change |
| 1989 | 4 | $7.00 | $3.00 | $11.00 | 7.70% |
| 1988 | 4 | $6.50 | $3.00 | $10.00 | 8.33% |
| 1987 | 4 | $6.00 | $3.00 | $9.00 | -4.00% |
| 1986 | 4 | $6.25 | $3.00 | $9.00 | 13.64% |
| 1985 | 4 | $5.50 | $3.00 | $8.00 | no change |
| 1984 | 4 | $5.50 | $3.00 | $8.00 | -8.33% |
| 1983 | 2 | $6.00 | $4.00 | $8.00 | no change |
| 1982 | 2 | $6.00 | $4.00 | $8.00 | 9.09% |
| 1981 | 4 | $5.50 | $3.00 | $7.00 | 10.00% |
| 1980 | 5 | $5.00 | $2.50 | $6.50 | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 5 | $4.90 | $2.50 | $6.50 | 19.51% |
| 1978 | 5 | $4.10 | $2.00 | $5.50 | no change |
| 1977 | 5 | $4.10 | $2.00 | $5.50 | 21.30% |
| 1976 | 4 | $3.38 | $2.00 | $4.50 | no change |
| 1975 | 4 | $3.38 | $2.00 | $4.50 | no change |
| 1974 | 4 | $3.38 | $2.00 | $4.50 | 7.99% |
| 1973 | 4 | $3.13 | $1.50 | $4.00 | no change |
| 1972 | 4 | $3.13 | $1.50 | $4.00 | 13.82% |
| 1971 | 4 | $2.75 | $1.50 | $3.50 | no change |
| 1970 | 4 | $2.75 | $1.50 | $3.50 | 2.23% |
| 1969 | 4 | $2.69 | $1.50 | $3.50 | no change |
| 1968 | 4 | $2.69 | $1.50 | $3.50 | 15.45% |
| 1967 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | no change |
| 1966 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | no change |
| 1965 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | no change |
| 1964 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | no change |
| 1963 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | no change |
| 1962 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | no change |
| 1961 | 3 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $3.00 | not applicable |
Note 1 – The average ticket price did not actually change from 2014. However; the Twins Great Clips Section ticket prices were not made public in 2014 and fans had to call the team to get pricing info so I had not included those prices in my 2014 data. For 2015 the ticket prices for this section are public and thus five additional categories have been added and that drives up the overall average ticket price from $30.68 to $31.25.
Note 2 – No fans in the stands in 2020.
2023 – Spring Training – Hammond Stadium
Hurricane Ian struck SW Florida including Fort Myers on September 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian was a large and destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and killed 146 Florida residents. The Twins Spring Training site sustained some damage but should be ready to go for Spring Training 2023.
The World Baseball Classic will be played this year from March 8 – March 21 and some players from all MLB teams will chose to participate and represent their countries and thus will miss a part of their ST with their MLB clubs.
The current Twins ST schedule has Minnesota playing 33 games, 17 at home and 16 away, and four of the games are scheduled to be split squad games. There are three days off for the Twins this spring which is higher than normal and may be due to the earlier ST start due to the WBC.
2023 – Target Field
Season Tickets
UPDATE as of FEB 1 – Twins introduce pair of new, value-add season ticket packages for the 2023 season. “Legends Landing” features an all-inclusive plan in a newly available seating area, while “Business 2 Baseball” package for weekday day games caters to corporate entertainment.
The Twins have 36 different full season ticket categories (up 2 categories from last year) you can buy ranging from a low of $810 for a Field View ticket to a high of $27,945 for a Thomson Reuters Champions Club A ticket. The Twins raised season ticket prices across the board except for “Grandstand” and Home Run Porch View” tickets that stayed the same price and dropped the price on one category. The two new added categories are “Left Field Bleachers Low” which will now cost you $2,349 versus the normal “Left Field Bleachers” cost of $2,187 and “Field View Low” which will set you back $1,053 which is actually the same price as last year’s Field View before they dropped that price to $810 for this season.
Bottom line, if you bought one season ticket in each of the 36 categories, it would set you back a total of $181,278. That is an increase of 5.67% over 2022.
Single Game Tickets
Minnesota Twins single game tickets for the entire 2023 home schedule went on sale in mid-January and for the first few days the Twins even waived all ticket buying fees. Nice gesture but the fee gouging on ticket sales needs to stop. It is not just the Twins, it is across the board, selling tickets is a part of doing business and it should not be an extra charge thrown on top of already high ticket prices. Maybe the fee waiver for that short span of time was to try to cover the Minnesota Twins embarrassment for their ticket price increase of about 4.29% after a 2022 season in which they finished in third place with a 78-84 and 14 games behind the division winning Cleveland Guardians.
The Twins raised their single game tickets for 2023 pretty much across the board in all tiers. The Twins have 93 ticket categories spread across the three different tiers of games. Ticket prices from 2022 dropped in on category and that was Dugout Box for “Value” games dropped a buck. The Twins added a new ticket category called Field View Low and priced these tickets the same as last years Field View tickets. The prices on the rest of the Field View area went down across all three tiers by $2 for “Value”, $3 for “Select” and $4 for “Premium”. Prices stayed identical to 2022 in six categories, the Home Run Porch View and the Grandstand across all three tiers. Prices in the remaining 86 categories across all three tiers went up by anywhere from $1 to $5.
Tiered ticket pricing for single game tickets first started in Minnesota back in 2006 and over the years the Twins have had anywhere between two to five ticket tiers. In 2019 the Twins dropped back to three price tiers and that policy remains in place in 2023. Assuming, that all goes as planned there will again be 81 home games in Target Field, 65 of the 81 games (including the Home Opener) have been designated as “select” or middle of the road games while the “value” and “premium” tiers which each had 16 games last season dropped to 8 each in 2023.
The Twins continue to use demand-based ticket pricing that they implemented in 2012 and that means that ticket prices will fluctuate based on a variety of factors but will not drop beneath a floor price that season ticket holders pay. Some people call this variable or dynamic ticket pricing and is used by many sports teams but whatever you call it, it means digging deeper in your pocket for a ticket to the ballgame. Some folks look at it as scalping your own tickets. This process kicked in the day after single game tickets went on sale.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers in 2023
As I mentioned earlier Minnesota Twins single game ticket prices for 2023 went up in most (86 of 93) ticket categories. When all is said and done, an average ticket price for 2022 was $38.94 and in 2023 the average ticket price is $40.61, an average increase of $1.67 per ticket or 4.29%. Ticket prices in 2023 went up 4.71% in the “value” category, 4.29% in the “select” category and 4.04% in the “premium” category. If you want to see the details, you can check them out here.
2022
2022 – Spring Training – Hammond Stadium
The MLB lockout impacted Spring Training and Spring Training did not begin until March 13 and that caused numerous spring training games to be missed. As a matter of fact, the entire spring training schedule was reworked in Florida to limit travel and the teams will only play teams in their group. The Twins are in the western Florida group with Boston, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. Twins ST games will begin on March 17 and end on April 5. The Twins are scheduled to play 10 away games and 9 home games. The original ST schedule had the Twins playing 33 games (17 home and 16 away games) with the first game against the Minnesota Gophers. Season ticket prices and individual game ticket prices for Twins ST games can be found on the 2022 Twins ST schedule original pdf listed below.
2022 Twins Spring Training schedule revised.pdf
2022 Twins Spring Training schedule original.pdf
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2022 – Target Field
Minnesota Twins single game tickets for the entire home season schedule went on sale on March 17. This is the first time since 2019 that the Twins have been able to do so due to COVID. Twins ticket sales received a real boost the very next day when the news broke that the Twins had agreed to sign the top free agent in this year’s free agent market, shortstop Carlos Correa to a three-year $105.3 million contract. The Twins officially signed Correa a few days later.
Posted season ticket prices and single game ticket prices for 2022 are almost identical to 2021 with several relatively minor price increases.
Season Tickets
The Twins have 34 different full season ticket categories you can buy ranging from a low of $1,053 for a Field View ticket to a high of $26,811 for a Thomson Reuters Champions Club A ticket. The Twins raised season ticket prices for their most expensive seats, the Thomson Reuters Champions Club, Delta SKY360 Club and Suites and the infield Dugout Boxes about 1.84% on average. The rest of the season ticket prices were unchanged. Bottom line, if you bought one season ticket in each of the 34 categories, it would set you back a total of $170,343.
Single Game Tickets
The only increase to single game tickets was a $2 bump for infield Dugout Boxes in each tier. The rest of the single game ticket prices are identical to last season.
Tiered ticket pricing for single game tickets first started in Minnesota back in 2006 and over the years the Twins have had anywhere between two to five ticket tiers. In 2019 the Twins dropped back to three price tiers and that policy remains in place in 2022. Assuming, that all goes as planned there will again be 81 home games in Target Field, 49 of the 81 games (including the Home Opener) have been designated as “select” or middle of the road games while the “value” and “premium” tiers will again each have 16 games, the same as last season.
The Twins continue to use demand-based ticket pricing that they implemented in 2012 and that means that ticket prices will fluctuate based on a variety of factors but will not drop beneath a floor price that season ticket holders pay. Some people call this variable or dynamic ticket pricing and is used by many sports teams but whatever you call it, it means digging deeper in your pocket for a ticket to the ballgame. Some folks look at it as scalping your own tickets. This process kicked in the day after single game tickets went on sale.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers in 2022
As I mentioned earlier Minnesota Twins single game ticket prices for 2022 are almost identical to 2021. When all is said and done an average ticket price for 2021 was $38.88 and in 2022 the average ticket price is $38.94, an increase of six cents due to the $2 increase for the infield box seats mentioned above. If you want to see the details, you can check them out here.
2021 – Spring Training – Hammond Stadium
The Minnesota Twins announced on February 3, 2021, that the club had received approval from Major League Baseball and Lee County, Florida officials to welcome a limited number of fans back to Hammond Stadium at CenturyLink Sports Complex for the 2021 Spring Training season. In accordance with the new protocols, slightly more than 2,400 fans per game (about 28 percent of the normal capacity of 8,730) can attend a 2021 Twins Spring Training home game at Hammond Stadium, as the club has developed a physically distanced seating plan utilizing “pods” (sold in sets of 2 or 4 contiguous seats only) to maximize guest comfort and safety. Due to limited capacity, season and group ticket plans have been discontinued this spring; existing Twins Spring Training Season Ticket Holders will have exclusive access to purchase single-game tickets for the 2021 spring campaign, prior to any remaining inventory being released to the public.
The Twins drew 34,586 over 14 openings for an average of 2,043-per-game. Their overall attendance was fourth in all of baseball and second in the Grapefruit League, trailing New York-AL (35,215).
2021 – Target Field
On March 12 the Minnesota Twins, in collaboration with Major League Baseball (MLB), Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the City of Minneapolis, announced that the club has received approval to welcome fans back to Target Field for the 2021 season, beginning with the April 8 home opener at a maximum capacity of 10,000. COVID prevented the Twins and all major league teams from having fans in the stands during the 60-game 2020 baseball season.
On April 6 the Minnesota Twins issued a Press Release unveiling new Target Field fan amenities and polices for beginning of the 2021 season.
Twins unveil new Target Field fan amenities and polices for beginning of 2021 season
The Twins sold their single game tickets in about two week increments of home games until an announcement on May 13 opened the flood gates on a three-step plan for the team to achieve 100% capacity at Target Field on July 5th. The Twins plan to sell tickets for the remainder of 2021 regular season beginning May 20 and the Twins plan to operate Target Field at up to 60 percent capacity for remainder of May and 80 percent in June, before opening to full, 100 percent capacity beginning July 5.
2021 Twins Ticket prices
Posted season ticket prices and single game ticket prices for 2021 appear to be identical to what was going to be charged in 2020 had fans been able to purchase tickets and attend games. As of 2021 no hard copy Minnesota Twins tickets will be produced, it is all digital now.
Season Tickets
The Twins have 34 different full season ticket categories you can buy ranging from a low of $1,053 for a Field View ticket to a high of $26,406 for a Thomson Reuters Champions Club A ticket. Bottom line, if you bought one season ticket in each of the 34 categories, it would set you back a total of $167,265.
Single Game Tickets
Tiered ticket pricing for single game tickets first started in Minnesota back in 2006 and over the years the Twins have had anywhere between two to five ticket tiers. In 2019 the Twins dropped back to three price tiers and that policy remains in place in 2021. Assuming, that all goes as planned there will again be 81 home games in Target Field, 48 of the 81 games (plus the Home Opener) have been designated as “select” or middle of the road games while the “value” and “premium” tiers will again each have 16 games.
The Twins continue to use demand-based ticket pricing that they implemented in 2012 and that means that ticket prices will fluctuate based on a variety of factors but will not drop beneath a floor price that season ticket holders pay. Some people call this variable or dynamic ticket pricing and is used by many sports teams but whatever you call it, it means digging deeper in your pocket for a ticket to the ballgame. Some folks look at it as scalping your own tickets. This process kicked in the day after single game tickets went on sale.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers in 2021
As I mentioned earlier Minnesota Twins ticket prices for 2021 are identical to 2020. However; stating that ticket prices are identical to 2020 does not mean that it will not cost you more to attend a Twins games in 2021 than what it cost you to attend a Twins game at Target Field in 2019 because there was ticket price increase that was scheduled to take place in 2020.
Front row tickets on the main level are now $12, two dollars more than they were in 2019.
A new ticket category was added in 2020 and that is the new Corner Terrace sections down the first and third base lines that were downgraded from Field Terrace.
When all is said and done an average ticket price for 2019 was $37.80 and in 2020/2021 the average ticket price is $38.88 which comes out to an increase of 2.86%. If you want to see the details you can check them out here.
2021 Twins Printable Schedule_tiered.pdf
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2021 Twins ticket price charts.pdf
2020 – Spring Training – Hammond Stadium
An 11/6/2019 Star Tribune article wrote that – Twins add $1 to price of ‘vast majority’ of spring training tickets – Top price for a seat now at $46, while grandstand price stays the same at $9.
The Minnesota Twins announced on November 6 a small price increase for most 2020 spring training games. An increase of $1 now puts home-plate-view tickets at Hammond Stadium at $28, with diamond box now $29, first and third base terraces $30, home plate box $31 and dugout box $46.
Team spokesman Matt Hodson said the increases cover “the vast majority of actual seats.”
Grandstand seats will remain unchanged at $9. Also priced the same as 2019 are lawn seating ($12 and $14) and drink rail seats (ranging from $15 to $25).
MLB shutdown all Spring Training exhibition games effective March 12, 2020 due to COVID-19.
2020 – Target Field
(2020 MLB Fan Cost Index® (Pre-Pandemic) – Team Marketing Report.pdf)
The 2020 MLB season started in late July and lasted just 60 games. No fans were allowed at any MLB games in 2020.
After checking out the Twins 2020 Full Season ticket prices as posted on their site, assuming that the Full Season ticket package is the cheapest Twins ticket price you can get. Here is what I found.
The Twins have 34 different full season ticket categories you can buy ranging from a low of $1,053 for a Field View ticket to a high of $26,406 for a Thomson Reuters Champions Club A ticket.
Comparing the Twins 2020 season ticket prices to 2019 I found that the Twins have raised their ticket prices in 14 categories, lowered them in 4 categories, and left them unchanged in 16 categories.
The biggest increases on a percentage basis for a season ticket are 14.29% for Left Field Bleacher tickets which jumped from $21 per game to $24 per game and Treasure Island Cove tickets which jumped 12.5% from $24 to $27 per game. It seems the Twins are figuring that their fans will want a chance to catch one of the many home runs that they hope the Twins hit in the upcoming season. If you are one of this lucky people that have Champion Club seats that set you back from $17,496 to $26,406 a ticket, the Twins want you to dig a bit deeper in your pocket and hope that the $10 per game increase won’t bother you that much. The biggest decrease was a 8.16% decrease in ticket price for Home Plate Box High tickets dropping the price from $49 to $45 per game.
Bottom line, if you bought one season ticket in each of the 34 categories, it would set you back a total of $167,265 which comes out to an increase of 2.1% over last season.
Twins Pass goes on sale today for 2020 season
The Twins Pass will allow fans standing room access to every game at Target Field, with the exception of the April 2 home opener against Oakland. It will initially be available at a special rate of $45 per month through February 12 — equivalent to $3.38 per home game — before an increase to a monthly rate of $49 on February 13.
Twins single game tickets – Target Field
The 2019 Twins improved by 23 games over the previous season by winning 101 games under first time manager Rocco Baldelli. Along the way the Twins set numerous team records including scoring an amazing 939 runs and hitting an MLB record 307 home runs. The Bomba Squad had Twins fans excited from game 1 through game 162 and attendance jumped back above the 2.2 million mark making it only the second time since they began play in Target Field in 2010 that attendance has gone up from the previous season. Yes, the Twins made the playoffs but were quickly dispatched in three games in the ALDS by the New York Yankees stretching the Twins losing streak in playoff games to a record breaking 16 games going back to 2004. So let’s see what impact the 2019 season had on Twins single game ticket prices heading into 2020.
Tiered ticket pricing first started in Minnesota back in 2006 and over the years the Twins have had anywhere between two to five ticket tiers. In 2019 the Twins dropped back to three price tiers and that policy remains in place again in 2020. Just as last year, there will again be 81 home games in Target Field, 48 of the 81 games (plus the Home Opener) have been designated as “select” or middle of the road games while the “value” and “premium” tiers will again each have 16 games.
The Twins continue to use demand-based ticket pricing that they implemented in 2012 and that means that ticket prices constantly go up or down to a floor price based on demand for tickets for that game. Some people call this variable or dynamic ticket pricing and is used by a number of teams but whatever you call it, it means digging deeper in your pocket for a ticket. Some folks look at it as scalping your own tickets. The floor price is based on the price of a season ticket for the same seat. This process kicked in the day after single game tickets went on sale.
Once again this year the Twins changed their policy from the previous season as to when single game tickets went on sale, this year it was February 3. Having said that the Twins did offer a standing room only ticket plan on January 21 that they call “the 2020 ballpark pass ticket plan” which was mentioned earlier under season tickets.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers in 2020
Value tier prices in 2020 increased in 18 categories, dropped in 9 categories and stayed the same in 4 categories. This comes to an increase of 1.69% over 2019 Value tier ticket prices. Twelve of these sixteen value games are played before June 3.
The majority of the games fall in the Select tier and in this case the prices increased in 24 categories, dropped in 3 categories and stayed the same in 4 categories. The increase on average in the Select category is 4.53% over 2019 Select tier ticket prices.
The final and most expensive tier is the Premium tier and in 2020 prices increased in 25 categories, dropped in 3 categories and stayed the same in 3 categories. The increase on average in the Select categories is 2.74% over 2019 Premium tier ticket prices.
One new category of tickets was added in 2020 that is not included here and that is the two new Corner Terrace sections down the third base line that were downgraded from Field Terrace.
Front row tickets on the main level are now $12 or $2 more than they were in 2019.
When all is said and done an average ticket price for 2019 was $37.80 and in 2020 the average ticket price is $38.88 which comes out to an increase of 2.86%. 67 or 72% of the 93 ticket price categories across the three pricing tiers have price increases in 2020 so if you head out to Target Field to watch the winning Twins you will need to pay a little bit more. If you want to see the details you can check them out here.
One of the things I find particularly annoying are “added on fees” and baseball and the Minnesota Twins are no exception. If you buy a ticket on-line or over the phone you will be charged a $4.25 service charge PER TICKET, then they will charge you a $4.00 handling fee for your purchase. But you are not done paying fees yet, if you want a ticket mailed to you or if you want to pick up the ticket at “the will call window” you get to pay another $5.00 fee. In some case that means you will pay more in fees than the actual ticket will cost you. And baseball wonders why more and more people prefer to stay home and watch the game on television.
2020 Twins ticket price history charts.pdf
2019 – Target Field
The Minnesota Twins took a few steps backward in 2018 and won seven fewer games (78) than they did in 2017 and their attendance reflected their play. Attendance dropped to the lowest it has been since 2004. The Twins have put a winning team on the field just twice in the last eight years. So let’s take a look at Minnesota Twins single game ticket prices for 2019.
For a number of years the Twins have had five tiers of tickets called extra value, value, select, premium and elite but in 2019 they have dropped the extra value (the lowest priced games) and elite (highest priced games) tiers and will go with just three ticket tiers (value, select, and premium). This year there will again be 81 home games in Target Field, 49 of the 81 games have been designated as “select” or middle of the road games while the “value” and “premium” tiers will each have 16 games.
The Twins continue to use demand-based ticket pricing that they implemented in 2012 and that means that ticket prices constantly go up or down to a floor price based on demand for tickets for that game. Some people call this variable or dynamic ticket pricing and is used by a number of teams but whatever you call it, it means digging deeper in your pocket for a ticket. Some folks look at it as scalping your own tickets. The floor price is based on the price of a season ticket for the same seat.
Normally the Twins put their single game tickets for the up-coming season on sale sometime after the new year begins. This year this Twins did it a little different and put their single game tickets for games in March-May on sale starting on December 18 and the best part was that they were discounting the tickets by 19% (excluding the home opener). The 19% discount only lasted until all single game tickets went on sale on January 22. This is the first time I can remember the Twins discounting their tickets and I applaud them for their effort although maybe they could have done more to advertise it and tie it in to Christmas gift giving. Twins Press Release
Twins announce $5 tickets for remaining May home games
Twins announce $5 flash sale tickets sold out
Average ticket prices for the various tiers in 2019
Twins ticket prices in the “select” tier stayed the same except for a $1 increase in the price of a Dugout Box infield ticket. Ticket prices in the “value” category went up anywhere from $2 to $5 for Dugout, Home Plate and Infield Box tickets and prices were lowered by $2 for Left Field Bleacher, Treasure Island Cove and Overlook tickets. Ticket prices in the “Premium” category went down anywhere from $2 to $4 for Dugout, Home Plate and Infield Box tickets and the price was raised by $2 in the Left Field Bleachers.
The 2019 average ticket price for a “value” game is $30.10 as compared to $29.71 last season. The average ticket for a “select” game will set you back $37.74 versus $37.71 in 2018. A “premium” game average ticket price this season is $45.55 as compared to $45.68 last year. If you attend a “premium” game you will pay considerably more for your seat than you would if you attended a “value” game. Same seat, same Twins players but the tier designation determines how much money stays in your wallet. By the way, if you are lucky enough to sit in the first row, you will have to pay a $5 or $10 premium depending on what section your seat is in.
The cheapest ticket at Target Field that I can find will cost you $10 in 2019 as compared to $7 last season for a seat in the Bob Uecker seats (Field View). The most expensive ticket is a “premium” game Dugout Infield box for $99, a savings of $20 from last year.
The average single-game ticket price for a Twins game at Target Field in 2019 according to my numbers is $37.80, up from $37.72 in 2018.
Keep in mind that if you order your tickets that you will be charged an additional $3.75 service charge per ticket plus a $4.00 handling fee for your order. For example if you want to get a pair of tickets for a game, you will need to pay for the tickets plus a $7.50 service charge and a $4.00 handling fee. This bugs the heck out of me, why should the Twins charge an extra $3.75 per ticket service charge and a $4.00 handling fee? Selling tickets to customers is part of the cost of doing business and should be absorbed by the team versus adding on the cost to the ticket buyer. And a $4.00 handling fee to boot? Ludicrous I say, how much can it cost to send out a couple of tickets? Certainly less than a buck for postage and envelope. Come on now Minnesota Twins, do right by your customers and eliminate these fees and just charge $1.00 for postage. Be a leader and show the rest of baseball how customers should be treated.
2018 – Target Field
The Minnesota Twins won 85 games in 2017, up from 59 wins in 2016 and the team became the first team in MLB history to see post season action after losing 100 or more games the year before. The Twins were one of two AL Wild Card teams but lost to the New York Yankees in the one-game play-in. Attendance increased in 2017 for the first time since Target Field opened in 2010.
The Twins had five tiers of tickets in 2017 called extra value, value, select, premium and elite and that has stayed the same in 2018 but the number of games in each tier has changed slightly. This year there will be only 79 home games in Target Field as the two games that the Twins will play in Puerto Rico are officially Twins home games. The elite tier has only two games and the extra value tier has just four games (two in April and two in September). The middle of the road or select tier has 39 games, the premium tier has 18 games and the value tier has 15 games.
The Twins continue to use demand-based ticket pricing that they implemented in 2012 and that means that ticket prices constantly go up or down to a floor price based on demand for tickets for that game. Some people call this variable or dynamic ticket pricing and is used by a number of teams but what ever you call it, it means digging deeper in your pocket for a ticket. Some folks look at it as scalping your own tickets. The floor price is based on the price of a season ticket for the same seat.
Demand-based pricing has been a bane of mine since it came into existence and I always felt it was a win-win for the ball-club and a lose-lose scenario for the fans. Here is what our home team has to say about that:
Our season ticket prices always remain consistent and our prices never drop below the season ticket holder price. So if someone wants the best price to attend Twins games they should always consider a season ticket plan which we now have multiple flexible offerings to meet anyone’s needs and schedule. If you are buying single game tickets it is in your best interest to buy in advance as prices may increase as demand grows for a game which typically occurs the closer a game date gets.
Ticket prices are usually based on proximity to home plate and the infield, the closer you are, the more you pay. Same with the different levels, he higher you go the less it costs. This year the Twins appear to be taking things a step further by breaking up a section, say 103 for example, into three levels, a lower, middle and high. The closer you are to the field the more you pay. The Twins did that for the Home Plate Box’s, Infield Box’s, Diamond Box’s, and the Field Box’s or basically all the seats in the lower bowl.
According to the Minnesota Twins:
- 7,671 seats decreased in price (19.65% of seats)
- 7,388 seats increased in price (18.93% of seats)
- 23,975 seats remained the same (61.42% of seats)
I was also told that the Minnesota Twins have taken their dynamic-based pricing process internal, beginning in February of 2014. This was something I had not heard until now.
All Twins single-game tickets after the Presales and February 17 on-sale date are subject to demand-based pricing, identical to the last few years.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers in 2018
An “extra value” game is $21.29, a “value” game is $29.71, a “select” game is $37.71, a “premium” game is $45.68, and an “elite” game is $54.23. If you attend an “elite” game you will pay considerably more for your seat than you would if you attended an “extra value” game. Same seat, same Twins players but the tier designation determines how much money stays in your wallet. By the way, if you are lucky enough to sit in the first row, you will have to pay a $5 or $10 premium depending on what section your seat is in.
The cheapest ticket at Target Field will cost you just $7 to attend one of the four “Extra Value” games and the most expensive ticket for one of the two “Elite” games will set you back $119. However; if you attend one of the 39 “select” or middle of the road games the least expensive ticket for a seat is $16 for a Field View ticket and the most expensive ticket for this type of game will set you back $86 for a seat in one of the Infield Dugout Boxes.
The average single-game ticket price for a Twins game at Target Field in 2018 according to my numbers is $37.72 up from $31.72 in 2017 or, an increase of 18.92%.
2018 Twins single game ticket prices.pdf
2017 – Target Field
The Minnesota Twins crashed and burned in 2016 and finished with a 59-103 record, the worst in baseball and the worst in team history. Attendance dropped and the season ticket holder base is expected to drop to around 12,000 based on expectations from senior team management. Obviously this is not a time for a ticket price increase and there really should be a ticket price decrease after last years fiasco but the Twins have decided to leave ticket prices pretty much unchanged from 2016. They did decrease the price of an “Extra Value” Field View ticket from $7 to $6 but they offset that by increasing the price of an “Elite” Field View ticket from $23 to $24 so it is a wash so to speak.
The variable ticket pricing plan that was instituted in 2006 with 2 tiers jumped to 3 tiers in 2009 and 5 tiers in 2013 remains unchanged in 2017. Last year the tiers were called “extra value”, “value”, “select”, “premium” and “elite” and as far as I can see they have not changed. The number of games in each of the tiers did not change from 2016. The “extra value” games are the cheapest priced games and all eight of these games fall in April (4), May (3) and September (1) when school is in session and the weather is expected to be cooler. The next step up is the “value” plan and the number of games in this category increases from eight last season to twelve in 2017. The “select” category is the middle of the line category and this is pretty much the Twins baseline for ticket prices. The number of games in this category decreases this year to 41 games from 49 last year. The next step up is the “premium” games and the Twins increased the number of games in this category from eight to twelve. The top of the line category is the “Elite” games and this category of games remained unchanged at eight games. The Twins strategy this season puts 50% of the games in the middle “select” tier and then splits the remaining 50% of the games evenly between the lower tiers and upper tiers.
Individual game tickets went on sale February 25 but those prices are only in effect for one day because as of February 26 demand-based pricing kicks in for the rest of the season and the Twins and their demand-based pricing partner, Digonex Technologies, Inc. will monitor and change ticket prices based on a number of conditions.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers
An “extra value” game is $16.80, a “value” game is $24.40, a “select” game is $31.70, a “premium” game is $38.95, and an “elite” game is $46.75. If you attend an “elite” game you will pay on average about three times and sometimes as much as four times as much for your seat as you would if you attended an “extra value” game. Same seat, same game of baseball but the tier designation determines how much money stays in your wallet. By the way, if you are lucky enough to sit in the first row, you will have to pay a $5 or $10 premium depending on what section your seat is in. By the way, “The Pavilion” was renamed to the “Treasure Island Cove” and the “Grandstand” now becomes the “Super America Grandstand”.
2017 Twins single game ticket prices on February 25
(Main level) Champion’s Club – Season Ticket only Dugout Box – $51/$68/$84/$100/$117 Home Plate Box – $38/$51/$63/$75/$88 Diamond Box – $29/$39/$48/$57/$67 Field Box – $23/$30/$37/$44/$51 Left Field Bleachers – $10/$17/$24/$31/$38 Treasure Island Cove – $12/$20/$27/$34/$43 Overlook – $12/$20/$27/$34/$43 Great Clips Great Seats – $29/$34/$42/$49/$56 (Club level) Legend’s Club – Season Ticket only Home Plate Terrace – $21/$28/$35/$42/$49 Field Terrace – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Home Plate View – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Skyline View – $6/$11/$16/$21/$26 Field View – $6/$11/$15/$19/$24 Family Section (Alcohol-free section includes a hotdog & a soda) – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 (Outfield Mezzanine level) U.S. Bank Home Run Porch Terrace – $10/$17/$24/$31/$38 U.S. Bank Home Run Porch View – $7/$12/ $17/$22/$27 Super America Grandstand – $7/$12/$17/$22/$27 (Budweiser Roof Deck) Fixed View Seat – $18/$27/$36/$45/$54 Standing Room ticket – $8/$12/$16/$20/$242016 – Target Field
The Minnesota Twins finally had a winning season (83-79) in 2015 after having lost 90 or more games for four consecutive years and watched their attendance drop lower and lower each season. The team’s performance kept individual game ticket prices relatively flat during the losing stretch but after finishing just two games over the .500 mark Twins management has decided that it is time to raise the ticket prices, after all, the team hasn’t raised their ticket prices since 2012. I noticed this past off-season that the Twins didn’t brag about holding down ticket prices and they made no announcement that ticket prices would go up but you didn’t have to be a genius to assume that ticket prices would rise in 2016. So let’s dig in a bit and see what transpired this off-season.
Twins Raise Ticket Prices
Bottom line is that the Twins raised ticket prices $1-$3 for every seat in the Main Level of Target Field for every tier of games. The club pretty much left the Club level, Terrace Level, Outfield Mezzanine Level and Budweiser Roof Deck tickets at 2015 prices except for “The Field View” tickets in the Terrace level which were increased by a buck for each tier of games. These price changes increase the average 2016 Twins ticket price to $31.72 from an average of $31.25 in 2015.
The variable ticket pricing plan that was instituted in 2006 with 2 tiers jumped to 3 tiers in 2009 and 5 tiers in 2013 remains unchanged in 2016. Last year the tiers were called “extra value”, “value”, “select”, “premium” and “elite” but this year the Twins have not yet announced the names for the tiers nor how many games fall into each tier but with a little digging I think we have gotten down to the bottom of it. The number of games in each of the tiers did change slightly once again from 2015. The “extra value” games are the cheapest priced games and all eight of these games fall in April and September when school is in session and the weather is expected to be cooler. The next step up is the “value” plan and the number of games in this category decreases from twelve last season to eight in 2016. The “select” category is the middle of the line category and this is pretty much the Twins baseline for ticket prices. The number of games in this category increases this year to 49 games from 41 last year. The next step up is the “premium” games and the Twins decreased the number of games in this category from nine to eight. The top of the line category is the “Elite” games and this category of games remained unchanged at eight games. The Twins strategy this season puts 60% of the games in the middle “select” tier and then splits the remaining 40% of the games evenly between the lower tiers and upper tiers.
Individual game tickets went on sale February 20 but those prices are only in effect for one day because as of February 22 demand-based pricing kicks in for the rest of the season and the Twins and their demand-based pricing partner, Digonex Technologies, Inc. will monitor and change ticket prices based on a number of conditions.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers
An “extra value” game is $16.85, a “value” game is $24.40, a “select” game is $31.70, a “premium” game is $38.95, and an “elite” game is $46.70. If you attend an “elite” game you will pay on average about three times as much for your seat as you would if you attended an “extra value” game. Same seat, same game of baseball but the tier designation determines how much money stays in your wallet. By the way, if you are lucky enough to sit in the first row, you will have to pay a $5 or $10 premium depending on what section your seat is in.
According to the 2016 MLB Fan Cost index published annually by Team Marketing Report, only eight MLB teams and three AL teams (Red Sox, Yankees and Astros) had a higher average ticket price than the Twins did in 2016.
2016 Twins single game ticket prices on February 20
(Main level) Champion’s Club – Season Ticket only Dugout Box – $51/$68/$84/$100/$117 Home Plate Box – $38/$51/$63/$75/$88 Diamond Box – $29/$39/$48/$57/$67 Field Box – $23/$30/$37/$44/$51 Left Field Bleachers – $10/$17/$24/$31/$38 The Pavilion – $12/$20/$27/$34/$43 Overlook – $12/$20/$27/$34/$43 Great Clips Great Seats – $29/$34/$42/$49/$56 (Club level) Legend’s Club – Season Ticket only The Deck – $19/$25/$31/$37/$43 (Terrace level) Home Plate Terrace – $21/$28/$35/$42/$49 Field Terrace – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Home Plate View – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Skyline View – $6/$11/$16/$21/$26 Field View – $7/$11/$15/$19/$23 Family Section (Alcohol-free section includes a hotdog & a soda) – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 (Outfield Mezzanine level) U.S. Bank Home Run Porch Terrace – $10/$17/$24/$31/$38 U.S. Bank Home Run Porch View – $7/$12/ $17/$22/$27 Grandstand – $7/$12/$17/$22/$27 (Budweiser Roof Deck) Fixed View Seat – $18/$27/$36/$45/$54 Standing Room ticket – $8/$12/$16/$20/$242015 – Target Field
The Minnesota Twins have now lost 90 or more games for four consecutive years and attendance continues to drop but individual game ticket prices remained relatively flat. So let’s dig in a bit and see what is under the covers.
The variable ticket pricing plan that was instituted in 2006 with 2 tiers jumped to 3 tiers in 2009 and 5 tiers in 2013 remains unchanged in 2015. The tiers are still called “extra value”, “value”, “select”, “premium” and “elite” and the number of games in each of the categories did change slightly from 2014. The “extra value” games are the cheapest priced games and there are eight of them this year versus twelve last year and all of these games fall in the colder months of April (5) and September (3). The next step up is the “value” plan and the number of games in this category increased from eight last season to twelve in 2015. The “select” category is the middle of the line category and this is pretty much the Twins baseline for ticket prices. The number of games in this category increases this year to 41 games from 40 last year. The next step up is the “premium” games and the Twins increased the number of games in this category from nine to twelve. The top of the line category is the “Elite” games and this category of games dropped from twelve to eight games. The “Elite” games this year are two with the Brewers, three with the Cubs, one with the Tigers, and two against the Bronx Bombers. The Twins strategy continues to be to put half the games in the middle “select” tier and then split the other 40 games fairly evenly between the lower tiers and upper tiers.
Individual game tickets go on sale February 21 but those prices are only in effect for one day because as of February 22 demand-based pricing kicks in for the rest of the season and the Twins and their demand-based pricing partner, Digonex Technologies, Inc. will monitor and change ticket prices based on a number of conditions. Digonex has worked with over a dozen teams in professional and collegiate sports (only a few in the MLB), but our focus as a company involves a much larger array of clientele from pricing Broadway Productions and Touring Shows to Retail Stores and Attraction Admissions. When I asked the Twins in the past what determines their ticket prices, they have been pretty vague. Here is how Digonex Technologies describes it –
“Our pricing solutions can recalculate prices as often as a team wishes – in practice our clients change prices ranging from once a day to once a week in frequency. There are many factors that go into price changes: weather conditions, the opposing team’s record, who is pitching, historical sales, day of the week, time in season, available tickets, secondary market prices, and on and on… Each of these factors and more are weighed differently for each team and are used to find the right price for a ticket at the right time to encourage a purchase. Also, the client can reject and override any of the price recommendations if they wish.”
There are eight (10% of games but all in April and September) “extra value” games, twelve (15% of games) “value” games, 41 (50% of the games) “select” games, twelve (15% of games) “premium” games, and eight (10%) “elite” games.
Average ticket prices for the various tiers remain the same as in 2014. An “extra value” game is $15.68, a “value” game is $23.37, a “select” game is $30.68, a “premium” game is $38.00, and an “elite” game is $45.68. If you attend an “elite” game you will pay on average about three times as much for your seat as you would if you attended an “extra value” game. Same seat, same game of baseball but the tier designation determines how much money stays in your wallet. By the way, if you are lucky enough to sit in the first row, you will have to pay a $5 or $10 premium depending on what section your seat is in.
(Main level) Champion’s Club – Season Ticket only Dugout Box – $49/$66/$82/$98/$115 Home Plate Box – $37/$50/$62/$74/$87 Diamond Box – $28/$38/$47/$56/$66 Field Box – $22/$29/$36/$43/$50 Left Field Bleachers – $9/$16/$23/$30/$37 Powerball Pavilion – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Overlook – $11/$19/$27/$35/$43 Great Clips Great Seats – $29/$34/$42/$49/$56 (NEW – ticket prices were unpublished last season) (Club level) Legend’s Club – Season Ticket only Skyline Deck – $19/$25/$31/$37/$43 (Terrace level) Home Plate Terrace – $21/$28/$35/$42/$49 Field Terrace – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Home Plate View – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Skyline View – $6/$11/$16/$21/$26 Field View – $6/$10/$14/$18/$22 Our Family Section (Alcohol-free section includes Schweigert hotdog & Pepsi) – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 (Outfield Mezzanine level) U.S. Bank Home Run Porch Terrace – $10/$17/$24/$31/$38 U.S. Bank Home Run Porch View -$7/$12/ $17/$22/$27 ARM & HAMMER Grandstand – $7/$12/$17/$22/$27 (Budweiser Roof Deck) Fixed View Seat – $18/$27/$36/$45/$54 Standing Room ticket – $8/$12/$16/$20/$242014 – Target Field
The Minnesota Twins have lost 90 or more games for three consecutive years and although individual game ticket prices were not lowered for the 2014 season, ticket prices at least remained flat from the previous season for the first time since the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
The variable ticket pricing plan that was instituted in 2006 with 2 tiers jumped to 3 tiers in 2009 and 5 tiers in 2013 remains unchanged in 2014. The tiers are still called “extra value”, “value”, “select”, “premium” and “elite” and the number of games in each of the categories did change slightly from 2013. The “extra value” games are the cheapest priced games and there are 12 of them this year versus 8 last year but all of these games fall in the colder months of April and September. The next step up is the “value” plan and the number of games in this category dropped from 16 last season to just 8 in 2014. The “select” category is pretty much the middle of the line and this is pretty much the Twins baseline for ticket prices. The number of games in this category increased this year to 40 games from 32 last year. The next step up is the “premium” games and the Twins decreased the number of games in this category from 16 to 9. The top of the line category is the “Elite” games and this category of games jumped from 9 to 12 games. It would be interesting to find out how the Twins determine for example what games fall into the “Elite” category. The world champion Boston Red Sox are in town in May but those mid-week games are only classified as “select” games probably because school is still in session. The four Yankee games are of course “Elite” as are two games against the Detroit Tigers on a late August week-end but 6 of the 12 “Elite” games are against the mighty Chicago White Sox although each 3-game series falls on a week-end in June and July. The Twins strategy this years seems to be to put half the games in the middle “select” tier and then split the other 41 games fairly evenly between the lower tiers and upper tiers.
Individual tickets went on sale February 22 but those prices were only in effect for one day because as of February 23 demand-based pricing kicked in for the rest of the year and the Twins will determine ticket prices on a daily basis based on demand, weather and market conditions.
There are 12 (15% of games but all in April and September) “extra value” games, 8 (10% of games) “value” games, 40 (49% of the games) “select” games, 9 (11% of games) “premium” games, and 12 (15%) “elite” games.
The Twins did tinker with ticket prices within the various tiers but in the end it comes out to basically a wash although the lower classified tiers dropped a bit in average price and the high-end went up a bit. The average ticket price for an “extra value” game in 2013 was $16.68 and this year it dropped to $15.68. The average ticket price for a “value” game in 2013 was $23.47 and this year it dropped to $23.37.The average ticket price for a “select” game in 2013 was $30.68 and this year it remains at $30.68.The average ticket price for a “premium” game in 2013 was $37.89 and this year it goes up to $38.00.The average ticket price for an “elite” game in 2013 was $44.68 and this year it went up to $45.68. If you attend an “elite” game you will pay about three times as much for your seat as you would if you attended an “extra value” game. Same seat, same game of baseball but the tier designation determines how much money stays in your wallet.
(Main level) Champion’s Club – Season Ticket only Dugout Box – $49/$66/$82/$98/$115 Home Plate Box – $37/$50/$62/$74/$87 Diamond Box – $28/$38/$47/$56/$66 Field Box – $22/$29/$36/$43/$50 Left Field Bleachers – $9/$16/$23/$30/$37 Powerball Pavilion – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Overlook – $11/$19/$27/$35/$43 Great Clips Great Seats – Call Twins for information (Club level) Legend’s Club – Season Ticket only Skyline Deck – $19/$25/$31/$37/$43 (Terrace level) Home Plate Terrace – $21/$28/$35/$42/$49 Field Terrace – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Home Plate View – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 Skyline View – $6/$11/$16/$21/$26 Field View – $6/$10/$14/$18/$22 Our Family Section (Alcohol-free section includes Schweigert hotdog & Pepsi) – $10/$18/$25/$32/$40 (Outfield Mezzanine level) U.S. Bank Home Run Porch Terrace – $10/$17/$24/$31/$38 U.S. Bank Home Run Porch View -$7/$12/ $17/$22/$27 Grandstand – $7/$12/$17/$22/$27 (Budweiser Roof Deck) Fixed View Seat – $18/$27/$36/$45/$54 Standing Room ticket – $8/$12/$16/$20/$242013 – Target Field
Team Marketing Report Fan Cost Index
The 2013 season brings even more changes in ticket pricing for Twins fans. The variable ticket pricing plan that was instituted in 2006 with 2 tiers jumped to 3 tiers in 2009 now jumps to 5 tiers in 2013. The tiers are now called “extra value”, “value”, “select”, “premium” and “elite”. Individual tickets go on sale February 16 but you need to purchase your tickets before February 23 because that is the day that demand-based pricing kicks in for the rest of the year and the Twins will determine ticket prices on a daily basis based on demand, weather and market conditions.
There are 8 (10% of games) “extra value” games, 16 (20% of games) “value” games, 32 (40% of the games) “select” games, 16 (20% of games) “premium” games, and 9 (10%) “elite” games.
(Main level)Champion’s Club – Season Ticket onlyDugout Box – $46/$64/$82/$100/$118Home Plate Box – $35/$48/$62/$76/$89Diamond Box – $27/$37/$47/$57/$67Field Box – $20/$28/$36/$44/$52Left Field Bleachers – $13/$18/$23/$28/$33The Pavilion – $12/$18/$25/$32/$38Overlook – $13/$20/$27/$34/$41Right Field Patio – Call Twins for information (Club level)Legend’s Club – Season Ticket onlySkyline Deck – $15/$23/$31/$39/$47 (Terrace level)Home Plate Terrace – $20/$27/$35/$43/$50Field Terrace – $14/$19/$25/$31/$36Home Plate View – $14/$19/$25/$31/$36Skyline View – $9/$12/$16/$20/$23Field View – $8/$11/$14/$17/$20Our Family Section (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $14/$19/$25/$31/$36 (Outfield Mezzanine level)Home Run Porch Terrace – $13/$18/$24/$30/$35Home Run Porch View -$9/$13/ $17/$21/$25Grandstand – $9/$13/$17/$21/$25 (Budweiser Roof Deck)Fixed View Seat – $18/$27/$36/$45/$54Standing Room ticket – $8/$12/$16/$20/$24
2012 – Target Field
In addition to dynamic/variable ticket pricing that was instituted in 2006 with 2 tiers, then went to 3 tiers in 2009, the Twins introduced “Demand-Based Pricing” in 2012. The Twins standard variable pricing as shown in the price list below only applied to single game tickets sold between February 25 – March 8. Starting March 9th the team applied demand-based pricing for all single game tickets sold during the 2012 season. Demand-based pricing allows the Twins to set ticket prices on a daily basis according to market demand. Season ticket holders were not impacted by demand-based pricing.
20 (25%) are “value” games, 38 (47%) “select” games & 23 (28%) “premium” games
(Main level)Champion’s Club – Season Ticket onlyDugout Box – $80/$82/$88Home Plate Box – $60/$62/$68Diamond Box – $45/$47/$53Field Box – $34/$36/$42Left Field Bleachers – $21/$23/$29The Pavilion – $23/$25/$31Overlook – $25/$27/$33Right Field Bleachers – $19/$21/$27 (Club level)Legend’s Club – Season Ticket onlySkyline Deck – $29/$31/$37 (Terrace level)Home Plate Terrace – $33/$35/$41Field Terrace – $23/$25/$31Home Plate View – $23/$25/$31Skyline View – $14/$16/$22Field View – $12/$14/$20Our Family Section – $23/$25/$31 (Outfield Mezzanine level)Home Run Porch Terrace – $22/$24/$30Home Run Porch View – $19/$21/$27Grandstand – $19/$21/$27 (Budweiser Roof Deck)Fixed View Seat – $34/$36/$42Standing Room ticket – $14/$16/$22
2011 – Target Field
22 (27%) “value” games, 36 (44%) “select” games & 23 (28%) “premium” games
(Main level)Champion’s Club – Season Ticket onlyDugout Box – $80/$82/$85Home Plate Box – $60/$62/$65Diamond Box – $45/$47/$50Field Box – $34/$36/$39Left Field Bleachers – $21/$23/$26The Pavilion – $23/$25/$28Overlook – $25/$27/$30Right Field Bleachers – $19/$21/$24 (Club level)Legend’s Club – Season Ticket onlySkyline Deck – $29/$31/$34 (Terrace level)Home Plate Terrace – $33/$35/$38Field Terrace – $23/$25/$28Home Plate View – $23/$25/$28Skyline View – $14/$16/$19Field View – $12/$14/$17Our Family Section – $23/$25/$28 (Outfield Mezzanine level)Home run Porch Terrace – $22/$24/$27Home run Porch View – $19/$21/$24Grandstand – $19/$21/$24 (Budweiser Roof Deck)Fixed View Seat – $34/$36/$39Standing Room ticket – $14/$16/$19
2010 – Target Field (First year at Target Field)
27 (33%) “value” games, 39 (48%) “select” games & 15 (19%) “premium” games
(Main level) Champion’s Club – Season Ticket only Dugout Box – $77/$79/$82 Home Plate Box – $57/$59/$62 Diamond Box – $43/$45/$48 Field Box – $32/$34/$37 Left Field Bleachers – $19/$21/$24 The Pavilion – $22/$24/$27 Overlook – $22/$24/$27 Right Field Bleachers – $17/$19/$22 (Club level) Legend’s Club – Season Ticket only Skyline Deck – $27/$29/$32 (Terrace level) Home Plate Terrace – $32/$34/$37 Field Terrace – $22/$24/$27 Home Plate View – $22/$24/$27 Skyline View – $13/$15/$18 Field View – $11/$13/$16 Our Family Section – $22/$24/$27 (Outfield Mezzanine level) Home run Porch Terrace – $22/$24/$27 Home run Porch View – $18/$20/$23 Batter’s Eye – $22/$24/$27 Grandstand – $18/$20/$23
2009 – Metrodome (Last year at the Dome, Twins lose ALDS)
The Twins raise the stakes by jumping to three tiers of dynamic/variable ticket pricing from the previous two tiers. This year they have 60 (74%) “value” games, 14 (17%) “select” games and 7 (9%) “premium” games.
Dugout Box – Sold OutTicketExchange Touchdown Club – $107/$109/$112Lower Club – $53/$55/$58Diamond View – $50/$52/$55Lower Reserved – $31/$33/$36Upper Box – $25/$27/$30Upper Club – $22/$24/$27Home Run Porch – $21/$23/$26Family Zone – $14/$16/$19Cheap Seats – $8/$10/$11
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2008 – Metrodome
67 (83%) “value” games and 14 (17%) “premium” games
Dugout Box – Sold OutTicketExchange Touchdown Club – $106/$111Lower Club – $50/$55Diamond View – $48/$53Lower Reserved – $30/$35Upper Box – $24/$29Upper Club – $21/$26Home Run Porch – $20/$25Family Zone (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $13/$18Cheap Seats – $7/$12………………………………………………………………….
2007 – Metrodome
72 (89%) “value” games and 9 (11%) “premium” games
Dugout Box – Sold OutTicketExchange Touchdown Club – $105/$108Lower Club – $44/$47Diamond View – $42/$45Lower Reserved – $29/$32Upper Box – $22/$25Upper Club – $20/$23Home Run Porch – $19/$22Family Zone (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $12/$15Cheap Seats – $7/$10………………………………………………………………….
2006 – Metrodome (Twins lose in ALDS)
Dynamic or variable ticket pricing rears its ugly head with “value” and “premium” designations and a new era in ticket pricing begins. There are 72 (89%) “value” games and 9 (11%) “premium” games.
Dugout Box – Sold OutLower Club – $41/$44Diamond View – $39/$42Lower Reserved – $26/$29Upper Box – $21/$24Upper Club – $18/$21Home Run Porch – $17/$20Family Zone (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $11/$14Cheap Seats – $6/$9
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2005 – Metrodome
Dugout Box – $75-99Lower Club – $38Diamond View – $36Lower Reserved – $24Upper Club – $17Home Run Porch – $16Family Zone (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $10Cheap Seats – $6………………………………………………………………….
2004 – Metrodome (Twins lose in ALDS)
Lower Club – $35Diamond View – $33Lower Reserved – $23Upper Club – $15Lower General Admission – $15Family Section (includes soft drink) – $15Upper General Admission – $6
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2003 – Metrodome (Twins lose in ALDS)
Lower Club – $31Diamond View – $29Lower Reserved – $21Upper Club – $14Lower General Admission – $14Family Section (includes soft drink) – $14Upper General Admission – $6
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2002 – Metrodome (Twins lose in ALCS)
Lower Club – $27Diamond View – $25Lower Reserved – $17Upper Club – $11Lower General Admission – $11Family Section (includes soft drink) – $11Upper General Admission – $5
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2001 – Metrodome
Lower Club – $31 Diamond View – $29 Lower Reserved – $21 Upper Club – $14 Lower General Admission – $14 Family Section (includes soft drink) – $14 Upper General Admission – $6………………………………………………………………….
2000 – Metrodome
VIP Level – Season tickets onlyLower Club – $21Lower Reserved – $14Upper Club – $12Family Section (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $12Lower Level General Admission – $9Upper Level General Admission – $4…………………………………………………………………..
1999 – Metrodome
VIP Level – Season tickets onlyLower Club – $19Lower Reserved – $13Upper Club – $11Family Section (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $11Lower Level General Admission – advance purchase $7/day of game $8Upper Level General Admission – $4……………………………………………………………………
1998 – Metrodome
VIP Level – Season tickets onlyLower Club – Season tickets onlyLower Reserved – $13Upper Club – $11Family Section (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $11Lower Deck General Admission – advance purchase $7/day of game $8Upper Deck General Admission – $4………………………………………………………………….
1997 – Metrodome
VIP Level – Season tickets onlyLower Club – Season tickets onlyLower Reserved – $13Upper Club – $11Family Section (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $11Lower Deck General Admission – advance purchase $7/day of game $8Upper Deck General Admission – $4………………………………………………………………………………..
1996 – Metrodome
VIP Level – Season tickets only Lower Club – Season tickets onlyLower Reserved – $12Upper Club – $11Upper Reserved – $10Family Section (includes hotdog & soft drink) – $8Lower Deck General Admission – $7Upper Deck General Admission – $4……………………………………………………..
1995 – Metrodome
VIP Level – $17Lower Club – $15Lower Reserved – $12Upper Club – $11Upper Reserved – $10Lower Deck General Admission – $7Upper Deck General Admission – $4
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1994 – Metrodome
VIP Level – $17Lower Club – $15Lower Reserved – $12Upper Club – $11Upper Reserved – $10Lower Deck General Admission – $7Upper Deck General Admission – $4
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1993 – Metrodome
Club Level Reserved (season tickets) – $14Lower Deck Reserved – $12Upper Deck Club Level Reserved – $11Upper Deck Reserved – $10Lower Left Field General Admission – $7Upper Deck Outfield General Admission – $4
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1992 – Metrodome
Club Level Reserved (season tickets) – $14Lower Deck Reserved – $12Upper Deck Reserved – $10Lower Left field General Admission – $7Upper Deck Outfield General Admission – $4………………………………………………………………………………………
1991 – Metrodome (Twins win the World Series)
Club Level – $13Lower Deck Reserved – $11Upper Deck Reserved – $9Lower Leftfield – $6General Admission – $3
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1990 – Metrodome
Lower Deck Reserved – $11Upper Deck Reserved – $8Lower Leftfield – $6General Admission – $3……………………………………..
1989 – Metrodome
Lower Deck Reserved – $11Upper Deck Reserved – $8Lower Leftfield – $6General Admission – $3……………………………………….
1988 – Metrodome
Lower Deck Reserved – $10Upper Deck Reserved – $8Lower Leftfield – $5General Admission – $3
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1987 – Metrodome (Twins win the World Series)
Lower Deck Reserved – $9 Upper Deck Reserved – $7 Lower Leftfield – $5 General Admission – $3
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1986 – Metrodome
Lower Deck Reserved – $9Upper Deck Reserved – $7Lower Leftfield – $6General Admission – $3
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1985 – Metrodome (first full year under Carl Pohlad ownership)
Lower Deck Reserved – $8 Upper Deck Reserved – $7 Lower Leftfield – $4 General Admission – $3
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1984 – Metrodome (Calvin Griffith sells team to Carl Pohlad mid-season)
Lower Deck Reserved – $8 Upper Deck Reserved – $7 Lower Leftfield – $4 General Admission – $3………………………………………………………
1983 – Metrodome
Reserved – $8 General Admission – $4
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1982 – Metrodome (first year in the Metrodome)
Reserved – $8 General Admission – $4
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1981 – Metropolitan Stadium (final year at the Met)
Box Seats – $7 Reserved Grandstand – $6 Unreserved Grandstand – $6 General Admission – $3
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1980 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seats – $6.50Third Base Field Boxes – $6Reserved Grandstand – $5Unreserved Grandstand – $5General Admission – $2.50……………………………………………………..
1979 – Metropolitan Stadium
Dugout Boxes – $6.50Field, Loge, and Terrace Boxes – $6Reserved Grandstand – $4.75Unreserved Grandstand – $4.75General Admission – $2.50
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1978 – Metropolitan Stadium
Dugout Boxes – $5.50Field, Loge, and Terrace Boxes – $5Reserved Grandstand – $4Unreserved Grandstand – $4General Admission – $2
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1977 – Metropolitan Stadium
Dugout Boxes – $5.50 Field, Loge, and Terrace Boxes – $5 Reserved Grandstand – $4 Unreserved Grandstand – $4 General Admission – $2……………………………………………………..
1976 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $4.50Leftfield Box Seat – $3.50Reserved Grandstand – $3.50General Admission – $2…………………………………………………
1975 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $4.50Leftfield Box Seat – $3.50Reserved Grandstand – $3.50General Admission – $2……………………………………………….
1974 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $4.50 Leftfield Box Seat – $3.50 Reserved Grandstand – $3.50 General Admission – $2………………………………………………..
1973 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $4Leftfield Box Seat – $3.50Reserved Grandstand – $3.50General Admission – $1.50
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1972 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $4Leftfield Box Seat – $3.50Reserved Grandstand – $3.50General Admission – $1.50………………………………………………
1971 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3.50 Leftfield Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $3 General Admission – $1.50
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1970 – Metropolitan Stadium (Twins lose the ALCS to the Orioles)
Box Seat – $3.50 Leftfield Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $3 General Admission – $1.50
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1969 – Metropolitan Stadium (Twins lose ALCS to the Orioles)
Box Seat – $3.50 Leftfield Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.75 General Admission – $1.50
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1968 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3.50 Box Seat sections 50, 52, 54, 56, and 58 – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.75 General Admission – $1.50………………………………………………
1967 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50
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1966 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50…………………………………………………..
1965 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50
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1964 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50…………………………………………………..
1963 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50
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1962 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50
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1961 – Metropolitan Stadium
Box Seat – $3 Reserved Grandstand – $2.50 General Admission – $1.50
Hey, I really wanted to write up something like this myself but am very glad to see a version out there that is way more extensive than I would have done. Just wanted to throw an “attaboy” at you!
Thank you Ryan.
Hi John, thanks for the great information provided here! I am a doctoral student in economics at the University of Minnesota and am planning to write a dissertation on the effects of dynamic ticket pricing in MLB on consumer welfare. I was wondering
(a) where you obtained this data
(b) where I could go to determine which historical games were considered “premium” etc.
(c) whether there a central source where I can find historical ticket prices for other teams as well.
Hope this info isn’t too much of a hassle to dig up. Thanks so much!
Kailin