No wonder ticket prices are so high,” one fan posted Monday on X. Ticket prices are driven by supply and demand — basic Economics 101 — not based on costs. “Ticket prices don’t go up when a team starts spending more money. Just like ticket prices don’t go down when teams are spending less,” he said. “Ticket prices don’t have anything to do with payroll.

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