Ticket prices raised for A’s ‘reverse boycott’ game against Giants

(KRON) — Continuing what has been a summer full of protests, Oakland A’s fans have organized another “reverse boycott” for the San Francisco Giants’ game in Oakland on Aug. 5. If you’re planning to go, be prepared to pay more than usual.

For the Aug. 5 “reverse boycott” game, the cheapest seat on the team website is going for $44. For the Aug. 6 game against the Giants, the get-in price is $27. The price for all other games, including Labor Day against Toronto and the final home game of the season against Detroit, is $10.

The A’s say game tickets are “automatically dynamically priced based on available inventory” and the prices were not increased manually. The team has sold more than 30,000 tickets for the Aug. 5 game.

The fan base conducted its first reverse boycott on June 13, with 27,759 loud fans packing the Coliseum to cheer on the A’s beating the Tampa Bay Rays. The purpose of the boycott was to prove that A’s fans would show up for the right reasons, with a potential move to Las Vegas pending.

After the game, the A’s announced that the proceeds from that game would be donated to charity.

Another protest is in the works for the first Bay Bridge Series game at the Coliseum. Fans are planning to give out towels that say “Sell the Team.”

A’s fans have made their voices heard throughout the season after news broke of the team’s plans to move to Las Vegas. At the MLB All-Star Game in Seattle, A’s fans organized a “Sell the Team” chant in the 5th inning. Another chant broke out at the A’s-Giants game at Oracle Park on Tuesday.

The A’s issued the following statement in regards to the high prices:

As of this past week, we have sold more than 30,000 tickets to Saturday’s game, driven heavily by group sales, and 16,000 for Sunday’s game. Games are automatically dynamically priced based on available inventory, a method that most baseball teams use. We did not manually adjust ticket prices. Military, first responders, and students can receive discounted tickets for upcoming games, including Saturday’s game. We also have Kids Cheer Free on Sunday. For every regularly-priced ticket purchased, adults can add up to two additional free tickets for kids 14 and younger. Our value ticket options are available at athletics.com/value.