The Toronto Blue Jays are marking the milestone season with a commemorative jersey patch and a ceremony celebrating the club’s American League championship.

The Toronto Blue Jays’ home opener sold out after tickets for the 2026 season went on sale Thursday morning, with many fans taking to social media to cry foul over the price of a seat.

The general sale started at 10 a.m. and by 10:15 a.m. almost all of the tickets to the March 27 matchup against the Athletics were snatched up.

Thousands of fans were seen in the digital queue to purchase passes before they sold out. The cheapest ticket on offer appeared to be going for $147.

Tickets for the home opener are still available on resale sites like Stubhub.ca, where the most expensive pass will set you back $1,861 for a third-row seat near home plate. The cheapest general admission tickets were going for more than $200.

Fans lucky enough to grab tickets to the Jays’ first game of their 50th season will see a special on-field pregame ceremony to honour Toronto’s historic 2025 run.

At time of writing, many tickets to the Jays’ March 28 game are still available, with passes in the 500 Level going for around $65, after taxes and fees.

Toronto Blue Jays Home Opener Tickets to the Toronto Blue Jays’ home opener on March 27, 2026 are now sold out. (Ticketmaster.ca) Jays marking 50 seasons

The Jays uniforms will be emblazoned with a commemorative 50th season retro patch this year, a nod to their original logo from the ‘70s.

“On April 7, 1977, on a snow-covered field at Exhibition Stadium, the Toronto Blue Jays made their MLB debut. Five decades later, the Blue Jays return to Rogers Centre in March as reigning American League Champions and get set to host a season-long celebration honouring the club’s 50th season,” the Jays said in a previously issued news release.

The team said this season will also feature additions throughout the ballpark which honour the storied history of the franchise. Fans will have access to exclusive merchandise featuring logos of the past and present, and many promotional events and giveaways will pay tribute to the club’s 50 seasons and AL Championship title.

Season ticket holders were able to get first dibs on tickets during a presale on Wednesday. Members of the Blue Jays District Drops promotion also had access.

Some of the biggest matches of the season include a three-game stand in Toronto against the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers on April 6, 7, and 8. Tickets for the first game in that series are still available, with the cheapest seats in the 500 Level priced at about $95.

Other notable matchups include a visit from the Boston Red Sox on April 27, 28, and 29 and the New York Yankees on June 12, 13, and 14. The cheapest tickets for those games are still available and selling for about $48 and $66, respectively.

Fans will also likely want to see the return of Bo Bichette with the New York Mets on June 29, 30 and Canada Day. Most of the tickets for the July 1 matchup appear to be sold out. The cheapest tickets left on offer are going for roughly $95.

‘Ridiculous’: Some fans strike out trying to score tickets

Heather Morand Clark is a longtime Jays fan from Caledon, Ont., and told CTV News that she logged on at 9:30 a.m. to secure her home opener tickets, but it was a swing and a miss.

“Started off asking for four tickets, the best I could find were in the outfield, row 19….not great, but still approximately $150 each. Exorbitant!” she said in an email.

“By the time I hit ‘next,’ they were no longer available. I changed to two tickets, and then one, and got a message saying there were no tickets available.”

Clark said the experience reminded her of the ticket sales during the Jays’ deep post-season run, when games would sell out within minutes of going on sale.

“This is a ridiculous way to buy tickets for anything. It makes me hanker for the old days when you had to line up…or fill in an application form and mail it in with a cheque!”

Damian Campbell from Mississauga was slightly luckier, but still had to fork over more than $150 for a single ticket to the March 27 game.

“I was number 1,000 in the queue (I signed in early and logged into my account before 10 a.m.) and STILL within five minutes of getting in to actually buy tickets, pretty much all the two tickets were gone or when you clicked on them it said the tickets were no longer available,” he said.

All in, Campbell said he paid $164 for a seat in the 500 Level, which he accepts may be the reality of seeing the Jays in-person this year.

“Unless it’s a low demand game, you’re gonna pay more this season.”

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