Patrons watch a Blue Jays game plays on the TV at the St. Louis Bar and Grill in Toronto on Tuesday. Fans are racing to snag tickets while local businesses are seeing jumps in sales.

The World Series frenzy has kicked off in Canada.

Toronto Blue Jays fans raced to snag tickets to the World Series after the club defeated the Seattle Mariners in a tense Game 7 Monday night, clinching a championship spot for the first time in over three decades. Across the country, bars, bistros and retailers are preparing for pandemonium and a chance to score a big wave of business.

Tickets to Game 1 of the Jays vs. Los Angeles Dodgers championship series, set for Friday in Toronto, sold out on Ticketmaster in about 30 minutes on Tuesday morning. Hundreds of seats appeared on resale platform StubHub wit

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