It’s game on tonight in Toronto for the first meeting of the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. It’s expected to bring not only excitement, but also a huge economic windfall for businesses in Toronto and across Canada.

From game tickets, to Blue Jays gear, to patronage of bars and restaurants, it will likely mean hundreds of millions of dollars.

At last count a pair of prime Blue Jays tickets for Game 1, Friday night, was going for just under $25,000. Granted, that’s in the VIP section where it includes all the perks. But even the poorest seats are going at a premium on the resale list.

Kadence Bunke of Toronto was one of more than 235,000 fans who tried to buy tickets for a home game in the city. She was one of the lucky one.

“I was shocked by the face value” s

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