NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans will pay starry prices for this year's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.
Tickets will be priced at $150-$725 for the July 15 game, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. That's up from $75-$285 for last year's game at San Francisco and $10-15 for box and reserved seats the last time the All-Stars were at Yankee Stadium, in 1977.
Tickets for the Home Run Derby and workout day on July 14 are $100-$650, an increase from $50-$225 last year. Tickets for the Futures game on July 13 are $50-225, up from $22.50-$125 last year.
Prices likely will decrease for the 2009 All-Star game, to be hosted by the Cardinals.
"They will be adjusted for St. Louis. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity -- instant memorabilia, instant memories," said Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer. "The regular-season ticket prices in New York are substantially higher than they are in St. Louis."
Registration to buy two tickets each for the All-Star game and Derby began Tuesday on mlb.com, and a drawing will be held June 16. Winners must buy the tickets June 23.
"I wish I was playing in it," Hall of Famer Yogi Berra said at a Yankee Stadium news conference.
The All-Star game is coming to New York during the 84th and final season at Yankee Stadium. The team is scheduled to move next year into a $1.3 billion ballpark under construction across the street.
"The last season, it's only fitting that it's here," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "I hope I'm in it."
The Yankees plan to donate $7 million to local programs from All-Star activities, and co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner said his father, George, is excited about the July festivities.
"He's going to be very emotional, without a doubt," Hal Steinbrenner said. "This is a big deal."
One change to All-Star week will come during the Futures game, which will last nine innings instead of seven. The United States team will be largely comprised of the U.S. Olympic baseball team, DuPuy said.
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