I probably still wouldn't go. I can't justify paying $500 to see a sporting event. My wife wanted to get me Blue Jays tickets for Christmas and I was even balking at $110. "We used to pay $45 to sit in this section".

It's odd because $100 to see some random regular season game seems crazy to me but I would happily pay 1k to see the Blue Jays in a world series home game.

Same buddy of mine went to game 2 of NBA Finals in 2019 when the Raps played the Warriors. I believe he paid 2k.