

Chris Fox, CP24.com





The city spent nearly $78,000 on screening Toronto Blue Jays playoff games at Nathan Phillips Square during the team’s thrilling run to the American League Championship series.

According to numbers obtained by CTV News, the final price tag for screening all but one Jays playoff game at the appropriately dubbed “Birds Nest” was $77,996.74.

The bulk of the money, $61,938.68, went to audio-visual equipment rentals and staffing while another $11,218.29 went to security and $2,945.08 went to clean up costs.

The finally tally to screen a total of 10 games during the American League Divisional Series and American League Championship Series is actually slightly less than the $10,000 per game estimate that one city official provided to CP24 when the plan was first announced.

The Blue Jays ended up losing the American League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals in six games.

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