The Cubs promise the new premier clubs under construction at Wrigley Field will allow some fans to "experience the magic of Cubs baseball and Wrigley Field in a whole new way."

Fans purchasing season tickets for the clubs will certainly have to dip into their pocketbooks in a whole new way.

Prices for the four new clubs — including the "American Airlines 1914 Club" that will open next season in the lower deck behind home plate —have been revealed, and fans will have to pony up to experience games in luxury.

The cost of 600-plus season tickets for the 1914 Club will range from $400-$695 per ticket per game—as much as $56,295 for the 2018 season. The price includes taxes, food, soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor. The most expensive tickets will be closest to the field and decrease in price the higher the row.

The clubs set to open in time for opening day 2019 are the "Maker's Mark Barrel Room," located just past the visitor's dugout down the first-base line, where tickets will range from $395-$495 per game and include taxes, food, soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor; and the "W Club" near the left-field corner, with tickets ranging from $285-$375 per game and including the same food and beverage options sans liquor.

Tickets for the "Catalina Club," which will be located beneath the press box behind home plate also beginning in 2019, will run from $235-$325 per ticket per game.

The Cubs didn't set the ticket prices without doing their due diligence, according to Cale Vennum, the team's vice president of ticketing.

"We spent a lot of time coming up with the plan," Vennum said. "We did a lot of work visiting other experiences throughout the country to get a good bead on what were the premier deliverables and prices that some of our counterparts were delivering.

"We went to everything in-market in Chicago (and) LA, Minnesota, Atlanta — all over — looking at new buildings (and) experiences before offering (our ticket plans) and then making sure we were still feeling good about the value we were providing to our customers."

Ticket buyers sign a contract that includes an escalator clause ranging between 4 to 7 percent to ensure price certainty through the length of the deals that typically will run two, four or six years for the W Club and three, five or seven years for the other three clubs.

Vennum said the response for the 1914 Club "has been fantastic" and is trending toward a sellout.

Much like at the conclusion of the historic 2016 season, construction on the clubs scheduled to open in 2019 will begin almost immediately after the final pitch of the '17 campaign. The work will include moving both dugouts farther down their respective lines.

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Photos of the ongoing renovations at historic Wrigley Field, the second-oldest ballpark in major league baseball. (Chicago Tribune) (Chicago Tribune)