Now at premium prices
The Los Angeles Lakers have announced that seven home games against likely playoff contenders will carry a higher single-ticket price tag than the other 34.
The first such game will be on the 25th of December (!) against the Celtics. The increase is substantial: seats usually $35 will go for $45, while $260 seats will run $315. The handful of $10 seats in the upper bowl will remain at $10, and season-ticket holders, who’ve already faced a price increase this year, won’t be affected. Tim Harris, Lakers senior VP for business operations, says that “roughly 900 to 1,000 tickets” will be repriced for those seven games.
Incidentally, Lakers tickets, not surprisingly, cost more than Thunder tickets, though it’s not always that much more: the price range in the upper bowl at Staples Center is $10 to $45 ($10 to $55 for the premium games). Up in the Thunderdome, it’s $10 to $30, though seats marked as Premium Balcony run $50.
writerchick »
19 September 2008 · 10:03 am
It’s unbelievable what they charge for basketball games, especially out here. Sorry, $300 plus to see the Lakers? Not in your dreams. I suppose if you want to add refreshments to that you are looking at close to $400 per person. Even the cheerleaders aren’t that good.
WC
CGHill »
19 September 2008 · 10:11 am
Not that they’re much cheaper here in the flyover zone; NBA tix, according to the Thunder bosses, are selling here for slightly below the league average. On the upside, there are a lot more ten-buck seats in the Thunderdome than there are in the Staples Center.
unimpressed »
19 September 2008 · 9:40 pm
I’d go $400 a ticket if I get my pick of the cheerleaders….and at that point, I’d forgo the ball game.