The Miami Heat-Boston Celtics game yesterday was perhaps one of the most anticipated games in NBA opening day history. The Miami power trio faced off against Boston's equally impressive starting lineup of Pierce, Garnett, Shaw, Allen and Rondo. Hype surrounding the Miami Heat 2010-2011 season has soared ever since the management signed on LeBron and Bosh in the offseason. Ticket prices were much higher than usual for this game,…
by Margaret on October 25th, 2010 No Comments
The ALCS finished last Friday and the NLCS on Saturday, with both winning teams clinching their league pennant in six. Now that the World Series candidates are set, we move on from speculative listing prices to prices for established games.
This is the match up of the underdogs - the Giants have not won the World Series since 1954 and the Rangers have never even made it there. (Compare this to the teams they beat: the Phillies…
by Margaret on October 21st, 2010 No Comments
We're about a third of the way into the 2010 NFL season now and ticket prices on the secondary market continue to surprise us. Here are the average prices for this weekend's match ups:
Fans are paying a whopping $292.44/ticket to see the Vikings at Packers game this Sunday. The Vikings team has been drawing quite a crowd, but this is still surprising considering the Vikings stand at 2-3 right now and the Packers are just even…
by Margaret on October 21st, 2010 No Comments
With NBA Opening Day just a week away, we here at SeatGeek are kicking off a weekly look at ticket prices on the secondary market for NBA teams throughout the 2010-2011 season!
Here are the top ten teams by average ticket price:
Five teams are averaging over $100 a pop so far and it comes as no surprise the the Celtics, the Heat and the Lakers are leading the way.
Defending Eastern Conference champs, the Boston Celtics are #1…
by Margaret on October 21st, 2010 No Comments
Surprises are certainly emerging as we hurtle toward the end of the baseball postseason! The Yankees won a huge Game 5 to stay alive in the ALCS against the Rangers today, as CC battled and overcame the productive Texas lineup. On the other side, the Giants overpowered the Phillies in an exciting and close Game 4, winning by scoring on a sac fly against Roy Oswalt who came in for a brief relief appearance. Now the ALCS is 3-2 Rangers…
So far, the baseball adage that pitching wins games has certainly held true in the championship series. Lincecum, Oswalt and Lee in particular have been phenomenal. Let's take a closer look at the games!
In the American League...
After a stunning comeback by the Yankees in Game 1, overcoming a 5-run deficit to score six runs in the 7th and 8th innings, the Rangers said enough was enough. They outscored the Yankees 7 to 2 in Game…
by Margaret on October 15th, 2010 No Comments
Personally, I'll be watching baseball all weekend, but for the many football fans out there, let's check out average ticket prices on the resale market for the games this upcoming weekend!
Here are the match ups organized by price...
Only two match ups have average resold tickets selling at over $200 this weekend. Fans are paying $232.41/ticket to see the 4-1 Ravens play the 3-1 Patriots, which promises to be an exciting game.
What…
by Margaret on October 13th, 2010 2 Comments
Yesterday was the final day of the MLB division series as the Rangers topped the Rays at Tropicana Field 5-1, making history in more than one way. The Rangers can finally join the rest of the major league in winning a postseason series, and more impressively, they are the only team to achieve all three wins on the road. Home field became a disadvantage in this series, as the Rangers won Game 1 and 2, the Rays took both games in…
by Margaret on October 8th, 2010 No Comments
Despite a thrilling first day of the postseason featuring Doc Halladay’s no-hitter against the Reds, day two’s tripleheader—Rangers at Rays, Yankees at Twins, Braves at Giants—managed to match, and perhaps ever surpass, the first day’s tripleheader in both intensity and excitement.
Pitching wins the postseason people say? Let’s take a look at yesterday’s games...
Although the Rays were favored to win the division…
Yesterday’s triple-header kicked off the start of the 2010 MLB postseason and fans certainly got their money’s worth—or more. The Rangers trumped the Rays as Cliff Lee dominated, ace CC Sabathia kept his cool and managed the win after allowing early runs to the Twins, but most impressive of all was Roy “Doc” Halladay’s postseason debut.
After spending twelve seasons in Toronto, Doc signed with the Phillies at the…
After finishing the 2009 season in the brand new Citi Field ball park under 0.500, the Mets team showed signs of hope at the beginning of the 2010 season. They won series against powerhouses such as the Yankees and the Phillies and pulled into the All-Star break in second place in the NL East behind the Braves. After the break, however, the team struggled to maintain a winning record and hopes of reaching the postseason became…
by Margaret on October 4th, 2010 8 Comments
Yesterday saw the close of the 162-game MLB regular season... and with that, the eight teams heading to the postseason were finalized. The four teams heading to the postseason for the American League clinched their spots last Tuesday but the race to the postseason in the National League went to the very last day. The Braves, Giants and Padres battled to the last game for two spots: the NL West pennant and the wild card spot. …
by Margaret on September 30th, 2010 No Comments
Week four of NFL season is almost upon us - here's week three in review!
Week three of the 2010-2011 NFL season featured a plethora of fierce rivalry games, with two match ups demanding well above $200 per ticket on the resale market while others maintained their low to mid $100 averages. Let's take a deeper look into these prices...
Last weekend’s matches were headlined by the sold out Monday night match between the Packers…
by Margaret on September 24th, 2010 No Comments
We're back with an overview of how NFL ticket prices have fluctuated as we wrap up the second week of the season.
As promised, here are the matches that fans most looked forward to based on exclusive SeatGeek data that shows how much they are willing to spend on tickets:
NFL week two featured compelling games and story lines that brought fans out in droves to enjoy the action live. Of the fifteen games played last weekend, the…
by Margaret on September 20th, 2010 No Comments
We are back to take a look at how MLB ticket prices are faring on the secondary ticket market. Here are the highlights:
10 Most Expensive MLB Ticket Prices Last Week
Following a string of losses, average secondary ticket sales for the Chicago White Sox have dropped from $70.32 to $29.54 and for the St. Louis Cardinals, prices have fallen from $67.85 to $30.23
As the Yankees regain the top spot in the AL East, prices have increased…
