The Cleveland Cavaliers' ouster from the NBA playoffs sparked financial repercussions for fans trying to buy or sell tickets to the Eastern Conference finals as well as for teams that might land LeBron James as a free agent.
USA Today reports on what LeBron and the Cavs’ early Playoff exit means for fans’ wallets: “Average ticket prices for the Orlando Magic’s home games in the secondary resale market ‘dropped immediately’ to $154 from $177 when the playoff opponent was the Boston Celtics, says Russell D’Souza, co-chief executive officer of SeatGeek
Average ticket prices for the Orlando Magic’s home games in the secondary resale market “dropped immediately” to $154 from $177 when the playoff opponent was the Boston Celtics, says Russell D’Souza, co-chief executive officer of SeatGeek.
Average ticket prices for the Orlando Magic’s home games in the secondary resale market “dropped immediately” to $154 from $177 when the playoff opponent was the Boston Celtics, says Russell D’Souza, co-chief executive officer of SeatGeek.
Now, the vast craniums behind SeatGeek are trying to ensure that you get the best deal from your sports (and concert) tickets when those events are already sold out.
Average ticket prices for the Orlando Magic's's home games in the secondary resale market "dropped immediately" to $154 from $177 when the playoff opponent was the Boston Celtics, says Russell D'Souza, co-chief executive officer of SeatGeek.
Average ticket prices for the Orlando Magic’s home games in the secondary resale market “dropped immediately” to $154 from $177 when the playoff opponent was the Boston Celtics, says Russell D’Souza, co-chief executive officer of SeatGeek.
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You buy tickets to a big game for one reason: to resell them at a profit.
Back in October we covered SeatGeek, the free service that helps users find tickets to concerts and sporting events when they're at their lowest price. Recently the company launched a new feature aimed at season ticket holders that helps them price, sell and manage their entire ticket investment.
SeatGeek (a ticket-price aggregator) has estimated that, had Lebron and the Cavs survived to play in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic, an average ticket for a game in Cleveland would have cost $349 (this being the resale price, not the ticket's face value).
The newspaper's sports section includes a brief noting that ticket-price aggregator SeatGeek.com reports fans "would have had to pay an average of $349 to see LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers play a home game for this round..."
Clevelanders would have shelled out plenty of dough for the chance to sit in the Q and be witnesses. Exactly how much?
According to SeatGeek.com (via the Wall Street Journal), the LeBacle saved NBA fans serious cash.
The Cleveland Cavaliers loss to the Celtics caused an immediate decrease in ticket prices for the Eastern Conference final. SeatGeek co-founder Russ D'Souza contributes the steep decline to the exclusion of star player LeBron James in the finals.
If LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers had made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, ticket prices sold on the black market would have averaged $349 for the Cavs home games.
According to ticket-price aggregator SeatGeek.com, fans would have had to pay an average of $349 to see LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers play a home game for this round.
King James may have left the court and gone home for the season, but it doesn’t mean he’s finished impacting the NBA playoffs - at least not where ticket prices are concerned. According to the latest data from SeatGeek.com, which forecasts the prices of tickets on the secondary market.
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