June 5, 2008
What recession? “‘This is the biggest thing I’ve experienced at Staples Center since it opened,’ said Tim Leiweke, president of AEG, owner and operator of the arena. ‘We’ve had the Grammys, concerts, championship fights, figure skating and the Pac 10 tournament along with the five teams that play here, but I’ve never seen anything like this… . People are buying premier seats [starting at $15,000 each] for next season to get the right to buy tickets for this series.’” - LA Times According to StubHub, the average resale price for the Finals is $772 in Los Angeles and $547 in Boston. In last year’s championship series, between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs, the average was $366 in Cleveland, $311 in San Antonio. (Face value for the most expensive seat at Staples Center for the Boston series is just under $4,000.) (go lakes!)

What recession?

“‘This is the biggest thing I’ve experienced at Staples Center since it opened,’ said Tim Leiweke, president of AEG, owner and operator of the arena. ‘We’ve had the Grammys, concerts, championship fights, figure skating and the Pac 10 tournament along with the five teams that play here, but I’ve never seen anything like this… . People are buying premier seats [starting at $15,000 each] for next season to get the right to buy tickets for this series.’” - LA Times

According to StubHub, the average resale price for the Finals is $772 in Los Angeles and $547 in Boston. In last year’s championship series, between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs, the average was $366 in Cleveland, $311 in San Antonio. (Face value for the most expensive seat at Staples Center for the Boston series is just under $4,000.)

(go lakes!)