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October 11, 2014LeBron James is back in Cleveland, and the secondary ticket market is aware. The underwhelming season the Cavaliers had just a season ago has been all but erased as the regular season kicks off later this month and Quicken Loans Arena will rightfully experience massive increases in ticket price for home games. In addition to the team regaining LeBron, acquiring Kevin Love and owning impressive home prices, the Cavs will also be the most expensive team on the road this season. The hype was abundant throughout the league before the Cavs have even hit the court for a preseason game.
The average price for Cavaliers tickets on the secondary market this season is $380.85—458% above their season average of $68.17 from a season ago.
Out on the road, the Cavs also control the highest away average in the league for their stops in different NBA cities. Across their 41 road games, Cavaliers tickets average at $351.45 on the secondary market. Though slightly less than what they’ll see at home this season, the team’s road average exhibits the increasing amount of desire fans have across the nation to see LeBron back in a Cavs uniform as he makes his return in wine and gold colors.
On the secondary market, the Cavs will have their most expensive home game of the season against the Knicks on October 30. The game, which will be the first of the season, currently owns a secondary average of $1130.73 and get-in price starts at $265. The cheapest seat available at the game will barely trails what the Knicks, one of the most expensive teams in the league each year, will average all season long at the Garden. Knicks tickets average at $286.64, almost 25% cheaper than what seats in Cleveland will average at this season.
Other top-priced home games on the Cavaliers schedule this season include a January 25 game against the Thunder, which averages $610.40 on the secondary market, and a February 8 visit from the Lakers, who average a $605 ticket for their early-February game. Even the team’s cheapest game against the Pelicans on November 10 will cost a pretty penny. That game currently owns a secondary average of $210.41, with a get-in price of $41.
There’s no denying the considerable amount of interest LeBron and his new team have attracted since he announced his decision to return to Cleveland in July. The Cavaliers will likely dominate in a relatively weak Eastern Conference as kinks will work themselves out in the early stages of the season. Those kinks will be small, however, as the perennial postseason experience LeBron has formed over the last 11 years will sweep away any chance of repeating their dismal 33-49 season from just a year ago.
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you can get in the door for $125 at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. Almost twice that at MSG.
At some point in the near future, this has to come crashing down. When will people stop paying 4x the price for tickets that they never even have access to in the first place? It’s time for venues to make ALL tickets available to the FANS instead of allowing the scalping agents to cherry pick first.
I’d love to go see the Cavs when they come to town but I’d rather have a new Xbox or Playstation, frankly.
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Dan Gilbert approves!