Knicks fever is once again gripping the New York area, and the latest fervor is pushing tickets toward Super Bowl-level pricing.
The Knicks will face the Cavaliers in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals, with Game 1 set for Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Though the Knicks advanced to the conference final last year, and also made a run to the second round of the playoffs in 2024, this current squad is widely seen as far stronger.
New York just swept the 76ers in the conference semifinals, winning two of the four games by more than 30 points. That followed a six-game series win over the Hawks in the first round, capped by a blowout road victory in Atlanta by 51 points, and the Knicks are currently favored to win the upcoming series against Cleveland.
As a result, Knicks tickets are going for sharply elevated prices across the ticket resale market. The team notified season-ticket holders over the weekend about ticket availability for potential NBA Finals games at MSG. That step, along with the team’s continued playoff march, has pushed resale pricing for any of four potential Finals games at MSG to begin at about $2,500 per ticket on multiple marketplaces.
That get-in price is starting to approach the roughly $3,800 entry-level figure on the resale markets for February’s Super Bowl LX, and is essentially on par with Super Bowl LIX early last year in New Orleans. Further ticket price increases are expected during the course of the conference finals against the Cavaliers. High-end pricing, meanwhile, already shows the initial resale asks for NBA Finals seats at MSG soaring well into five figures.
