What was already one of the hottest tickets in sports is now reaching scalding levels.
After the Knicks clinched their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 Monday, tickets for three potential home games at Madison Square Garden are now fully at Super Bowl-like levels—with further rises in the next two weeks quite possible.
After hovering around $2,500 per ticket last week, low-end, get-in pricing for an NBA Finals Game 3 at MSG—now set for Monday, June 8— is now around $3,700 per ticket as demand continues to grow. That’s right in line with the $3,800 per ticket for February’s Super Bowl LX in the final days before that NFL title game.
On the other end of the pricing scale, prime seats near the MSG court for Game 3 of the NBA Finals are frequently being listed for more than $50,000 each, and individual reports are surfacing of courtside seats selling for nearly $140,000 each.
Secondary market pricing for Game 4 of the NBA Finals at MSG starts at $3,400, and pricing for a potential Game 6 in New York begins at nearly $5,000. The Knicks are assured of hosting Games 3 and 4, and Game 6—if it happens—as the team had a worse regular-season record than either of the two Western Conference finalists, the Spurs and the Thunder.
