NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks fever has set the stage for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs to be a must-see event — inside Madison Square Garden and on the streets and in bars across New York City.More than three hours before the scheduled 8:42 p.m. tipoff, fans in blue and orange were chanting “Let’s go Knicks!” and “Knicks in four!” outside the arena. Some were already in line to get in.“This is my son here, so taking him to the finals, you can’t really put a price on the experience and it’s priceless,” said Greg Weldon, who flew in from Florida to attend a finals game like he did when New York won it all in 1970 and ’73. “It’s like that commercial: The tickets, ridiculous; the hassle getting in, ridiculous — the experience, priceless.”With the Knicks in the finals for the first time since 1999 and leading the series 2-0, their first home game this round was a hot ticket. The get-in price exceeded the average cost of rent in the biggest U.S. city.
The cheapest upper-deck seats available were going for over $5,000 on resale platforms like StubHub, SeatGeek and VividSeats. The experience of being courtside goes for more than $75,000.
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