Vegas Conf Finals ticket prices are skyrocketing

[razor ray]

Golden Knights playoff ticket prices up to $5K for Game 4 – Las Vegas Review-Journal

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[Bixby Snyder]

That's nice but in real hardcore hockey markets people stand outside the building and watch on big screen TVs for free while tickets are still available.

 

[LadyStanley]

Hundreds outside T Mobile tonight watching on big screens.

 

[Nick1219]

Weird attention grabbing headline. Someone can post tickets for a trillion dollars... doesn't mean anyone is going to pay that ridiculous number.

 

[Bookie21]

Hundreds outside T Mobile tonight watching on big screens.

Thousands down at the D on Fremont too and Lots more at the Red Rock party! What a city! They're really embracing this team

 

[willy702]

Funny my tickets which I competitively priced on Stubhub all week didn't sell until 10 minutes before the cutoff time. I made a whopping $9/ticket after paying fees from what I paid for my season tickets.

Knights were pretty savvy at reading the market and charging a LOT more for this past round to the point where everyone I talked to who sold tickets made little to nothing on them. Let's see what happens in the Finals. I'm thinking what was $35 a game for my regular season ticket is going to cost me about 10 times as much. I made plenty during the regular season season selling about 3/4 of them so I won't complain, but still hard to believe any other teams would charge 6 to 7 times as much for a Conference Final seat than a regular season seat.

 

[The Duck Knight]

Funny my tickets which I competitively priced on Stubhub all week didn't sell until 10 minutes before the cutoff time. I made a whopping $9/ticket after paying fees from what I paid for my season tickets.

Knights were pretty savvy at reading the market and charging a LOT more for this past round to the point where everyone I talked to who sold tickets made little to nothing on them. Let's see what happens in the Finals. I'm thinking what was $35 a game for my regular season ticket is going to cost me about 10 times as much. I made plenty during the regular season season selling about 3/4 of them so I won't complain, but still hard to believe any other teams would charge 6 to 7 times as much for a Conference Final seat than a regular season seat.

I think the Knights definitely overestimated the demand for tickets at those price points. Tickets sat at face value for days for this round, whereas they were gone pretty much instantly for the first 2 rounds. I'm expecting $350 per game for the cheapest seat for the SCF. That's going to price a lot of people out, while also making it hard for STH's to break even selling them.

 

[BattleBorn]

Playoff tickets are eventually going to double since the league gets their half for revenue sharing. My $55/seat tickets were $170/seat for the conference finals, and I'm sure I'm looking at $250/each for the Final.

It's important to remember that the teams involved only get to keep half of the money, though.

 

[willy702]

Playoff tickets are eventually going to double since the league gets their half for revenue sharing. My $55/seat tickets were $170/seat for the conference finals, and I'm sure I'm looking at $250/each for the Final.

It's important to remember that the teams involved only get to keep half of the money, though.

That's the power of the Vow, which I agreed with. I really wish I could go to all the games, but I couldn't so I didn't take it and now instead of paying 3 times as much as you are, I'm paying 7 times as much. I'm wondering if they will let up a bit on the price increases since they can see how much the sellers made with everything going through Stubhub. It couldn't have been much. Maybe instead of doubling the prices from the WCF they just increase them by 30-40%.

 

[LadyStanley]

FWIW, my first glance at StubHub for the first SCF game had tickets priced starting ~$1k. That was yesterday. Down to $840 this afternoon.

Game "2" $800 and up. Game "3" $1045 and up.

At those prices, I will be very happily watching from home. I could even throw a watch party for less.

 

[cbcwpg]

Tickets for first Stanley Cup Final game in Las Vegas reach $10K on StubHub

On StubHub, a dominant resale site, asking prices for a ticket to the Knights’ first home game of the NHL’s championship round started at $836 on Tuesday and topped out at a jaw-dropping $10,260.
By Tuesday afternoon, some 2,300 tickets were available on StubHub for the game, and the average sales price was $1,167.

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Seems a few people are more interested in making money than actually watching their team play.

 

[IceNeophyte]

Playoff tickets are eventually going to double since the league gets their half for revenue sharing. My $55/seat tickets were $170/seat for the conference finals, and I'm sure I'm looking at $250/each for the Final.

It's important to remember that the teams involved only get to keep half of the money, though.

OTOH, there is no athlete pay coming out of playoffs gate.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Seems a few people are more interested in making money than actually watching their team play

Still bitter huh?

 

[cbcwpg]

Still bitter huh?

Bitter about what? I'm just surprised more than anything, because if my team was playing in the Finals, no amount of money would get me to sell my tickets.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Bitter about what? I'm just surprised more than anything, because if my team was playing in the Finals, no amount of money would get me to sell my tickets.

It happens in every f***ing market, I'm sure it happened in Winnipeg last round and if the Jets had advanced people there would be selling their tickets for ridiculous amounts. I know when the Canucks were in the final, tickets were selling for crazy prices on the second-hand market.

 

[Yukon Joe]

It happens in every ****ing market, I'm sure it happened in Winnipeg last round and if the Jets had advanced people there would be selling their tickets for ridiculous amounts. I know when the Canucks were in the final, tickets were selling for crazy prices on the second-hand market.

It certainly did happen in Winnipeg. Fans would go 'well if I sell my tickets for one game, that'll pay for the rest of my tickets for this series'.

 

[LadyStanley]

OTOH, there is no athlete pay coming out of playoffs gate.

Not exactly true. The league pays players a playoff bonus.

 

[IceNeophyte]

Not exactly true. The league pays players a playoff bonus.

Yes, but that comes out of the league split.

 

[robertocarlos]

That's nice but in real hardcore hockey markets people stand outside the building and watch on big screen TVs for free while tickets are still available.

We know deal in Winnipeg.

 

[LadyStanley]

Golden Knights Stanley Cup Final tickets go on sale Friday

SCF tickets on sale to public Friday. Prices start ~$385.

 

[willy702]

I was pleasantly surprised the Knights let up on me, "only" $275 for the Finals. The progression slowed down a lot. If I actually can get $800 a ticket then I can attend two and sell a third game and be close to even.

 

[alko]

How much in Washington?

 

[LadyStanley]

Stanley Cup tickets too expensive? Take out a loan

Local credit union is suggesting you take out a loan to be able to go to games.

Seems a bit financially irresponsible, IMHO, but then I'm not a "new" hockey fanatic.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

Tickets for first Stanley Cup Final game in Las Vegas reach $10K on StubHub

On StubHub, a dominant resale site, asking prices for a ticket to the Knights’ first home game of the NHL’s championship round started at $836 on Tuesday and topped out at a jaw-dropping $10,260.
By Tuesday afternoon, some 2,300 tickets were available on StubHub for the game, and the average sales price was $1,167.

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Seems a few people are more interested in making money than actually watching their team play.

The jets had trouble selling out their 15k arena @ $600 canadian in the WCF.

Knights arena was sold out with with tickets priced drastically higher. They also had crazy amounts of fans outside and the game yesterday showed more than the white out ever produced.

 

[LadyStanley]

About an hour before game 1 puck drop, checked prices on StubHub. Cheapest was more than $600.