None of these are a fare comparison even though I think the Devils are overpriced.
Baseball has twice as many games and some ridiculous stretches with home games going almost every day for a week sometimes. It's much harder to get people to commit to a full season for that. Plus the worst seats in a baseball stadium are way further away than the worst seats in prudential.
MLS is also not a good comparison, niche league that is still growing that many people still think is a **** league that doesn't have the best players in the world like our other leagues. Of course their prices have to be priced accordingly.
Are the Islanders cheap get in prices the partial view at Barclays that you only see half a game? They are in limbo right now until the new stadium opens in Belmont because most of the fans are avoiding Barclays and just going to Nassau since their season is split between the two currently. I'm more curious to see what they charge in the new Belmont arena when it opens.
Nobody cares about the Nets except for the bandwangon fans when the team is good, which hasn't been very often anyway. They have had several years of just giving away free tickets on comp websites.
The only thing you need to know is how the market values Devils tickets vs. how the team values them. You can get tickets for (virtually) any February game for under $30. What's the lowest sth cost? Yes, i know the team stinks, but that includes some matinee games, as well as mid-week games that usually draw a decent crowd (Pens, Habs). This includes (what I have to assume is) the team dumping hundreds of tickets below sth prices (or the most foolish ticket brokers in history)
No one buys individual game Devils tickets in advance (with the exception of a game or two here or there). There is no need to, because even when the team was good, there would always be tickets available at the box office and (for most games) tickets available on the secondary market (even with fees) below box office prices That dynamic will only change if they can even sell out most of the arena as season tickets ... of course, there is a bit of a catch-22, as (unless someone is going to virtually every game, including the "marquee matchups", they can get better pricing over the course of the season in the secondary market (with no risk, etc.).
I think they were trending in the right direction when they lowered some prices dramatically (i.e., in the 100s). Unfortunately, the on-ice fell apart and they thought they could keep raising prices through it all.
