Tickets for Warriors vs. Thunder Game 7 aren't cheap
Golden State Warriors fans likely didn’t expect the Western Conference Finals to get this far after the team's record-setting regular season, but they appear willing to shell out serious cash for Monday night's decisive game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The average list price hovered at more than $900 as of about noon ET on Monday, a price that rivals some of the most expensive non-NBA Final games over the years. That list price is a 32% dip from the immediate hours after the Warriors forced a Game 7 with a victory on Saturday, according to online ticket aggregator TiqIQ.
“Ticket brokers are still trying to figure out where to get the prices down to a place where people will start buying them,” Chris Matcovich, the VP of data and communications at TiqIQ, told USA TODAY Sports. “I think the prices will come down as game time approaches, but not by too much further.”
The most expensive NBA conference final game in recent years, according to TiqIQ, was Game 6 of the west finals in 2012 (San Antonio Spurs vs. Thunder) that had a final list price of a $911 on the secondary market.
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The average price a ticket has actually sold for on the secondary market was $712 for Monday's game.
The asking prices for most expensive seats courtside are in excess of $35,000. Seventeen tickets listed on StubHub exceeded $10,000 each. The cheapest seat at Oracle Arena listed on StubHub was $300.
The Warriors, who trailed 3-1 in the series, are 7-point favorites in Las Vegas and 53% of bettors are putting their money on Golden State to cover that spread, according to bet-tracking site OddShark. Betting the “over” (total points scored) is a more popular bet as 63% of bettors expect the game to surpass 218 points, according to OddShark.
As far as ticket prices go, Monday night’s opening game of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh is a bargain.
The average sale price for Game 1 between the San Jose Sharks has averaged $398 and the lowest-priced seat is listed for $266, according to TiqIQ. The most expensive seats on StubHub were listed for about $1,200.
