Most fans would give an arm, a leg or just about any other body part to be able to be courtside for the dramatic moments of an NBA Finals Game 7.
StubHub, the nation’s largest secondary market for tickets can now quantify the exact price for that experience, as the company announced it had sold a pair of tickets for $99,000 or $49,500 apiece for the climactic game in Oakland on Sunday between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.
It is the highest price ever fetched on the service for a non-suite ticket to any sporting event in the company’s 16-year history. The price also topped what was the going rate on the Warriors official resale site, where a pair of tickets sold for just over $40,000 apiece on Friday.
As for the buyer of said crazy-expensive tickets? StubHub would not reveal the name, only saying the buyer was “well known.” Given the nature of the ticket location it’s a sure bet we’ll be able to figure that name out by the end of the game (could it be Drake? It’s probably Drake).
The ticket prices easily topped the previous record for any NBA game, which was set at $37,000 for Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.
In comparison to other big-time sporting events, StubHub said they sold ringside seats to the Floyd Mayweather – Manny Pacquiao fight for $35,000.
Shortly after the news was announced, eBay CEO Devin Wenig claimed to have sold his tickets to Game 7 for $112K.
I thought 99k for a pair court side was amazing. Then we sold a pair for 112k. @StubHub #NBAFinals
— Devin Wenig (@devinwenig) June 18, 2016
The point is, a lot of rich people are making a lot of money off this game.
[ESPN]