Ticket Prices Skyrocket for Knicks Playoff Games

There’s something almost unbelievable about the Knicks’ impressive 10-game playoff winning streak—but it might be the ticket prices for Madison Square Garden that truly astonish.

Following the Knicks’ triumphant 3-0 win over the Cavaliers, two tickets for a potential Game 3 of the NBA Finals have already changed hands, and the price tag is staggering.

Darren Lovell, a sports business reporter, mentioned that two courtside tickets were sold on StubHub for an eye-popping $279,804.

Yes, you read that right. The first two courtside seats for the Knicks’ first home playoff game in nearly three decades have been sold for that amount. It’s quite a headline.

The secondary market prices are jaw-dropping, especially for fans wanting to see the Knicks attempt to shake off a championship drought that spans over five decades. As of Sunday morning, the cheapest ticket for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden is listed at $3,265—located in section 418.

If you’re hoping to get a bit closer to the action, you might want to consider section 6D. Those tickets are listed for around $192,000 at SeatGeek, a price higher than many one-bedroom apartments in midtown Manhattan. I mean, can you believe that?

How does this stack up against the Western Conference Finals? Well, if the Thunder make it to the Finals, the market for tickets at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City shows a high price of about $12,339 for seats in Section 106.

Meanwhile, if the Spurs end up hosting Game 1, the most costly tickets at San Antonio’s Frostbank Center hover around $21,803 for center court seating and $29,126 for box seats.

To put it into perspective, the price for decent seats at those venues would be around $1,000, which is still significantly less than what’s being asked at The Garden. It really puts things in a different light, doesn’t it?