MLB '09

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

All really good points. One of the problems for the NBA is certainly their ticket prices. Last year I took my daughter and 3 of her friends to a Suns game for her B-day. 3 rows from the top of the arena, $65 per ticket. Ouch. I had a former player of mine give me two 3rd row tickets to the Suns-Lakers game last Sunday. Face value was $225 each. Double ouch (except to me they were free).

Well, with about 1/3 the seating capacity at basketball venues vs. most baseball stadiums, you'd expect ticket prices to be higher. The Dodgers' website doesn't have prices listed at the moment since tickets aren't on sale (they've announced they won't raise prices over last season). But from memory, I know the cheapest seats are around $15. Whereas the most expensive (not including luxury suites) are well over $100, I think possibly over $200 or $300. Average price (not including luxury suites) is $29.50 according to one article. Looking at the site for Staples Center, prices range from $10 to $260. Seems about comparable, I didn't realize that. Although I would venture that there's a higher percentage of decent seats at the lower prices at Dodger Stadium than at Staples Center.

ETA: There we go. Average ticket price for a Lakers game is almost $90. So while there are cheaper seats available at Staples vs. Dodger Stadium, there are proportionately fewer of them, and, by nature of the games and the seating, the cheaper seats at Dodgers Stadium probably offer a less degraded viewing experience than the cheaper seats at Staples.