Stanley Cup Final tickets more expensive than this year’s Super Bowl tickets
If you’re planning on attending the Stanley Cup Final between the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers in either of the two largest markets in the country, you better be prepared to fork over a hefty sum as it’s going to cost you more to get in the stadium for the Cup Final than it would have for this year’s Super Bowl.
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The face value of Rangers tickets ranged from $480 to $2,490, while Kings seats cost either $349 or $629 if you were lucky enough to get your tickets from the team’s official websites.
“The get-in price for the first two games is now higher than the get-in price to the Super Bowl this year.”
However if you weren’t so lucky and had to turn to Stubhub to get your entry into the Staples Center for Games 1 or 2 or Madison Square Garden for Games 3 or 4, your median price according to Stubhub is $628 and $626 in L.A. and $1,235 and $1,329 in New York.
The major markets are playing a significant role in this as you would suspect and the price could come down over the next couple of days, but the high price would indicate that plenty of New Yorkers are jumping on the Rangers bandwagon.
“It seems like everyone is a Rangers fan now,” Jason Berger tells ESPN’s Darren Rovell, partner in AllShows.com, one of New York City’s biggest ticket brokers. “The get-in price for the first two games is now higher than the get-in price to the Super Bowl this year.”
I don’t blame New York fans for being anxious to see Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers play for the Cup for the first time since Mark Messier, Mike Richter, Brian Leetch and others won the 1994 Stanley Cup. However, I don’t know who would be willing to pay these astronomical prices.
According to Rovell, “ticket aggregator TiqIQ said the average listed resale ticket price for Game 3 in New York is $2,197, while Game 4 is $2,347.”
Would you be willing to pay that price to see one hockey game with zero guarantee that your team would win?
Or would you be more prone to watch it for free on your high-definition television in the comfort of your home with food and beverages much cheaper than they would be in the Garden?