NBA ticket prices down 26/11/2010 |
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Most of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 30 teams either kept their average ticket prices unchanged or reduced them this year as the weak US economy continued to affect North American professional sports leagues.
The average ticket price went down 2.5 per cent to $48.08, a year after it fell 2.8 per cent to mark the first decline in eight years, according to Team Marketing Report (TMR), which compiles such data for all the major North American sports leagues.
While average prices for the National Hockey League, National Football League and Major League Baseball all rose this year, 18 baseball teams, 15 football teams and 11 hockey teams cut ticket prices or kept them unchanged, according to TMR.
In the NBA, 19 teams cut prices, while six kept them flat. Only five teams increased prices on average, led by the Orlando Magic, up 6.7 per cent to $43. The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers' average price rose 2.1 per cent to a league-leading $99.25.
The New York Knicks had the second-highest average price at $88.66, unchanged from last year, but its Fan Cost Index (FCI) – the cost of taking a family of four to a game – led the league at $505.64, TMR added.
The overall average NBA FCI – which includes the cost of four tickets, two beers, four soft drinks, four hot dogs, parking, two game programmes and two caps – rose 1 per cent to $289.51.
The NBA teams with the biggest declines in average ticket prices were the Detroit Pistons (down 10 per cent to $42.76), Sacramento Kings (down 9.9 per cent to $51.80), Charlotte Bobcats (down 9.9 per cent to $29.96) and the Washington Wizards (down 9.9 per cent to $24.52), TMR said.
The NBA team with the least expensive average ticket was the Memphis Grizzlies at $23.18, which was down 3.9 per cent from last year. Memphis also has the lower FCI at $173.72.
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