BASKET CASE: LAKERS-NETS TICKETS SKY-HIGH.Byline: Dereck Andrade Staff Writer If you're thinking of heading to Game 1 of the National Basketball Association playoffs The NBA Playoffs is a four-round best-of-seven elimination tournament between sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conferences (called Divisions, pre-1970) of the National Basketball Association, ultimately determining the league champion. between the New Jersey Nets and the Lakers on Wednesday night at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. , you'd better be prepared to spend big bucks. A pair of front-row, courtside court·side n. The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball. tickets will set you back a cool $27,000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Murray's Tickets, a Los Angeles-based ticket broker, which as of Monday afternoon had four of the tickets with a face value of $2,000 apiece for sale at $13,500 each on its Web site. It's the highest asking price ever for any U.S. sporting event on record through a broker, according to several Southland ticket brokers who specialize in top events, including the Super Bowl. For that 675 percent markup, you could rub elbows with some of Hollywood's courtside royalty, such as Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. , Dustin Hoffman Noun 1. Dustin Hoffman - versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) Hoffman and Billy Crystal - or maybe even have Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). fall on you as he goes for a loose ball. Barry's Ticket Service Inc., an Encino-based broker, is charging between $9,000 and $10,000 for a front-row, courtside seat. Its least expensive seats start at $175. ``I would guess the people who buy those seats are very wealthy and very big fans,'' said owner Barry Rudin, who said the demand for Lakers tickets is intense. ``A lot of Hollywood studios also buy them for their stars.'' All four NBA Finals games at Staples Center are sold out, according to officials at Ticketmaster, the online firm that sells tickets for all Staples Center events. ``If you are calling for the Los Angeles Lakers championship finals, there are no tickets available through Ticketmaster at this time,'' a recorded telephone message says. For those who can't afford a $13,000 seat, there's always eBay, where you can still get a ``bargain,'' with tickets ranging from $100 for nose-bleed seats in the far reaches of the 19,282-seat Staples Center to $2,500 for seats 12 rows up from courtside. ``There's a very strong demand,'' Rudin said. ``People are excited because the last series went seven games.'' |
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