The American Professional Basketball League (NBA) has become the most expensive sports league in the United States due to the price increase for the second year in a row, with an average of 5 1 US$ 02 cents (equivalent to RMB 420 yuan), resulting in a significant decline in court attendance.
Usually, ticket prices go up because of the opening of new venues. For example, the opening of five venues last year led to an increase in ticket prices 14%. However, there is no new venue in the NBA in the new season. Among the 29 teams, 19 teams have reached the average ticket price. So far, only 1 1 team has sold all the home tickets, while the tickets for Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks are particularly neglected. Most teams have less than 12000 people at home this season.
After the ticket price rose by 4.3%, the NBA in the new season became the first league whose ticket price exceeded $50. In contrast, tickets for American football are $48.97, tickets for ice hockey are $47.69 and tickets for baseball are only $65,438+$06.65.
New york Knicks is one of the few teams with a full home, so tickets are naturally the most expensive, with an average of $965,438 +0. 15. Followed by the Los Angeles Lakers ($87.69) and Portland Trailblazers ($70.43). Washington Wizards dropped from second place to sixth place ($60.46), while Milwaukee Bucks had the cheapest ticket, with an average of $33.6438+0.6.
NBA President Stern introduced new measures after last season's labor dispute, and each team must ensure that there are 500 tickets with a fare of $65,438+00 or less for each game. This measure is effective now, and many other alliances have followed suit. Baseball and ice hockey leagues even offer family tickets, parking and meal "packages" worth less than $80.