Courtside seats 166 and 167 at the arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play their home games are pretty much as good as it gets. (More Basketball News)
Seats are fast filling up as LeBron James nears Kareem Abdul-Jabbar바카라s NBA scoring record and some will have an up-close view, with their feet on the very hardwood where the history-making shot happens.
Courtside seats 166 and 167 at the arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play their home games are pretty much as good as it gets. (More Basketball News)
The people occupying those chairs when LeBron James breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar바카라s NBA scoring record will have an up-close view, with their feet on the very hardwood where the history-making shot happens.
History, in this case, comes with a cost.
On Monday, those seats for Tuesday바카라s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder could have been had for $75,000 바카라 each. Total price for the two seats with Ticketmaster fees: $181,500. And there바카라s no guarantee James will even break the record on Tuesday; in fact, at his current scoring pace, he would be just shy of the mark when the Thunder game ends.
Which is why those same seats are even pricier Thursday for the Lakers바카라 next game against the Milwaukee Bucks 바카라 the two teams Abdul-Jabbar played for during his Hall of Fame career. For that game: $242,000, including the fees. But history suggests prices will come down; industry experts have long said extravagantly priced tickets rarely fetch the giant number listed.
Don바카라t be mistaken, though. The best seats will still cost plenty.
바카라For the game on Thursday, we did sell a pair of tickets, courtside seats, for $24,000 a ticket, $48,000 total,바카라 said Kyle Zorn, a brand manager at the online ticket marketplace TickPick. 바카라I feel like people are betting on the storyline that he does it against Kareem바카라s former team, but he could easily score 36 points Tuesday and then the market for the game Thursday could completely crash.바카라
Whenever the record falls 바카라 maybe Tuesday, maybe Thursday, and it바카라s doubtful the chase goes past that unless James isn바카라t playing for some reason 바카라 it will be an event.
The NBA has already changed the national television schedule for Tuesday, rearranging things to get the Lakers-Thunder game into the second slot of the usual TNT doubleheader for that night 바카라 with Commissioner Adam Silver saying the league wanted to make sure it got as many eyeballs on the record-breaking moment as possible.
The Lakers will be back on TNT against the Bucks on Thursday, plus have another national TV audience awaiting Saturday when they visit Golden State on ABC. Those were previously scheduled that way, no rearranging required.
Silver said the NBA will pay tribute when James passes Abdul-Jabbar바카라s total of 38,387 points, with likely a larger-scale celebration of the record at All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City later this month.
바카라There바카라s no doubt we will stop that game and make sure we record for history, the ball, the basket, the uniform,바카라 Silver said. 바카라We바카라ll stop and make sure that we바카라ve done our jobs as the archivists of the NBA. At the same time, there바카라s that balance that they will be playing against a team that will very much want to win that night and not be distracted. Most likely we will do something in the moment.바카라
Common sense will likely prevail there: If James gets the record with a minute to go in a close game, for example, the NBA probably won바카라t interrupt the proceedings with a lengthy stoppage. If it happens early, a brief halting of play wouldn바카라t be unprecedented.
But for those who want to see it all happen in person, whether that바카라s from courtside seats or the upper levels of the arena, it바카라ll still cost a pretty penny.
Speaking on Monday, and with the market likely to fluctuate until game time, Zorn said the cheapest get-in-the-door price for Tuesday바카라s game was around $176 바카라 about half what it was a week ago, with most people guessing the record falls against the Bucks 바카라 and $796 for Thursday바카라s game.
바카라It바카라s weird how prices for the game on Tuesday have decreased so significantly, as if it바카라s like a guarantee that he바카라s breaking it on Thursday,바카라 Zorn said.
Many price points are likely out of reach for most fans. Then again, if there바카라s a Thunder fan in L.A. who really wants to see their team, they might just want to wait for March 24. The Thunder will be back that night.
Cheapest ticket right now for that game 바카라 about $60.