{"id":19583,"date":"2024-05-10T12:57:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=19583"},"modified":"2024-05-10T12:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:57:38","slug":"lebron-lakers-hottest-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/lebron-lakers-hottest-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"With LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers Most In-Demand NBA Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers-tickets\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> have become the most talked-about team ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/events\/nba-tickets\">2018-19 NBA season<\/a>, thanks to acquiring LeBron James from Cleveland in the off-season. Now, with a new season tipping off in less than two weeks, the Lakers have also become the league&#8217;s hottest squad on the secondary ticket market.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>An impressive 14 of the NBA&#8217;s 30 teams ranked clashes with the Lakers as their best-selling home game of the upcoming season, according to Ticket Club data. They previously nabbed nine of the best-selling games in other cities in 2015-16 but failed to do so once in the past two seasons. The smart play and all-star roster of reigning NBA champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/teams\/golden-state-warriors-tickets\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> have led them to dominate sales on the road, earning best-selling games in 20 different cities last season, down five from their unstoppable 2016-17 campaign. Now, with all eyes on LeBron in Los Angeles, Steph Curry and the Warriors notched top marks in only nine regions.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia, New Orleans, Portland, San Antonio and Washington are among the markets most eager to see the Lakers visit and have garnered impressive sales. As expected, the LA&#8217;s first visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/teams\/cleveland-cavaliers-tickets\">Cleveland<\/a> is the best-selling game thus far for the Cavs, who are still reeling from the loss of their former star.<\/p>\n<p>While the Lakers may have edged Golden State with the most best-selling single games, the Warriors still hold the league&#8217;s highest season average ticket price for the fourth consecutive year. Their projected season average ticket went up from last year and currently stands at roughly $322. However, the Lakers&#8217;s own average drastically increased to $267, the highest they&#8217;ve seen since Kobe Bryant&#8217;s final season in 2015-16. With LeBron James now off their roster, Cleveland&#8217;s already-moderate average has dropped even further.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19585 aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Average-Ticket-Prices-LAWarriorsCavs.png\" alt=\"Average Ticket Prices - Lakers,Warriors,Cavs\" width=\"572\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Average-Ticket-Prices-LAWarriorsCavs.png 572w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Average-Ticket-Prices-LAWarriorsCavs-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Four-time league MVP James is already proving to elicit the same kind of star-power that Lakers legend Bryant brought to LA. His highly-anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/tickets\/los-angeles-lakers-vs-houston-rockets-2018-10-20-3613666\">Oct. 20 home debut<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/teams\/houston-rockets-tickets\">Houston<\/a> has racked up a staggering average ticket price of nearly $515 apiece and is the Lakers&#8217; preliminary best-seller ahead of the season. Their best-selling game last season was a December 18 meeting with Golden State, which also honored Bryant with a historic double retirement of both his #8 and #24 jerseys. Tickets for that night went for over $750 on average. In 2016, Lakers fans rapidly flooded the secondary market to make an April 13 clash against Utah &#8211; Bryant&#8217;s final game of his remarkable 20-year career &#8211; the season&#8217;s dominant top-seller, with an unprecedented average ticket price of over $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of overall team sales, the New York Knicks are among Ticket Club&#8217;s strongest performers with early-season match-ups against Golden State, Brooklyn, Boston and Chicago falling just below the 2019 All Star Game to be the league&#8217;s top five sellers. Additionally, holiday games have remained strong sellers since the <a href=\"\/blog\/2018-19-nba-schedule-season-preview\/\">early schedule<\/a> was released. Blockbuster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/events\/nba-tickets\">Christmas Day clashes<\/a> include Bucks vs. Knicks, 76ers vs. Celtics, Trail Blazers vs. Jazz, OKC vs. Houston and Lakers vs. Warriors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have become the most talked-about team ahead of the 2018-19 NBA season, thanks to acquiring LeBron James from Cleveland in the off-season. 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