Pistons tickets are really, really, really cheap in secondary online market
In January, 20 percent of Pistons tickets resold online went for $5 or fewer and 33 percent went $10 or fewer, according to Will Flaherty of SeatGeek. The chart Flaherty provided Deadspin doesn’t specify whether those are league highs – though, it certainly appears they are – but the Pistons have the largest increase in both categories from January 2011 to this January.
If that seems cheap to attend an NBA game, remember, it’s probably about the going rate for a Vanilla Ice concert.
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Feb 10, 2012 • 1:38 pm
by Leo
Last year, I was getting behind the hoop seats like 5-9 rows up for $8-15.
Feb 10, 2012 • 3:28 pm
by Justin
As someone who buys almost exclusively in the secondary market, I’ve found that tickets for Pistons games have been more expensive than last year. Without getting into too many details, in 09-10 and 10-11 seasons, there were more tickets on the resale market, due to their being more season ticket holders and/or season ticket re-salers on the market. So, supply was high, and demand was low, giving you much better bang (row 1 upper corner or center) for $5. This year I have found that there are MUCH fewer tickets on sites like stubhub, and when you scout the $5-10 seats, you are sitting in less prime areas. Games are still very cheap, but I feel like now, since tickets that used to be desperately dropping on resale are now still sitting in the palace box office, you can get cheap seats, but the value of cheap resale tickets has diminished. Still, if you are patient, the secondary market much better deals than buying from the Pistons direct.