Overview
- Game 3 on Monday saw extreme ticket demand at Madison Square Garden with many fans reporting they paid thousands to enter the arena.
- Secondary-market “get-in” prices moved quickly with game results, swinging from roughly $4,000 up to estimates near $13,000 on platforms such as SeatGeek, StubHub and TickPick.
- The Knicks confirmed that a pair of courtside seats for Game 3 were auctioned for $1 million, a team-driven sale that directly monetized scarce premium inventory.
- Multiple fans described paying large sums: one buyer paid $6,900 on SeatGeek, another couple paid $5,500 each, and a family of four paid about $6,800 per ticket.
- The surge reflects limited official allocations and season-ticket resales that funnel revenue to the team and resellers while prompting protests about access and unequal fan opportunities.