Overview
- After the NBA released its full schedule this week, resale platforms reported the Sixers in nine of TickPick’s 10 most expensive games, led by the Oct. 20 Knicks at Sixers matchup at Madison Square Garden.
- TickPick lists the Oct. 20 game with an average purchase price of about $2,605 and lowest resale tickets near $1,900, while SeatGeek and StubHub show minimums around $1,900 and maximums that reach tens of thousands of dollars.
- The Sixers’ Oct. 22 home opener has cheapest resale seats near $500, roughly five times the approximate $100 entry price for last season’s home opener, showing demand has climbed for both home and away dates.
- Resale platforms quantified the surge: TickPick said away-game demand rose roughly 3.5 times year-over-year and StubHub reported search demand up about 12 times, though listings include extreme outliers such as near-$70,000 tickets.
- Analysts link the market reaction to LeBron’s signing plus additions like Jaylen Brown and existing stars Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, and they caution these early secondary-market figures are indicators that may change when primary sales and official team pricing are set.