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- NBA Finals tickets are averaging $4,150, the highest since TicketIQ began tracking in 2011.
- Big cities and star players like Luka Dončić and Jayson Tatum appear to be pushing prices higher.
- This year's prices are 79% higher than 2023.
This year's NBA Finals has hit a perfect storm of being played in big cities with lots of star power, and getting into the games is expensive.
According to data collected by TicketIQ, an event ticket search engine, the average price for tickets on the resale market was $4,150 as of Monday, four days before Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
The average price is the most expensive ever seen for the NBA Finals since TicketIQ began tracking the data in 2011.