Ahead of the start of the 2024-25 NBA season, we have gathered relevant information for fans who are planning to see their favorite team in the upcoming season.
To be specific, we analyzed 30 NBA teams and collected:
- Average prices of tickets for a family of four
- Children's admission policies per arena
- Parking prices
- Price of four team hats (merchandise)
Average ticket prices
According to the results of our analysis, New York Knicks (Madison Square Garden) have the most expensive NBA tickets ($692 for 4 tickets), while Portland Trail Blazers (Moda Center) have the cheapest NBA tickets ($36).
When taking all of the teams into account, $141 is the average price of 4 tickets to see a game.
Parking Prices
According to the results of our analysis, Los Angeles Clippers (Intuit Dome) have the most expensive parking ($49), while Detroit Pistons (Little Caesars Arena) have the cheapest parking ($5).
$22 is the average price of parking when taking all of the NBA arenas into account.
Team Hats
According to the results of our analysis, Sacramento Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers are tied for having the most expensive hats (four hats for a family of four will cost $128), while the Oklahoma City Thunder have the cheapest hats for the fans (four hats for a family of four will cost $60).
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Most Sought-After NBA Tickets
Additionally, we have analyzed Google searches of the past 12 months in 120+ languages to find out what are the most sought-after tickets of the NBA season.
According to the results of the analysis, Boston Celtics are the most sought-after tickets with 602,300 average monthly searches on Google, followed by Los Angeles Clippers with 402,460 average monthly searches for tickets.
The full ranking can be found in the table below:
Methodology
Ticket Prices
- Website Source: Seatgeek.com.
- Sampling: For every NBA team, we accessed the website to find the lowest ticket price available for each month of the season. The average price per month was calculated by taking the lowest available four ticket prices and summing them up for each month, then dividing by the number of months. The prices include all additional fees.
Parking
- Website Source: Seatgeek.com website was visited to find parking options for each game.
Sampling: The lowest-priced parking tickets were identified for the nearest garage to the arena for each team.
Hats (Merch)
- Website Source: The official online stores for each NBA team were used to get the data.
- Sampling: The lowest regular price of the team’s headwear was collected.
Children Admission Policy
- The child admission policy was extracted from the dedicated policy page.
Ticket Searches
- The data was gathered in October 2024.
- The Google search numbers of the past 12 months were analyzed with Google Keywords Planner.
- For each NBA team, multiple search terms were analyzed and their results were combined (for example, for Los Angeles Clippers, the search terms “Los Angeles Clippers ticket” and “Los Angeles Clippers tickets” were analyzed and its results were combined).
- At first, the search terms were analyzed in English, followed by a translation of the terms to 125 worldwide languages — the translated terms were also analyzed and the results were combined into one monthly average search result.
- If a search term did not have sufficient searches, it was marked as no data available.
- In total, 7,500 search terms (in 125 languages) were analyzed.
