Rangers playoff ticket resale prices soaring
The Rangers’ deepest playoff run in seven years continues to generate extraordinary demand on the secondary ticket market.
TickPick, a resale site that lists prices with all fees included, said that as of Thursday morning the average purchase price for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday at Madison Square Garden was $642, and the lowest, or “get-in,” price was $459.
The lowest-priced ticket for Game 2 listed on StubHub on Thursday morning, including fees, was $547.
The Rangers defeated the Lightning, 6-2, on Wednesday in Game 1 of the series.
TickPick said the average price for Game 2 at the Garden was 105% more expensive than for Game 2 of the Oilers-Avalanche Western Conference Final in Denver and 143% more expensive than the get-in price for Oilers-Avalanche.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.