By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Want to buy a ticket from the Vegas Golden Knights’ web site on the primary market today for tonight’s season-opener? Well, as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, there was only a lonely section 17 seat available for a mere $1,050.
There were two standing room only flight deck seats available selling for $149 each, but when I clicked on those seats, those tickets were gone.
The Golden Knights’ VGK Ticket Exchange did have plenty of tickets available on the secondary resale market in just about every section in T-Mobile Arena.
For example, a lower bowl section 16 row L seat 15 sold for $525. How about an upper bowl set in a corner in section 220 row L seat 6? That secondary market ticket for that seat was going for $214.30. Based on resale ticket samples, the prices were $200 and up for today’s 7:30 p.m. showdown between the Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks.
LVSportsBiz.com is expecting a packed arena today, with attendance likely to be in the 18,500 range — way above the official capacity of 17,367.
Last season, the Golden Knights filled the Big Ice House by the Strip to 105.5 percent of capacity — the second highest capacity percentage in the NHL. The VGK averaged 18,319 a game in attendance in Season 2 and the team’s gate revenue is in the NHL’s Top 5.
And for today’s season-opener, you’ll have to hit the secondary market to buy tickets — unless you have a spare $1,000 to buy a ticket in this section.
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