How About This Christmas Present?: $140 Ticket For VGK Game On New Year’s Eve

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

On the day before Christmas, the Vegas Golden Knights alerted fans about a possible juicy holiday gift — tickets for “FIXED SEATS” starting at $140 for a VGK vs Anaheim Ducks game at T-Mobile Arena Dec. 31.

The average ticket for a Golden Knights game is $104.36, according to Team Marketing Report, which tracks game costs for fans.

A ticket to a Knights games is one of Las Vegas’ hottest ticket on the Strip.

And for $140, VGK fans receiving ticket alerts could grab a seat for the New Year’s game when the Knights host the Kings.


William Hill US said an NFL game bettor hit the jackpot when he made a $5 bet and went an amazing 15 for 15 on a William Hill Parlay Card to win a stunning $100,000 at Casino Royale.

 

The Packers’ 23-10 win over the Vikings clinched the 15-game winner last night. According to William Hill, the bettor got the following picks correct: Broncos -7, Raiders +6, Falcons -7, Saints -3, Over 51 in Saints vs Titans, Giants +2, Jets +3, Dolphins -1, Colts -7, Ravens -10, Eagles +3, Under 46 in Cowboys vs Eagles, Cardinals +10, Chiefs -5, and Packers +4.

 


 

From Sports Business Daily:

DraftKings’ Merger Will Allow It To Become Public Company

DraftKings is “merging with a special purpose acquisition company, allowing it to become public while forgoing the typical IPO process.” DraftKings will combine with Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., a SPAC with a market cap of roughly $500M, and SBTech, a betting and gaming company. The merger is “expected to close” in the first half of ’20. As part of the deal, Diamond Eagle will “change its name to DraftKings and change its ticker symbol.” (CNBC.com, 12/23).

 

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Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.