By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
A quick lesson on supply and demand can easily be learned when checking for tickets for the Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks games at T-Mobile Arena Monday and Wednesday.
For tonight’s 7 PM VGK/SJS contest, you have two upper-bowl tickets up in section 212 selling for $299 apiece, according to the VGK Ticket Exchange, the team’s official ticket-buying platform.
Take a look for the cost of admission to witness San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau set the National Hockey League record for most games played with 1,768 games, breaking the record of the legendary Gordie Howe. The 41-year-old ironman will set the record in front of his former Sharks coach, VGK current coach Pete DeBoer.
Wednesday’s game has tickets ranging from $135 to $425+. In fact, the Golden Knights had an item on Facebook peddling tickets for the Wednesday game.
There’s obviously intense interest in the Monday Marleau game, with the Sharks also desperately trying to catch Arizona for the division’s final playoff berth. San Jose trails the Coyotes by five points. Marleau was drafted No. 2 overall in 1997 and made his NHL debut on Oct. 1, 1997.
The VGK arena capacity is currently capped at 3,950, which will be the attendance announced today with 22 percent fan capacity in the venue because of the COVID-pandemic and social distancing protocols.
The Knights hope to increase the capacity to 28 percent and then 50 percent, with Gov. Steve Sisolak looking to return capacity to 100 percent statewide June 1.