What's the Cost of Being an NBA Fan in 2023-24?

Being an NBA fan has never been more expensive. Inflation and lucrative broadcasting deals have driven up ticket prices, the general cost of attendance, and subscriptions to watch from home. Though fan attendance at games is actually down, profits are up because ticket prices have risen substantially to compensate. 

That leads to a vicious cycle – tickets are more expensive, so less fans want to attend games, which potentially leads to even higher ticket prices to compensate for the losses, and so forth. 

We're crunching the numbers to figure out the current average attendance fees, from tickets to concessions. Currently, this is what the average ticket for each team costs:

NBA Ticket Prices (average):

 

Tickets

TEAM

Season

Individual

Pre-season

Atlanta Hawks

$2,500.00

$75.00

$35.00

Boston Celtics

$3,500.00

$100.00

$45.00

Brooklyn Nets

$4,000.00

$115.00

$50.00

Charlotte Hornets

$1,500.00

$50.00

$25.00

Chicago Bulls

$3,000.00

$70.00

$40.00

Cleveland Cavaliers

$2,000.00

$60.00

$30.00

Dallas Mavericks

$2,750.00

$70.00

$40.00

Denver Nuggets

$2,250.00

$65.00

$35.00

Detroit Pistons

$1,750.00

$55.00

$30.00

Golden State Warriors

$7,500.00

$215.00

$65.00

Houston Rockets

$1,250.00

$40.00

$20.00

Indiana Pacers

$1,500.00

$50.00

$30.00

Los Angeles Clippers

$4,500.00

$130.00

$55.00

Los Angeles Lakers

$5,000.00

$145.00

$60.00

Memphis Grizzlies

$2,000.00

$60.00

$30.00

Miami Heat

$3,250.00

$90.00

$45.00

Milwaukee Bucks

$3,500.00

$100.00

$45.00

Minnesota Timberwolves

$2,250.00

$65.00

$35.00

New Orleans Pelicans

$1,750.00

$55.00

$30.00

New York Knicks

$5,500.00

$160.00

$60.00

Oklahoma City Thunder

$1,000.00

$35.00

$20.00

Orlando Magic

$1,575.00

$50.00

$30.00

Philadelphia 76ers

$3,750.00

$105.00

$45.00

  
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