Ticket prices get up with Alex Ovechkin 1 goal from Wayne Gretzky’s record
If you are trying to look at Alex where to make history, prepare for a risky and expensive bet.
Washington Capital’s superstar scored twice on Friday evening a Binds Wayne Gretzky’s career objectives recordAnd the secondary tickets market responded in nature. On Saturday morning, the cheapest resale tickets for the next Washington match, against the New York Islanders on Sunday, were between $ 600 and $ 700 each.
On Stubhub in particular, the cheapest two -seater sets at the Ubs Arena (including commissions) cost more than $ 800 each. The seats of the lower cradle were, of course, much more expensive, with some lists that touched $ 2,000. Ticketmaster resale prices were in the same baseball field.
It is a cry far from before the week; A media version of April 3 from the Tickpick ticket dealer, sent in front of the capital match to Raleigh, NC, put the “Get-in” price for caps-isles at $ 163. This was an increase of 239 percent on what was once a ticket from $ 38. In the following days, that number, of course, went up to the stars.
On Saturday morning the sign of low waters of Tickpick for caps-isles seats was $ 650. The retailers, apparently, were paying attention to the result of Friday.
Two games ago, the match of April 12 of Capitils in Columbus – not that of New York – was the most expensive on the Tickpick scoreboard, at $ 256. At the time, to expect that Ovechkin needs a little more time was the reasonable call. Since, however, he scored three more goals, linking Gretzky to 895 and making a record expulsion of April as an almost certainty.
The capital program, without a doubt, is playing a role in guiding attention and demand; Ubs Arena is an easy train ride from DC and the game is a Sunday matinée.
Every time (and everywhere) Ovechkin beats the record, he will not be on an empty network, said the coach of capital Spencer Cavalry on Friday evening. Ovechkin decided to take the ice after Chicago’s Blackhawk pulled their goalkeeper in the closing minutes of Friday.
“He wants to beat the record with a goalkeeper in the fold, I appreciate,” said Cavalry.
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