The story of the Vegas Golden Knights has been well told. First professional team in Las Vegas makes good by winning the NHL’s Pacific Division and reaching the Stanley Cup. The season was the best in the history of expansion teams in North America. And Vegas’ fans are saying thank you in the most tangible way – by pushing up demand for tickets.
The most remarkable story in recent sports history just keeps getting better and better. The average asking price for a 2018-19 Vegas Golden Knights ticket is $271, making it the second most expensive behind Toronto’s $332 average in the NHL. Ticket prices are up more than 38% over last season’s average price of $196, one of the biggest jumps in the league, according to secondary ticket marketplace TicketIQ.com.
Vegas had a stunning run through the post season, sweeping the L.A. Kings in the opening round, beating San Jose in six games in the second round and knocking off Winnipeg in five games in the Western Conference Final. The biggest change in the offseason was losing winger James Neal to Calgary. Other than that, Vegas’ biggest challenge will be living up to expectations.
Given the Golden Knights’ success, it’s no surprise that season tickets are sold out and while single-game tickets are available through primary market vendor AXS, many games at T-Mobile Arena are close sold out, including the October 4 home opener against the Philadelphia Flyers. For that game, AXS has primary market seats available in Section 223, Row L for $275. Seats in the same section are available on the resale market in Row H for $300.
The season opener at T-Mobile doesn’t crack the Top 5 priciest games on the secondary market this season. The single most expensive game is the January 19 Pittsburgh Penguins matchup, for which the average asking price is $327 on the secondary market, with a get-in price of $208. The Golden Knights and Pens played only twice last season, with each team winning at home.
The next most expensive ticket is the December 4 Washington Capitals game, which marks the first time since the Stanley Cup playoffs that the Caps will visit Las Vegas. The teams are also set to play October 10 in Washington. Tickets are trending at an average of $285 with a get-in price of $127 on the secondary market for the game in Las Vegas.
The next three most expensive games range in average asking price between $270-$275 and are, in order of ticket prices, February 16 vs. the Nashville Predators, January 1 vs. the Los Angeles Kings and March 23 vs. the Detroit Red Wings.
On the secondary market, TicketIQ.com has seats available for all of the Golden Knights home games. For the home opener, seats are available adjacent to the Vegas bench in Section Lower 4 beginning at $432. For the Penguins game, fans can take advantage of TicketIQ.com’s Low PriceGuarantee with seats high above the action in Section 200 Level 212 starting at $203 or in Section Lower 7 next to the Pens’ bench starting at $330.
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Keith Magnuson
Can you Kengineer together a story about this whole mess with re-selling tickets? Where can they be re-sold? And where can’t they be re-sold? The original story on another site doesn’t go into too much detail about what is and isn’t ok. Thx !!
Ken Boehlke
Yes. I’m working on getting the VP of ticketing on the Podcast.