Carmelo Anthony’s return to MSG bringing in big money on secondary ticket market
Carmelo Anthony of the Oklahoma City Thunder against the host San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 17, 2017. Credit: Getty Images / Ronald Cortes
Carmelo Anthony’s only trip to Madison Square Garden this season is commanding sky-high prices on the ticket resale market.
According to TicketIQ.com, as of Friday morning, the average asking price for Saturday night’s Knicks-Thunder game was $590. That makes it the Knicks’ second-most-expensive ticket this season on the secondary market, behind only the Warriors’ visit in February ($704). As of Friday morning, the least expensive ticket for the game was $198.
This is the most expensive Knicks-Thunder game since the team moved to Oklahoma City. It is the most expensive “return game” ticket featuring a former star that TicketIQ has tracked this decade, surpassing the $426 for Kevin Durant’s first trip to Oklahoma City as a Warrior.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.