The broadcast did not do justice to exactly HOW empty that arena was.
Didn’t advertise well, put it in the afternoon, and made the prices way too high. Not even talking about quality of the events, it was just poorly managed.
Yeah this is 100% on them. You can’t charge Super Bowl prices for an event people already feel meh about and then act shocked when the arena looks empty.
You can prob blame the resell market for prices too
In that case I hope a lot of resellers got left holding the bag
Unfortunately they will just make it back in a week. Learning that these resellers are sanctioned by ticketmaster and they funnel tickets to them made it pretty obvious that ticketmaster is running the scam themselves
They made the massive sports gambling push not long after realizing this, either. Everything is so corrupt and compromised. I miss when things were allowed to exist without being market studied into the biggest mass appeal possible for shareholders.
The best thing people can do is keep hurting them with your wallets. I occasionally check this subreddit but don’t follow the NBA anymore. They won’t improve the league until people stop watching the garbage product
Nothing will stop enshittification. Every major company in the US has realized instead of competing, they can screw over consumers as much as possible in a race to the bottom. Antitrust laws were proven to be flimsy and absolutely useless to stop it, and they went full throttle. We are the product now, being sold to data companies and shareholders, being corralled through virtual malls like the cattle they see us as. It’s immediately apparent watching sports leagues in other countries, even Canada, that fans are treated with the dignity of companies knowing they still need to provide a worthwhile product and can’t finagle the laws the same way.
Wrong. We have a choice. Personally I’ve stopped watching the NBA because of all the different services you need to be subscribed to. Anyone with a brain can see they’re milking this league.
The problem is consumers don’t put their money where their mouth is. You don’t need to watch and support and pay 5 different subscription services. It’s not a need in life. Until people stop paying for this shit nothing will change. They need us more than we need them
As the comment above yours says, though, basically all corporations are taking the enshittification path, and just not buying anything isn’t really an option.
not buying anything isn’t really an option.
If you’re talking about food and utilities you’re correct. But you absolutely can get by not buying any media products that you feel is anticonsumer. We have an over-the-air antenna for sports but I found it’s just as easy to find a website.
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No I tried to get tickets direct. $200 for this for nosebleeds was stupid.
The players obviously don’t give a fuck either. It’s to the point where 2⁄3 of the regular season feels like it doesn’t matter or it isn’t worth watching. And then you have a a bunch of teams actively trying to lose. I’m a causal fan and its to the point where the nfl off-season is more exciting than all of the NBA regular season.
NFL is a serious league where the games matter and the players take a lot of pride in winning and the NBA isn’t worth paying attention to until the playoffs start.
I went to the all star game when they had it at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. Back in 2009? Anyway, tickets were like $75 and we got to see Shakira move her hips on that jumbotron. Was great.
If anything the arena was more full than it should’ve been. How tf is it like 35% full with 600 dollar tickets?
Usually corporations will get tickets for their sponsorship or businesses (corps, LLCs, LLPs) will get tickets for clients or employees. Entertainment is less write offable than it used to be though
I live in LA and was aware all star weekend was here this year but hit there has been zero local buzz.
I went to to turn it on at like 8pm est assuming I could catch the dunk contest and 3pt contest and it was already over.
Sure that’s partly on me for not checking and assuming it’s at the normal time. But also I saw literally NO talk or advertising leading up to it so…
Yep, I went out to play Pokemon Go of all things for an event from 2-5, since I figured I’d get home with plenty of time to watch what was on the slate for today, even if I didn’t care much… nope.
Completely forgot Pokémon go was a thing, fun
I had a bad injury and a major surgery a while back, so it’s been a huge help in getting me outside and getting me walking, when otherwise I’d just be wandering aimlessly. It’s a good time, and good for me.
Lmao I’m in a similar boat. I got diagnosed with end stage renal failure in 2022. Last year I got back into pogo cause of my friend and his son. They found a community near me and I started playing there. It’s good for me to get out and walk around and get as much exercise I can so walking and playing pogo had been really good for me.
Sorry to hear about the renal failure… damn. I broke my pelvis and had a hip replacement in my 30s, and I thought that was bad, but yours is next level.
It’s really nice to have the motivation though. I’m not the kind of person who can just go for a walk with music on, or in dead silence, without some kind of objective.
Yeah I get super bored just walking but my docs kept telling me I need to get steps in to be health enough for transplant which makes sense.
Did you get your hundo enamorous
I didn’t… but I didn’t want one necessarily. I needed the candy to power up my Incarnate Enamorous, who is a 98%. Thanks for caring though! <3
You said that way too casually
I’m in the same boat. I’m in MST and was out running errands today and got home right before 6pm and turned on the tv and couldn’t find it on anywhere or on any of the guides telling the upcoming shows. That’s when I looked it up and realized I’d missed the entire thing. I watch literally every single Grizzlies game, and I know none of them were in today’s events, but if I’m watching 82+ games a year, I’m bought into the NBA more than the average person and I had no idea that the times were changed this year. I didn’t know until right now when I looked it up that tomorrow’s events started at 3PM MST. Why are these starting at 2PM where the events are happening? There’s no football to compete with. It’s really weird.
Me checking my iPad at like 430 PST and seeing the Slam Dunk contest was basically over
(I live in LA and have been to plenty of Clippers games and got basically no notification of the festivities)
It’s not about the time of day, it’s 100% about how expensive the seats were.
Time of day is insult to injury with the nosebleed seats starting at over $600 though.
They’re doing that evil corporate calculus where they don’t care if people can afford to come. They set the prices for max profit and fuck the fans. Adam Silver is a piece of shit. I’m kinda over NBA honestly, not because of the play but everything else.
Can it be both Adam Silver AND the play? I stopped watching because of the poor play, but I get told I’m wrong for criticizing it.
Yes, it’s probably tiresome to hear, but watching guys chuck up 3s all the time is equally boring/frustrating.
Can’t blame the NBA on the timing. NBC wanted its Olympics in prime time so all of this year’s events were very early to make way for the Olympics.
You can absolutely blame the NBA for this glaring oversight of what used to be an event for the fans that showcased the current best talent in the league is no longer fun for anyone.
Straight up didn’t even know it was today until I saw “2026 Dunk contest highlights” on my FYP on YouTube
Went “huh, look at that”. Then watched something else
NBA is pretty much unwatchable already
nosebleeds are like $600
When will they understand the event can’t command these prices??
Last year it was close to $400 for nosebleeds at the Oakland Arena (!) for the celebrity game. No thanks.
When I see how empty it is, I just imagine all the families that could have had a great time if tickets were more affordable. It’s honestly disrespectful to fans to keep ticket prices that high when the demand isn’t there at that price point.
Music festivals are doing this too. Prices go up, quality does not
It’s the same logic behind all the algos around scarcity pricing. Rent, events, etc. The algorithms favor higher prices over volume. And it’s a cycle that feeds on itself.
Current economists/business news are calling this the ‘k shaped’ economy, meaning the billionaires are trending up and everyone else down. It’s a real problem.
Yup. MBA professor here.
Hotels started this with COVID; would only be half-capacity or less, and would charge more.
Then they saw that people would still pay, and it means half their facility didn’t need to be used/cleaned/powered, equipment used half as much, and they didn’t need to keep as much staff on hand.
So they kept it that way.
Thanks for confirmation man, even if it’s terrible news for us.
I mean, the solution is to just not go to all these big ones. Go to the local stuff, the home-grown things.
Don’t buy concert tickets to big acts. Go to your local events, your neighborhood cover bands. These are who needs us.
Fuck the all star game at \(600 a nosebleed ticket. Fuck a regular season game at \)200 a ticket to watch stars sit on the bench for load management. Fuck blink 182 for going on stage half drunk and intentionally fucking up their songs. Fuck rascal flatts for letting the drummer or the crowd sing most of their songs.
Go to the high school basketball games and cheer on the 15 year old who finally made varsity, or the 12 year old who made her first basket in JV.
Buy the $1 Doritos bag to help the school fund these activities.
That’s what really matters in the end.
A fucking men, brother.
Support people you know in your community. It feels better anyway and you’re building capacity in your neighbours, not enriching some billionaire who hates you.
I live in Las Vegas, so there is no shortage of exorbitant pricing (especially on the Strip.) However, one of the coolest places to check out is this independent theatre in the downtown area that puts on shows from local performers. It’s a small venue, so you’ll always have a good seat, the pricing is very fair, and like you said, going to shows there means you’re supporting local performers.
What’s the theater name? Going to Vegas soon sounds like something my wife and I would enjoy
The problem with that is all my local spots have also gone from \(20-30 to \)85-\(100. Not to mention the drinks are *checks notes* were approaching \)25/each.
Yea we were visiting my wife’s family who lives in Inglewood last year. Went to her nephews flag football game. Payed $30 for 3 tickets to watch 6 year olds play in a scrimmage. It was insane.
AAU has been doing this for years. Pay a ton of money for your kid to be on a team. Pay again to watch them play every weekend. They charge because they can. And I would look for back doors to let the rest of my family in, because that shit is vile.
I had season tickets for Cavs for years, and I do love the Cavs- but it is just not worth it. Not only are you paying so much, but then to your point, you get there and of course you’re paying \(13 for a beer, \)15 for shitty theater nachos, etc. I’m sure it’s worse in other markets too.
I switched and got season tickets for our G league team. The tickets are cheaper, and I get floor seats + unlimited food/drink. And the guys go out and play ball hard. Atmosphere is really fun.
You should post this everywhere. You are spitting that sh@t. We have to support each other and use our financial power to prop each other up.
meaning the billionaires are trending up and everyone else down
To be more specific, it’s the top 10% of income earners making up the majority of spending ($175k plus)
My stats may be off a bit but I read that like the top 20% makes up for like 70% of the economy. The bottom 80% dont matter anymore, we have so little money that even fast food doesn’t care if we can afford it.
And this has been the case for pretty much the past twenty years. In the early 90s, top earners accounted for 35% of GDP. Before COVID, it was 43%. Last year was the first time it crossed 50%.
I really want to dig deeper into the history of empires who had similar wealth inequality so I can pinpoint the tipping point where it all goes to extra shit
Highly recommend the various podcasts of Patrick Wyman. He’s an an expert on ancient rome and talked a lot about this exact topic on his guest appearances on TrashFuture. Also did The Fall of Rome podcast
This is an example of the results of chronic Shrinkflation, and Wage Stagnation in our economy. And now it’s becoming a cultural staple which is the most tragic part. It’s becoming normal to accept less, be able to do less, and simply get less, while having the bottom line of it all become unimaginably and universally MORE. There is no moral compass anymore, both socially , or economically. You see it in CBA’s being negotiated, you see it in prices, you see it in legislation, you see it in wages, you see it price index, housing markets…the list goes on and on. We and our children , and their children will never know what it’s is to live a life of humble beginnings , working , and livening honestly and comfortably…EVER. You either get rich or suffer.
If quality goes up then the big wigs and shareholders aren’t making as much as they could have. Wont someone think of the shareholders?
When I saw Foo Fighters a few years ago in Syracuse (!!!), a beer was $22. The opening act was garbage, then we enjoyed three hours of canned Foo tunes because their plane was delayed, and then they played for 40 minutes. We had lawn tickets. Some drunk guy crawled onto our blanket and fell asleep through their set.
$600? Are they taking inspiration from someone-uhhhhh?
I hate that I knew who you were referring to with the “uhhhh” at the end
Are you enjoying the show-uhhhh?
My friend Mark and I aren’t
It’s time to play the Game!
Does it feel like the road to NBA finals yet-uhhh?
I knew instantly but still read it like three times to make sure we were on the same page.
I hate how corporate greed has fucked with live events
I know a guy who is so into corpos that he thinks all live events should be privileges only for the rich, and unironically means it. He doesn’t care if he can’t afford to go to anything himself, or people who live in the city can’t actually watch their team play, it should be a “premium event.”
He sounds like a premium tool.
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But he firmly believes he’s going to be one of those people some day! So then he can feel special.
Temporarily embarrassed millionaire.
I mean, they basically are at this point. Even being able to afford to watch every game for your team on your couch is incredibly expensive, which is better than most seats tbh.
I think they were taking aspiration
new era-uhhhhhh
The big guy needs his cut (uncle Dennis is guaranteed $400 from every ticket sold)
It’s a New Era-uhhhhhh!!!
Nosebleeds were starting at \(240 for today. All Star game tomorrow is \)780+. I’ve been looking at tickets all week. I thought I’d get in for \(40ticket +\)60parking 😭
Same. I was eyeing all star Saturday tickets and the cheapest I ever saw a seat was \(193, and more regularly the nose bleeds sat around \)240.
Holy fuck!! Lol to have shit 3 seperate days.trash competitions and music. 600….lol jesus
I got into Game 3 of the ECF a couple years back for under $500 for 2 tickets. They’re outta their mind charging this for a shitty All-Star game.
ironically I paid less for a ticket to one of the Warriors finals games 10 years ago. it’s bat shit insane what happened to prices nowadays.
International UFC event prices (hi from Australia)
That’s like Knicks games 2nd round playoffs tickets price, the only difference is pretty much 80% of basketball fans in NY are Knicks fans and were a city of 8 million so MSG will pretty much never struggle to fill seats.
The event was extremely overpriced. Yes, it’s Los Angeles and a brand new arena, but $450 for upper-deck seats is diabolical work. The dunk contest stunk and the Shooting Stars event was kind of mid/sloppy.
2pm PST on a Saturday is borderline moronic. Getting the shaft for the Winter Olympics Prime Time slot is sad. And Los Angelenos love doing outdoorsy stuff during the day on a weekend to enjoy the weather.
Valentine’s Day.
So you essentially paid $450 for a 3 pt contest. The Ludacris performance was an embarrassment; his mic malfunctioned.
#1 reason is that All-Star weekend is dying. They keep trying to change the format every single year which confuses fans, and nothing can compensate for a lack of effort by the players. Only thing that can save it is a 1v1 tournament at this point
Only thing that can save it is a 1v1 tournament at this point
That would be a draw, but they can fix a lot of issues by simply making it about the stars again.
No one is paying big bucks to watch four fringe players dunk. Give the dunk contest winner \(5 million bucks. Or at least \)1 million. Nobody’s doing it for a hundred grand.
Stop changing the format of the all star game. Make it a standard game of east vs west again, stop all the fucking gimmick formats, and just incentivize them. Give the winners a pile of cash. If you want entertainment make it a \(50 grand per dunk. \)100 grand for an alley oop. 50 grand for sinking a logo shot. I don’t know. Just make it about stars putting on a show.
They’ve managed to make all star weekend boring and uncool, and you aren’t going to fix that without buy-in from the stars.
Yep those are all great ideas too.
If I’m a player, what incentive do I have to go out there and risk injury to put on a show? Most players are just selfish and are looking out for their long term earnings which I understand.
Definitely needs to be something to make it sweeter for the players. NBA has tried adding charity incentives but the players DGAF about them poor kids
Not even about long term earning but why risk the biggest goal these players have (a NBA championship) for a game that doesn’t matter.
The biggest goal that most NBA (Or MLB, NFL, NHL) players have is maximizing income. Not throwing shade on them - they are basically one-man corporations, and the goal is to maximize revenue.
I’ll admit that I don’t watch as much non-Lakers games as I used to, but I didn’t even know who the other two guys were besides Jaxson Hayes and Jace Richardson, and the latter is only because of his dad.
I forgot it was All Star weekend. This used to be one of the biggest weekends of the year. It’s crazy how far it’s fallen off
I wouldn’t even wanna pay 1/10th of that price if I’m being real. Brutal miscalculation.
Plus, like you said…it’s Valentine’s Day. What dude is gonna risk getting dumped and pay $450 just to go see a shitty event that not even the participants care about?
Nah \(45 to get in the building would've been lovely - \)90 for a solid afternoon date in a new stadium isnt bad
I’d rather put that towards a nice restaurant and maybe some cocktails, or a movie, or spend a bit more and go a getaway personally.
Esp when you gotta pay for parking, food + drinks at the stadium, and also let’s be honest…is going there going to be more enjoyable than whatever else you could do? Like I don’t know why you’d wanna go to the game period…let alone on Valentine’s Day
In the year 2026, who gets excited about Ludacris? And I’m speaking as a person who was a fan in 2005.
I agree with your point, but I just wanna say Luda’s a pretty solid performer for being what would now be considered a hip hop legacy act. His voice still sounds good, probably better than any lil/young/baby fill-in-the-blanks rapper would sound like, and this includes Wayne.
I saw him live back in like 2010 and he was terrible. Lupe Fiasco opened for him and stole the show. Luda ended up walking off halfway through his set. We watched him go into a back dressing room. Come out a few mins later and just left. He left the DJ there.
Wild cause people always say he’s a good performer. Maybe we caught him on a bad night but it was truly terrible
Your points of Vday and $450 next to each other made me realize - someone taking their date to this game would have to pay nearly a thousand dollars (let’s say parking, food, maybe a jersey) for this event. You’re better off renting a nice as Air BnB and watching this on tv if that’s the case 😂
I don’t get it… why tank an event like that. These all star weekends having a bad time is known. Then do that???
At first I thought it was NBC being too generous with the censoring lmfao.
This is a BAD look considering this is in LA. This is one of your flagship markets.
Expensive, LA traffic, and no “star” worthy name. Theres a lot to do in LA on Saturday, most people here aren’t going to a midday event to see 4 scrubs headline a dunk contest
I watched every minute of the Dunk Contest & it’s like 5 hours later now & I honestly can’t recall the name of a single participant
I was telling my wife, “when Jaxson Hayes is the biggest name you know the NBA is down bad.”
And we only know his name because he beats his girlfriend and assaulted a mascot.
I learned that a player named Jaxson exists and he domestically abused his girlfriend last year. So there’s that.
He also attacked a mascot last week.
Mister Dance guy won
Carter Bryant😢
Same could be said about New York when it was held there 10 years ago. There’s always a shit ton going on in NYC, but All Star Weekend used to take over ANY city it was held in even NYC.
The game itself has been trash for a long time but the entire ASW has been a big deal and arguably THE best All Star celebration in pro sports. Celebrities would be all in attendance, parties everywhere, sponsor events everywhere, even the ASG shoes were hyped up.
This is the first time I’ve seen it THIS bad. It seems to be going in the direction of the NFL Pro Bowl where the league itself doesn’t even promote it.
NYC was a literal freezer during 2015 ASW. It was damn near the talking point of the weekend from the players themselves.
And on Valentine’s Day. “Honey want to go see Jaxson Hayes in the dunk contest THIS AFTERNOON?”
Inglewood seems a pain to get to for many. Lakers stadium seems a better location
The fact it is in LA makes it more difficult to fill seats. It’s Saturday night LA. The entertainment capital of the world. This is like the 17th best thing happening in a 15 mile radius at probably a top 3 price point
It’s valentines day night too. I just drove around Los Feliz and it’s the most traffic I’ve ever experienced in LA. No one’s going to that shit. Lol.
it’s the most traffic I’ve ever experienced in LA.
Holy exaggeration lol
They didn’t have this problem in 2018 at Staples. There’s no ticket data available specifically for 2018 saturday night…but the upper deck isn’t empty in any photos you pull and there were at least plenty of stars all over courtside watching if they weren’t participating. The 2018 Sunday game tickets averaged about \(1,888–\)2,116 on the resale market.
I think if All-Star Saturday Night had actual All-Stars and/or All-Star caliber players participating (as well as actually being at night)…that traffic and price points wouldn’t have mattered and this would have been higher than 17th on the list of best things happening in LA.
People keep bringing valentine’s day like it’s thanksgiving night. If these seats weren’t overpriced and there was more star power, there would’ve been a bigger crowd. Christmas day games don’t look like this. LA is big enough to have crowds at stuff like this, but this event was ass on paper and in execution.
That part of town is a pain in the ass to get to, even if you live in Inglewood. Staples center has train stops a few blocks away, another subway line not too far away, it’s near the freeway and you can still find street parking. And there are lots of places to stop in for dinner, drinks or whatever on the way in. But even if this was at staples, this event was overpriced so it would still be relatively empty.
This is hosted by the clippers, lakers would have gotten it right
And a brand new stadium
This stadium is frequently half empty as well. Not a one off issue
This is insane. They should’ve just let everyone come down from the upper sections and fill in the bottom
This is preview of how the upcoming events in LA are going to be, World Cup this year, Super bowl in 2027, Olympics 2028. Influencer infested, crazy expensive and focused on everything else except the sport itself.
World Cup and Olympics are too big to fail. That’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for a lot of people. Idk who cares about a dunk contest with a bunch of nobodies though
The Olympics and World Cup are definitely twice a lifetime for average lives lived in LA.
Bhahahahaha
I would have paid good money for a World Cup ticket at Levi stadium.
They did me a favor and put shit teams in that group. And with ticket prices already high as shit, ain’t no way I’m going out of town to see a match.
That doesn’t make sense. Each event is managed by different orgs. And you can’t compare a dunk contest to the Olympics, that’s insane.
World Cup this year
Did you just compare mere exhibition festivities to the biggest sporting event in the world? Lmao
Ah yes because the World Cup full of tourists from all over the GLOBE is the same draw as Jaxon Hayes in the dunk contest?
lol no fucking way those will be half empty
brain dead comment
Nah, I don’t know anybody who was hyped for the All Star weekend. Everybody I know is excited for the Olympics and the World Cup.
Adam silver is a basketball terrorist
Single handedly ruined the nba
Just one more superstar for a big market team bro, trust me bro
David Stern rolling in his grave watching ts
Can’t find basketball games on TV. Players make exorbitant salaries but give show no effort until playoffs start. Teams start tanking before ASB. No one admires OKC because of SGA’s ridiculous whistle and officiating is worse than ever in general. NBA Cup is pointless.
Yup, he has no business being commissioner.
He’s a spineless puppet
Fraud living off of firing Donald Sterling
It’s like the price of the tickets that sell are more important than a full arena.
He’s on the verge of running the league to the ground
That was honestly an embarrassing all star Saturday. From the dunk contest, to it being in midday and the stadium being half empty with no other nba players but Giannis in attendance. It was a bad look
Giannis was only there to check on his Kalshi bets, errr I mean predictions.
Drove back home from OKC today and I’m wondering why tf the events started at 4:30 CT. Was so much more convenient when All-Star Saturday Night was actually during the night. Damn you NBC.
The tickets are rlly expensive and ppl have gotten tired of the all star weekend.
The armchair strobe lights going off the entire time is what helped me realize how empty the arena was. There’s only a couple spots where there are any people there to obstruct the lights. So if you see the consistent pattern of strobe lights you knew it was all empty seats.
#silverout
Brother, as a near decade long holder of Orlando City SC season tickets, our coach has a better shot of getting sacked first than Baldo Bomb.
Sporting events, among other things like music festivals, are being slowly transitioned to luxuries that only the financial elite can afford to be a part of. This isn’t an accident, this is what they want.
The world is a resort for a tiny group of people, and the rest of us are the staff.
I work in music festivals and this is 100% the way forward.
Kudos to you for showing up. I was consider driving up from Carlsbad then saw the tickets prices and said no F way.
Seems like a lot of folks had that reaction.
I really don’t understand pricing tickets like this. I wanted to go last year since I live in SF and love basketball. But can’t justify how much everything costs. What’s better selling one ticket at 450 or 10 at 45?
The ticket sales seem to be targeted more at companies who may or may not use them to entertain clients. So it’s priced as a business to business (B2B) transaction as opposed to a business to consumer (B2C) one. It’s possible that a lot of the empty seats were still successfully sold.
I was at the All-Star game and some other events last year. It was totally, totally more aimed at clients/sponsors than fans.
450 bucks to get in the door made my jaw drop. I like how that “AI generated responsive pricing” bs only raises prices, and never lowers them. Or those drones that just go “erm, supply and demand” in response to price gouging. No demand, but they’re still propping up the price.
Looks like a wizards home game
Looks like a pelicans home game
Looks like a Miami home game at tipoff
Like how you specified at tip off 😂😂 (I’ve came late several times)
I went to clippers vs kings game and it was more crowded than this. yes you heard it right, clippers vs kings. The difference? the price for what you get.
Insane ticket prices, although the best event is always the 3pt contest, the 25-30min just doesn’t justify the cost. I bet tmr won’t be that much better either
Putting the 3pt contest first was stupid too…bet so many people missed it with the early start
NBA actively killing their product by trying to save it
I turned on the TV to see Dame accepting the 3 point trophy. I was pissed because I thought it was always right before the dunk contest and oftentimes is more entertaining too
The people were just not In-tu-it
You’d think the NBA is the least popular sport based on how they market and manage. Pathetic.
This is actually fucking great ngl, people truly voting with their wallets
15 years ago I stopped through LA and went to a Clippers game for $15 bucks…
Even at Intuit now you can make plenty of games for $30 or so
LA is a baseball town and has been since Kobe retired. MLB All Star Game was here a few years ago and had 52,000 people in the stands.
It’s Sho time now.
MLB All Star Game also rocks to be fair. They play an awesome game at full effort with actual stakes and the home run derby is the modern standard for a skills challenge. MLB has done everything correct to make their event amazing while the NBA does…this.
The All Star game will probably be sold out, I would think… today was more comparable to the Home Run Derby… which is usually sold out too 🫣
I would’ve loved to have gone. Less than 30 mins from the arena. Checked ticket prices and noped out immediately.
Tickets should be like \(40-\)150 for nosebleeds down to floor seats
David Stern rolling in his grave after all the work he put in
Stern looking up in disappointment right now
It still is a marquee event/ just not for the average local fans. It’s long been a made for tv, corporate conference- meetings, panels, events, brand activations and corporate partners vip experiences in-arena and all over the host City. They don’t need the income from fan ticket sales anymore. Their revenue comes from tv / media rights and sponsor revenues. The disconnect is fans still think it’s a fan centric event.
This kind of thinking is exactly why the NBA’s brand has weakened so much. Yes, they are bringing in tons of cash because live sports are valuable for advertisers. But there’s an underlying rot when fans stop caring.
As someone who has done a fair amount of business entertaining, you want to take clients to events that are seen as cool and special, not to a half empty arena with no-name participants and barely any star power. If they don’t fix this shit then the corporate buy in will evaporate, and if fans stop caring about the league, the media $ will eventually dry up too.
Welcome to LA, where you can get superstar level quality at your local dive bar. Why TF we dropping $600 for nosebleeds to watch millionaires dougie?
It ain’t 2005, y’all. Move this shit to fly over states if you think people will pay money for nothin
Otherwise, everyone smash their head against the table and see if any good ideas pops out
Guess the NBA saw how ass the NFL Pro Bowl was and wanted to see if they could do worse
Yea, it’s the worst combo of everything.
Shitty, outrageous prices.
Early time slot because of the Olympics this year, even worse because they are on West Coast time.
Valentine’s day.
Why would anyone attend? I can’t even watch on tv. I’ll catch YouTube highlights condensed.
I can’t even watch on tv.
It was on NBC Over the air antenna .. it was free for everyone in Amurica
I feel like those light up seats hid it pretty well lmao
Greedy fucks are ruining sports. Live event overall really. World cup tickets are a joke too. I can’t take my kids to a once in a lifetime event because it would a few months mortgage to go. Im sure 2028 Olympic tickets will take that dream away too. The difference between the world cup/Olympics, and this is that this event wasn’t special enough to have people still go and spend the money. I hate to say it but I love to see the seats not being sold.
2pm plus Valentine’s Day is wicked work
Going to be empty tomorrow too
I was watching and was wondering how many people were there. The lights in the stands made it seem it was full lol
400 to get in, plus having to deal w parking $& at intuit. Plus it was SO early I was doing my Valentine’s Day activities LOL miss me w this dross
Why would the Clippers blame it on being Inglewood lol. Their games are more packed than this.
The issue is the product and the cost
Adam Silver allowed this to happen. Worst commish out of the current ones.
the last good dunk contest i remember was gordon vs lavine, the all star game itself is an embarrassment. like at least have some pride in winning a pickup game and try on defense
This event sucks to be honest. Just make it general admission $15
Good, insane prices and a dumb product shouldn’t be rewarded