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Los Angeles Lakers Crowd Brought Down by Celebrities?

Posted: 21st June 2010 by SeatGeek in NBA
The Staples Center in Game Seven was loud, as it should have been.  The crowd was rightfully into this historic game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics.  I wonder, however, if the crowd could have been even better—not just last night, but throughout the entire season. Throughout Game Seven and the entire playoffs, the television broadcast had segments where it showed the plethora of Hollywood celebrities in attendance ...
Fans across the New York area absolutely love the twice annual, “Subway Series,” pitting the Mets against their crosstown rivals the Yankees. Each team hosts one three-game series every year, and as the series approaches, the unavoidable flashbacks to memorable moments in this rivalry, such as the Mike Piazza—Roger Clemens bat throwing incident , begin. As the players and fans gear up for subway series Round Two, there’s more on the line ...

NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup Final, A Comparison

Posted: 18th June 2010 by SeatGeek in NHL
The Los Angeles Lakers were victorious over the Boston Celtics last night by a score of 83-79, ending the Celtics season and giving the Lakers their 16th Finals Championship. Throughout these NBA Finals, we have been giving you game recaps, along with the listing prices for tickets on the secondary market for each game. Now that it’s all said and done, we wanted to take a look back at the ...
Over the past two weeks, we at SeatGeek have looked at how Strasburg has affected ticket prices. For his Major League debut, we saw a huge impact on ticket prices  as average transaction prices for his start were more than double the average for the season at Washington. For his second start in Cleveland, he also had an impact on ticket prices, even though it was a road start. There was a 22.2 ...