$2,200 for Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Tickets just a drop in Hollywood bucket
Associated Press
June 14, 2006
If you're like me, you often bemoan the fact that Baltimore doesn't have a state-of-the-art downtown arena ... until you read something like this:
The Los Angeles Lakers have increased the price of a courtside seat from $2,100 to $2,200 for the 2006-07 season at Staples Center.
Of course, we're talking about the infamous Jack Nicholson/Dyan Cannon seats that have helped enhance the Hollywood image of the Lakers all the way back to the "Showtime" days of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the Fabulous Forum.
The 4.9 percent increase probably isn't going to cause anyone in that income bracket to cancel those season tickets, but it's still hard to imagine anyone spending $2,200 to watch a sporting event that lasts a little more than two hours and a home team that features only one true superstar.
Just to put it in further perspective, consider that if Kobe Bryant averages 27 field-goal attempts a game next year (like he did this season), courtside fans will be paying $81.48 per shot.
That's more than Jason Grimsley was paying for his hGH.
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