how can below average teams raise ticket prices?

[mattyj]

why does anybody bother respond to what TheATeam posts? His posts are complete garbage

Besides the fact the blazers have one of the brightest futures in the NBA, and WILL make the playoffs next year, have you heard of a thing called INFLATION?

[G35]

Inflation?......

[mojaber]

Portland are passionate about their team, and actually pack out the games most of the time. (unlike other teams) Plus the fact they will be a force for many years to come.

[RockTHECasbah]

inflation

[Warspite]

Since when did ticket sales have anything to do with winning games???

[-Ducky-]

Knicks probably have the highest ticket prices out of all the teams. They are also top 10 in attendance.

[farzi]

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Oden looks like he's been working on his upper body strength while sitting out the season. His arms look twice as big as in college even in the relaxed state he's in there.

Assuming he'll fail just because others before him have is ridiculous.

He's been reported to be in the mid 290's, while retaining the same body fat %.

He also had lazer eye surgery, so thankfully no more of those goofy looking glasses

[Nate505]

Wiretap is reporting that the blazers are raising ticket prices next season, how can a middle of the pack team thats not going to make the playoffs raise ticket prices, wtf?

A lot of factors play into ticket prices.

For the Blazers, they got a young and upcoming team. They also are the only professional sports franchise in town and currently fill their arena to 96% capacity for each game. All of that can easily lead to a rasie in ticket prices.

Now if the Pacers started to raise ticket prices that would be odd.

[Puertorique]

last time i checked kwame brown and joe smith were picked number one and kandi man was a top three pick, look how they planned off, greg odens highest peak will be a samuel dalembert type player, and his lowest is kwame. brandon roy is solid but what the hell else do they have? they will finish the season at .500

Im going to do this just for fun.

Joe Smith was actually a good NBA player. Did he deserve #1 possibly not but he was and still is a good player in the league. The NBA draft is about prediction. It's which team team has the best Psychic in the front office that makes the ultimate matter. Still Smith was a good player and has played well in this league.

Kwame Brown. Kwame was picked off of potential and he wasn't even Jordan's first choice. Jordan actually wanted to select Gasol or Chandler but the High percentage owner made the ultimate choice for the team and he wanted Kwame Brown. Many people think that is the reason for Jordan treating Kwame like trash from day one. To prove his point that the Wizards would have been better with Pau then Brown.

Olowakandi was the #1 pick in the NBA draft. Unfortunately for your post he was chosen by the Clippers which pretty much KILLS any form of relevance that he has to this discussion. It's the Clippers. Donald Sterling does anything he can to destroy his team. The fact that he has that team at mediocrity is amazing.

Where does Oden stand in all of this. Like someone mentioned earlier he played with his week hand in college and DOMINATED. As for the Samuel Dalembert throw in. Do you know how valuable a player like Dalembert would be to the Blazers right now? Now take a bigger, stronger, faster, younger, better player and add him into the Blazers all the better. For as long as he is healthy the Blazers have a very bright future.

[Nate505]

Smith was/is average at best. He's a career 12 and 7 guy. Not terrible, and he's managed to stay employed in this league but saying he's "good" is generous at best.

He reminds me of a slightly lesser Thurl Bailey. Which is not very high praise...

[NO-KG-AI]

Add to that, Oden is MUCH MUCH MUCH more highly rated than Smith, Brown, or Olowokandi ever were, and he's got a combo of size/skills/athletic ability that none of them have.

This is thread is ridiculous, they could raise their prices more than they are and it still wouldn't be an issue.

[JES12]

I don't know what ticket prices are around the league, but I was able to get front row tickets at the Blazer games for $125 a ticket. $169 with all the taxes and surcharges.

That's cheaper than my hometown Dallas.

[Chubby Chaser]

Since when did ticket sales have anything to do with winning games???

You're kidding right?

[Jemini80]

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You're kidding right?

no he's not kidding. They have nothing to do with winning games, it is a business, they have to do with the demand of the tickets, and in large markets like NY they will always be in high demand so they can raise prices.

this is just like baseball, go look at Oakland ticket prices even when they are good, an upper deck seat at Shea costs just as much as field level seats in Oakland. I sat i nthe 2nd row at Busch stadium for 75, those tickets at Shea would be 150.

[UNLVNugsFan]

Uh, this should not be a tough concept for anyone with even a basic understanding of economics to figure out. The Blazers obligation to their stockholders is to maximize profits. In this case, (# of tickets overall) quantity supplied cannot be modified, unless they were to build another arena. Quantity demanded however is very high at this current price, so they raise prices, to maximize their profits, considering quantity demanded will still be greater than quantity they can supply, even at an increased price.

Winning percentage has little to no effect on ticket prices. It has been brought up in this thread, its simple supply and demand functions. The knicks are a horrible team, yet there is great demand for tickets, even at inflated prices. The hornets are by all accounts one of the top teams in the league, and I bet their prices are close to the bottom in the league.

[Muzzleshot]

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[JES12]

Uh, this should not be a tough concept for anyone with even a basic understanding of economics to figure out. The Blazers obligation to their stockholders is to maximize profits. In this case, (# of tickets overall) quantity supplied cannot be modified, unless they were to build another arena. Quantity demanded however is very high at this current price, so they raise prices, to maximize their profits, considering quantity demanded will still be greater than quantity they can supply, even at an increased price.

Winning percentage has little to no effect on ticket prices. It has been brought up in this thread, its simple supply and demand functions. The knicks are a horrible team, yet there is great demand for tickets, even at inflated prices. The hornets are by all accounts one of the top teams in the league, and I bet their prices are close to the bottom in the league.

A winning team causes more demand within that market, thus saying winning % has nothing to do with it is just (Please Use More Appropriate Word)!