Sports on a Dime

Patience pays off with ticket scalpers

Last week I took my wife to the Portland Trailblazer vs. Utah Jazz basketball game. We had upper bowl seats, but planned improving to lower bowl seats by using season ticket holder upgrade vouchers from the Jazz or through buying fire sale tickets from the scalpers outside. We were disappointed to...

Buy NBA Basketball tickets early for games the week of Christmas

NBA ticket prices on the secondary sports ticket market will drop as the basketball game draws closer. One exception to this rule happens when a team has only one home game in the few days after Christmas. Step back and think about the logic driving the extra demand for NBA tickets in this situation. First,...

Falling ticket prices for Miami Heat vs Utah Jazz

Initially tickets for the Miami Heat vs. Utah Jazz game on December 8th were in short supply and very expensive. Single tickets sold out in a matter of minutes in early October so the average sports fan would wonder why the Utah Jazz box office was still selling basketball tickets the day of the game. The...