LeBron James and the Miami Heat head back to MSG tonight for the second matchup against the Knicks, and tickets are selling for less than half of first MSG match-up in December.
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The first matchup in December was a highly anticipated circus, and a dramatic coda to The Decision. New Yorker’s don’ t like to be spurned, and so they did all they could to pay up and show LeBron what he was missing. The average price for that game were close $750 a ticket, with a 50% increase coming in the 3 days prior. After all that build-up, and cash, a tight first half turned into a blowout for the Heat.
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Since the first meeting, the Heat have gone from relative underachievers to beasts that are living up to the pre-season billing as favorites in the East. The Knicks, on the other hand, have lost six of seven, and some of the season’ s early optimism.
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For tonight’s game, the Heat is favored by only three points and the average price currently sits just above $324. While it’s a fire sale compared to game one, this is still 50% above the Knicks home average of $212, and over 3 times the average face price for the game. And despite the 50% drop in the last week, it will likely be one of the ten most expensive regular season tickets in New York for 2011. In recent memory, the Knicks have not been able to make that claim often, if ever.
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If the Knicks can figure out a way to take down the Heat, it will be money well spent for fans (especially those that snag a 300- or 400-level, which start at $64 and $100 respectively). If they lose, fans can take some measure of solace in the fact that they still have a winging record, a legitimate face for the franchise, and if the season ended today, a spot in the playoffs.
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Despite those strides, however, others will argue 6th, 7th or 8th in East is meaningless, and that without Carmelo Anthony the Knicks have no chance of playing May basketball. If he does find his way to the World’ s Most Famous Arena before the February 24th deadline, the circus would be back at the Garden for an extended stay and the Knicks current home average of $212 will seem like a quaint memory.
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Since Sunday’s Conference title games the prices have dropped 3.2% to an avg. of $3679. If you’re looking for a deal, the two least expensive TiqZones are 400’s Corners ($2934 avg) and 400’s EndZone ($2900 avg). In those zones you there are also currently 23 tickets in for less than $2500.

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As you can see from the charts below, the trends of these two games are going in two different directions. While excitement reached a fever pitch earlier in the week for this historic NFC title game matchup and tickets soared to nearly $1200 a seat, it looks like the ticket sellers were a little more excited for this Bears-Packers matchup than the ticket buyers. They clearly weren’t ready to pay Super Bowl-type prices for this game and since Monday the market has corrected itself as prices have dropped 25%, a trend that could continue into gameday.
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On the other hand, tickets for the AFC game started out the week at an avg. of $474 and have seen a 19% rise in prices over that same 5-day span. Between the lower average cost and the close proximity of the two teams, prices are likely to continue to rise until kickoff on Sunday night.

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One of our partner sites over at SBNation (Bright Side of The Sun) is planning a meetup with fellow Suns fans at next Friday’s game vs. the Celtics. This is one of the hotter tickets the Suns have had all year, so we here at TiqIQ wanted to make it easier for the folks in the Valley of the Sun to find the best deals. Above, you can see that we’ve highlighted the one zone that not only has a large quantity of seats available, but a large quantity of great deals as well. If you’d like to be a part of the BSotS Suns-Celtics meetup, click here.

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- New Orleans @ Seattle
- NYJ @ Indianapolis
- Baltimore @ KC
- Green Bay @ Phiadelphia

What does price say about excitement? Fans in Indy don’t seem too pleased after a substandard season, so while they may be paying the second highest price for this round, they’re not handing over too much more than they would for the average regular season game. This should open the door to some of the best deals of the opening round for the ticket buyers in Indy.
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Over in Philly, fans paying a decent premium on top of an already-high average to see their NFC East champs take on the Packers, in what is could be a classic.  If questions about Vick’s ability to play continue to swirl, the average price could drop over the next week.
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The most excitement shown for this round comes from fans who might not have expected to see their teams get this far; Chiefs fans and Seahawks fans. While the averages prices are the two lowest of the WildCard round, the premiums on these tickets are by far the highest with seats selling for 58% and 68% above the two teams’ home averages.  The Chiefs have played well all season, and the high premium combined with a relatively high avg. season price is an indication that fans are really excited for the first Arrowhead playoff game in sine 2003.  As for the Hawks, the high premium likely has more to do with the fact that their average price of $97 is the lowest of any playoff team than it does true enthusiasm for a playoff run.  With the defending SuperBowl champs coming to town, enthusiasm should be kept to a minimum.
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- Saints @ Seahawks

- Ravens @ Chiefs

- Packers @ Eagles

- Jets @ Colts

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