NBA: with the return of LeBron James, Cleveland multiplies its ticket prices by 4.5 in 2014-15

The Cleveland Cavaliers franchise offers, with an average price of (€303), the most expensive tickets NBA (National Basketball Association) for the 2014-15 season, according to a study by Vivid Seats (online ticketing platform) made on 24/10/2014. The Cavaliers are far ahead of the Houston Rockets ((€228) and the New York Knicks ((€222).

The average price of a ticket NBA game is €142 euros for the 2014-15 season, less than half the rate proposed by Cleveland. The median price of a ticket match to the franchise in Ohio -- who signed the league's top star LeBron James in the 2014 summer -- is €170 euros.

Cleveland ticket rates and demand explode with the arrival of LeBron James.

• After the return of LeBron James was announced (July 2014), season tickets to the Cleveland Cavaliers were sold in less than a half day. The opposite effect is observed in the Miami Heat (James's former team) where the ticket prices have dropped by an average of €12 euros since the departure of its star.
  • The average ticket price for the Miami-Cleveland game should be $765 (€602) and $719 (€566) for the…