If you happen to’re attempting to look at Alex Ovechkin make historical past in individual, put together your self for a dangerous, costly gamble.
The Washington Capitals famous person scored twice Friday evening to tie Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record, and the secondary ticket market responded in sort. By Saturday morning, the most affordable resale tickets for Washington’s subsequent recreation, towards the New York Islanders on Sunday, had been between $600 and $700 apiece.
On StubHub particularly, the most affordable units of two seats at UBS Enviornment (together with charges) price greater than $800 apiece. Decrease-bowl seats had been, naturally, a lot pricier, with just a few listings touching $2,000. Ticketmaster’s resale costs had been in the identical ballpark.
That’s a far cry from earlier within the week; an April 3 media launch from ticket reseller TickPick, despatched earlier than the Capitals’ recreation in Raleigh, N.C., put the “get-in” worth for Caps-Isles at $163. That was a 239-percent improve on what was as soon as a $38 ticket. Within the days since, that quantity has, after all, skyrocketed.
On Saturday morning, TickPick’s low-water mark for Caps-Isles seats was $650. Evidently the resellers had been taking note of Friday’s end result.
Two video games in the past, the Capitals’ April 12 recreation in Columbus — not the one in New York — was the costliest on TickPick’s board, at $256. On the time, anticipating Ovechkin to want a bit extra time was the smart name. Since, although, he’s scored three extra targets, tying Gretzky at 894 and making an April record-breaker really feel like a close to certainty.
The Capitals’ schedule, little question, performs a task in driving consideration and demand; UBS Enviornment is a straightforward practice trip from D.C., and the sport is a Sunday matinee.
Each time (and wherever) Ovechkin breaks the document, it gained’t be on an empty web, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery mentioned Friday evening. Ovechkin opted out of taking the ice after the Chicago Blackhawks pulled their goalie within the closing minutes on Friday.
“He desires to interrupt the document with a goaltender within the crease, which I respect,” Carbery mentioned.
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