Cheaper For Rangers Fans To Fly To LA, Pay For A Hotel, And Get Tickets At The Staples Center Than It Is To Get Tickets To MSG

The Wire – Prices are so high for games in New York that people have joked that it’s probably cheaper for Ranger fans to fly to Los Angeles, check into a hotel, and buy tickets to a game at the Staples Center than it is to watch Games 3 or 4 at Madison Square Garden. Except, wait: that’s not a joke. Bloomberg did some math, and the results are not encouraging: 

The average price paid for a resale ticket to Game 3 in New York is $1,626, more than twice the $679 average for a ticket to Game 1 at the Staples Center. Round-trip flights to Los Angeles from Newark, New Jersey, on Travelocity.com, leaving the morning of Game 1 and returning the next day, begin at $490. The website offers a night at the airport Crowne Plaza for $69, meaning the total price for a ticket, flight and hotel would be $1,238. That’s $388 cheaper than the average price paid for an MSG ticket, which could be used for cab fares and food.

Listen everyone knows hockey is the bougiest sport out there. Its the most expensive sport to play and so when the bandwagon fans come along for the largest stage in the postseason, its gonna be the most expensive sport to watch too. Factor in that its New York vs. LA and its been 20 years since the Garden has seen Stanley Cup action, and its no surprise tickets are through the fucking roof. The most coveted trophy in sports at the most famous arena in the world – of course its gonna cost an arm and a leg.

Although even by those standards, one ticket selling at an average of $1,626 is absolutely fucking bananas. Over 3 grand if you and a buddy wanna watch your team in the Finals. Forget about flying to LA to watch a hockey game. Take some of that money and go have a fucking blast in Vegas. Watch the game at one of the sports books and spend the other thousand on strippers and hookers and shit.

Or, you can save roughly $1,600 and watch the game with unlimited booze with me and the rest of the Stoolies at Saloon for 30 bucks. They’re the official Stanley Cup Finals bar for the Rangers and Barstool New York. Best open bar deal in the city every single game. Good wings and solid bar food. $4 Fireball shot specials. Tables, TVs. And basically no rules. I’m expecting a repeat from the Team USA Olympic Hockey game watches when we were breaking TVs because people were throwing beer on the walls. Its been 20 years for you Rangers fans and you never know when you’re gonna make it back, so soak it in and live it up. The next couple weeks is gonna be an emotional roller coaster and a full blown bender.

You know the drill:

Doors open at 6 PM
Puck Drops at 8 PM
$30 Drink Package from Puck Drop til the End of the Game
Saloon NYC – 84th and York