**Rival Team Hits a NEW LOW With Fever Ticket Prices**
What the Minnesota Lynx have done with their ticketing strategy regarding their game against the Indiana Fever is shocking. Upon closer inspection, things are much worse than fans initially thought.
This may not be a big deal to impact the entire WNBA, but it is clearly creating a lot of controversy.
According to the fine print in the ticketing announcement, in order to buy tickets for the Indiana Fever game, fans are forced to purchase a half-season ticket package, which includes several other unrelated games.
Additionally, additional tickets for this particular game will be sold at or below the average price of the half-season ticket package. This means that in order to own a ticket for the Indiana Fever game, fans will need to invest a large amount of money in other games that they may not really care about.
Imagine if you wanted to get a good seat at the stadium. The cost would include the price of the entire half-season package, plus the price of tickets for this particular game.
The total cost of this experience would be very high, and it’s worth noting that the Lynx appear to be maximizing their pricing power by charging as much as they can afford.
This strategy seems designed to ensure that fans are interested not only in the Indiana Fever game, but also in other games throughout the season. If buyers can’t sell their excess tickets, they’ll likely have to go to those games themselves.
However, there’s a notable problem: the Lynx don’t typically open the upper-deck seating sections of the stadium for regular-season games. If they decide to open them up for the Indiana Fever game, the ticket prices for those sections will likely be significantly different from what fans are used to.
The controversy here is the price tag for this particular game at Target Center. For that amount of money, you could buy tickets to see many other top stars in the league, from young prospects to veterans, in a variety of games.
However, the game against the Indiana Fever was priced at a completely different level, far beyond the expectations of most fans.
Overall, the Lynx’s decision can be seen as a way to maximize profits, taking advantage of the special interest from the audience.
However, this inevitably caused frustration and anger from the fan community, who felt they were being forced to spend more than they were actually getting.
