The lifeblood of any Manhattan luxury hotel begins and ends with one staffer: the concierge. Black toilet paper in your room? No problem. A meetup with former President Bill Clinton’s cardiologist? Scheduled. Custom-made jeans finely tailored to your sizes? They’ll be in your drawer. On and on go the seemingly insurmountable asks.

Then there’s tickets for the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in the NBA Finals.

Ahead of New York’s first Finals home game this century on Monday, concierges told Sportico that they were hustling for guests to score tickets. Online, stubs as of Monday morning started at $5,000, although five-star hotel guests are unlikely to only want to get in the door.

One concierge agency landed seats for a client at $176,000 each, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Some may not even be Knicks fans—these are largely out-of-towners we’re talking about—but Madison Square Garden promises to be the place to be (and be seen) this week. In recent years, standalone concierge agencies, also known as lifestyle management companies, have emerged to serve high net worth individuals year-round.

The dayshift concierge at the storied Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue said she is working to accommodate one guest’s ask for 14 tickets. She was confident she could deliver. “Service is at the core of what we do,” she said.

Hotels were all quick to point out that they have partnerships with ticketing agencies and hospitality companies, many of whom have access to tickets not available on secondary markets.

Charlie Loor, the chief concierge at The Peninsula on Fifth Avenue, said he’s been in touch with the hotel’s ticket broker, Prominent Tickets, a lot this past week. Loor, who has been in hospitality for 16 years, characterizes wealthy guests’ requests as not so much “Can I get?” but “I need.”

(By the way, Loor, who was recognized in 2017 with the Rising Star Award at the annual Hotel Excellence Awards and then honored with the Silver Plume Award for Concierge of the Year in 2018, says the black toilet paper and Clinton’s heart surgeon were actual asks from guests over the years. He delivered on both.)

The NBA controls certain seats at its marquee event, while the Knicks postponed a previously scheduled presale for fans last week. The team put a pair of front-row tickets up for auction to benefit charity. The winning bidders, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Veritas Capital, ponied up $1 million for the tickets.

Those in “need” have been left to work every angle they can, from bankers to sports agents, who might know just the right guy. Days before tip-off, Loor said these tickets are “among the hottest sporting tickets we’ve seen in New York in recent years,” though he added it “hasn’t quite reached the level of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.”

And the requests don’t end at the arena door. Visitors have also inquired about locating sold-out jerseys, customized merch and coordinated gear for the whole family, Loor said. For some guests, the hotels also set up custom viewing opportunities around the city.

The concierge at the Four Seasons on 57th Street, who would only allow himself to be identified as M.L., said he will go to its ticket agencies first to try to secure Knicks tickets but will try other avenues if that falls short.

As a native of Morocco who lives in New Jersey, he says he’s feeling his own squeeze for sports tickets these days, trying desperately to see his home country’s team in the World Cup. “Those tickets are untouchable right now,” he said.

So what if a guest asked for a meetup at some point with Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson? The Peninsula’s Loor said: “We’d get it done.”