{"id":252425,"date":"2026-07-26T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252425\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:14:18","slug":"lebron-mania-in-philadelphia-affects-ticket-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252425\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron mania in Philadelphia affects ticket prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia 76ers have become the NBA&#8217;s biggest story after signing LeBron James and trading for Jaylen Brown. This superstar duo has caused ticket prices to surge, with some preseason seats now costing four times more than last year.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers are the most trending topic in the basketball community.<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"article-widget__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/1642-lebron-james.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-424561-plsm.jpg\" alt=\"LeBron  James\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Position<br \/>\n                SF\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Age<br \/>\n                41\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Height<br \/>\n                206 cm\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Weight<br \/>\n                113 kg\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Birth place<br \/>\n                Akron, United States of America\n            <\/p>\n<p>Not too long after acquiring Jaylen Brown in a trade, 76ers signed LeBron James in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James frenzy started in Philadelphia and ticket prices are affected by that.<\/p>\n<p>Per the research completed by TickPick, average ticket price last season was 68 dollars.<\/p>\n<p>This season&#8217;s first preseason game tickets start from $283 at the lowest price, almost four times more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>SeatGeek also noticed a similar pattern, with the cheapest price for the preseason game against Boston Celtics jumping from $107 to $540.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_1\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for being with us! 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