Yahoo Sports Trying to go to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final? Be ready to open your wallet
Are you trying to find a last-minute ticket to see the game at Sunrise’s Amerant Bank Arena and possibly see the Panthers hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history? Be prepared to shell out a good bit of money. You will be hard-pressed to find much for less than $1,500 per ticket on the verified resale market (TicketMaster, StubHub, etc) for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night — just the 18th time in NHL history the series has ever gone a full seven games.
As of 8:30 p.m. Saturday, the cheapest ticket available was for $1,243 on Vivid Seats (before fees — which could be a couple hundred dollars extra). That will get you a seat in Section 306 in the upper level of the arena.
If you want to be in the lower bowl and closer to the action, be prepared to pay at least $3,000 per ticket — if you’re lucky to get one of the tickets that (relatively) cheap.
READ MORE: The history of Stanley Cup Final Game 7s — and what it means for the Florida Panthers
Now, to reiterate: These are prices on the secondary, resale market — not the prices the Panthers themselves charged for tickets. It’s not uncommon for people who purchased tickets for big events that are sold out — be it a championship game for a sporting event or a concert — to try to profit by flipping tickets for a price well above market value.
The Panthers have sold out all 12 home playoff games so far, averaging 19,686 fans per postseason game — working at a 102.3-percent capacity.
Their first three home games of the Stanley Cup Final had announced crowds of 19,543, 19,673 and 19,956.
Florida won the first three games of the best-of-7 series 3-0, 4-1 and 4-3 before dropping Games 4-6 by scores of 8-1, 5-3 and 5-1.
This is just the second time a Stanley Cup Final extended to seven games after one team went up 3-0 in the series. In 1942, the Maple Leafs overcame the 3-0 deficit to win four consecutive games and claim the Cup. In 1945, it was Detroit that went down 3-0 and won three straight to force Game 7. Toronto wound up winning the series in seven.
It’s also just the eighth Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Final since 2001 and the first since 2019.
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