Lakers to raise ticket prices for 'premium' games
Seats for seven contests will cost $10 to $55 more.
The Lakers will boost ticket prices from $10 to $55 apiece for most seats at Staples Center for seven premium games during the 2008-09 season, the team announced today.
The Lakers are copying a variable pricing system other sports teams have used to charge higher prices for key matchups.
The premium Lakers games are on Dec. 25 against the NBA champion Boston Celtics, Jan. 19 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James, Jan. 25 versus San Antonio, Feb. 20 against New Orleans, Feb. 26 versus Phoenix, March 15 against Dallas and April 3 against Houston.
For those games, the price of a $35 seat will rise to $45, and so on, with the biggest price hike coming for a $260 seat, which will cost $315 for each of those games.
The Lakers also said that about 1,000 individual tickets are available for each home game this season; they will go on sale through Ticketmaster at 10 a.m. on Oct. 4, but no tickets will be sold at the Staples Center box office that day.
barry.stavro@latimes.com.
