The mechanical shark from Jaws has always gotten a bad rap. Anyone who has a passing interest in Jaws knows it kept breaking down, which was a blessing in disguise because Steven Spielberg had to add more character development and depth to the script.
Using some rudimentary data, MLS appears to average $58.07 per each of its 17 home matches in 2014. The so-called best deal in sports still remains Major League Baseball at $27.73 per each of 81 home games in 2013. ($27.93 per in 2014, a 2.0% increase.).
Ticketmaster, the official resale site for the team, said the average price paid for a ticket is $1,023, while StubHub said the average price paid on its site is $1,535. That's almost $1,000 more than what fans have paid for Game 1s over the past four Finals. StubHub spokesman Glenn Lehrman said last year's Heat-Spurs opener in San Antonio had an average resale price of $460, the cheapest in the past five years. The same matchup in 2013 for Game 1 in Miami cost an average of $558. Game 1 in 2012, when the Heat played at the Oklahoma City Thunder, went for an average of $655; the Dallas Mavericks-Heat opener in Miami in 2011 sold for an average of $486.