Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
Whenever the next NBA season starts, it won’t cost any more to see the Los Angeles Clippers’ reigning Rookie of the Year, Blake Griffin.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Clippers declined to raise their season-ticket prices despite a 7.9 percent jump in attendance that can be largely correlated with Griffin’s arrival and dominant rookie season.
The team declined comment. However, ESPNLosAngeles.com obtained ticket information that confirms the prices of Clippers’ season-ticket packages remain unchanged.
The most expensive courtside seats ran $48,400 for a full 41-game home season. The cheapest full-season seats in the third level of Staples Center ran $396.
The Clippers averaged 17,742 fans in 2010-11, a 7.9 percent increase from the 16,343 they averaged in 2009-10.
According to Team Marketing Research’s annual fan cost index report for the 2009-10 season, the Clippers’ average ticket cost $51.47, well above the league average of $47.66 but well below the Los Angeles Lakers‘ $95.25 average ticket, highest in the NBA.
The average cost for a family of four to attend a Clippers game last year was $313.86, ninth-highest in the league.
WRITTEN BYÂ Ramona Shelburne is a reporter and columnist for ESPNLosAngeles.com.
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