How much are tickets to Kings vs Warriors game? See prices for 1st preseason home game
The Sacramento Kings will return to play ball on their home court for the first time since being dropped from the playoffs last season in April — and tickets are selling out fast.
The seven-month wait will come to an end at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, inside downtown Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center. The Kings will face the Golden State Warriors for a game that’s bound to get heated for more reasons than one.
Not only are the two Northern California teams rivals, but the last time fans saw them square off was during the nail-biting Game 7 of the first-round playoff series last season. It was the first time since 2006 that the Kings advanced to the playoffs.
Stephen Curry’s historic performance led the San Francisco team to a 120-100 victory over the Kings, advancing the Warriors to the next round, where they were eventually defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers (122-101) in the West Conference Semifinals.
The Kings’ 2023-24 preseason starts Sunday with an away game against the Toronto Raptors, according to the NBA’s website. The team’s regular season starts on Friday, Oct. 27, with another home game against the Warriors.
Here’s what The Sacramento Bee found, as of Friday morning, for the Kings’ first preseason game of the 2023-24 season. A quick caveat: Ticket prices change rapidly, and range depending on access and view.
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster is known to offer some of the highest protection when purchasing tickets.
Reliability will cost you.
Tickets to the Kings versus Warriors game on Sun. Oct. 15, costs between $40 to $300 for a single ticket, excluding taxes and fees.
The cheapest place to watch the game is in the Michelob Ultra Club, an unreserved general admission standing room. There are no seats and customers are limited to eight tickets per transaction.
Gametime
Gametime sells “on-time and authentic” last-minute tickets to concerts, sports and theater.
If you find cheaper tickets somewhere else, Gametime credits your account for future purchases, according to its website. Just remember the company prices tickets for however much it likes, meaning prices may be set above or below face value.
Tickets to the Kings versus Warriors game cost between $49 and $247 for one ticket.
A tip: Purchase your ticket as soon as the game starts. Typically the cost is further discounted.
StubHub
Tickets to the first home game of the preseason are selling fast on StubHub, according to its website.
Seats to the Kings versus Warriors game range from $59 to $264 for a single ticket.
SeatGeek
Similar to ticket platforms like Gametime and StubHub, the closer you buy your tickets to game time, the cheaper they typically cost you on SeatGeek.
Tickets to the Kings versus Warriors game cost between $52 and $245.
Vividseats
Prices range between $50 and $153 for a single ticket to the Kings versus Warriors game.
If you buy 10 tickets through Vividseats — whether it’s to a sports event, comedy show or concert — you can earn credit toward your 11th purchase through the ticket rewards program.
Sacramento Kings ticket exchange Reddit forum
The r/Kings TicketExchange Reddit forum, created in 2016, is regularly used by Kings fans to buy and sell game tickets.
Full disclosure: This is one of the cheapest ways to buy tickets — also the riskiest.
“R/KingsTicketExchange is not responsible for any items sold or purchased through this sub! Purpose of this sub is to have a place to buy/sell tickets without the insane fees!,” the Reddit user wrote on its forum a month ago when announcing the Kings versus Warriors preseason thread.
The forum has roughly 2,000 members and has a list of “top trusted sellers.”
Golden 1 Center box office
Golden 1 Center’s box office at 500 David J Stern Walk sells Kings tickets at prices similar to Ticketmaster, without the additional fees.
The box office is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to showtime during weekend events.
The catch: Tickets must be purchased in person at the box office.
The box office can be reached at 916-701-5401 during business hours.
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