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NBA Finals Game 1 Ticket Prices Set Record On Secondary Market

Tonight's Cavaliers-Warriors contest "has become the most expensive Game 1 on the resale market in NBA Finals history." Ticketmaster, the Warriors' official resale site, said the average price paid for a ticket is $1,023, while StubHub pegged the average price paid on its site at $1,535. That is "almost $1,000 more than what fans have paid for Game 1s over the past four Finals" (ESPN.com, 6/4).

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