TiqIQ VP/Data & Communications Chris Matcovich said that prices for Knicks tickets on secondary-market websites are "down 13.17 percent -- while the Nets are down 17.13 percent." In New Jersey, John Brennan notes the average Knicks resale ticket price is "still $278.66, and the average for Nets is still $189.27." The "get in the door" price for Thursday's Knicks-Nets game at Barclays Center is $72, "while the average price is $247.79." The average price for this game is "down 35.4 pct from the beginning of the season, when it was $383.22" (NORTHJERSEY.com, 12/2).
UNITED THEY STAND: The AP noted MLS DC United and Serie A club Inter Milan are forming a "strategic partnership" with the clubs "now having the same owner." The deal, signed yesterday by Inter Milan VP Angelomario Moratti and DC United Managing Partner Jason Levien, "will include the sharing of team, organizational and competitive best practices." DC United is partly owned by new Inter Milan President Erick Thohir, who "took charge of the Serie A club last month after buying a majority stake" (AP, 12/2).
MAN UP: ESPN FC's Richard Jolly notes EPL club Manchester United Exec Vice Chair Ed Woodward "believes the Glazers' ownership of the club will be remembered more fondly in the future." Woodward said that the club "should have communicated better with their supporters to address their concerns about the debt the American family lumped on the club." Jolly notes ManU's "financial position is healthier with turnover" of $589M (all figures U.S.) last season, and is "forecast to rise" by $98-115M this year. Woodward said that ManU’s "money problems were never as severe as feared" (ESPNFC.com, 12/3).
