You needed $25 to attend the 1989 Finals. Today, that would be $67.
Reality? The average ticket to last year's NBA Finals: $1,147. 17x the inflation-adjusted price.
@lindsayowens.bsky.social explains: "Of the top 100 arenas in the world, 68 are in the US & Ticketmaster controls 53 of them."
The price of watching live sport in the U.S. has shifted - and the World Cup is taking full advantage of the landscape
