Sixers fans experience sticker shock after single-game tickets go on sale for 2026-27 season
With the Sixers trading for Jaylen Brown and signing LeBron James this offseason, tickets will be significantly more expensive this season. Policies for season-ticket holders have also been changed.
It should come as no surprise that 76ers tickets will be significantly more expensive this season after the massive additions of LeBron James and Jaylen Brown.
But last Thursday’s single-game ticket drop and the earlier presale for season-ticket holders still caused a bit of sticker shock for fans.
Single-game ticket prices started at $75 before fees for upper-deck seating, which bumped the final tally up to $88 with fees.
However, that base-level price was only available for six of the Sixers’ 41 home games at point-of-sale. Those include games against the Bulls (Nov.2), Raptors (Nov. 12), Grizzlies (Dec. 1), Wizards (Jan. 12), Clippers (Jan. 25), and the Hawks (April 4).
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For marquee games, including games against the Knicks and the home opener against Cleveland on Oct. 22 (7 p.m., ESPN), primary ticket prices started at $320.
For years, the Sixers searched for a solution to Knicks fans taking over Xfinity Mobile Arena. In the playoffs in 2024 and 2026, everyone from Joel Embiid to Sixers ownership to Fanatics owner Michael Rubin pitched in to fill the arena with Sixers fans, to no avail.
At Madison Square Garden, faced with similar fan complaints of price gouging (opening night Knicks vs. Sixers tickets were running fans upward of $1,000 just to get in the building), Knicks ownership paused single-game ticket sales, apologized, and said that “mistakes” had been made in pricing the tickets.
“We are rolling back to last year’s prices plus an average increase of 12 percent,” the team said in a release.
Sixers tickets are still well below that threshold. Even on the secondary market, tickets for marquee games like the home opener vs. the Cavs and home games against the Knicks start at approximately $359.
After the Sixers’ disastrous 2024-25 season, when the team won 24 games and Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey suffered season-ending injuries, the Sixers offered season ticket-holders the opportunity to extend for two seasons at the same price.
That means ticket-holders who chose to renew are still paying the same rate from two seasons ago to watch a team now featuring James and Brown.
Currently, season ticket-holders cannot sell or transfer their tickets through the member portal on Ticketmaster, so secondary market prices could drop further as more inventory becomes available. But others already are listing tickets on platforms like StubHub, with plans to transfer later.
Resale policies changed over the summer. Before the Sixers signed James, full-season ticket-holders could sell up to 10 games without facing a penalty. Since James’ signing, a contract sent to The Inquirer showed that number has dropped to seven games, and ticket-holders already are reporting that the Sixers are sending notices to fans who have been identified as potential brokers that their tickets could be revoked.
During a season of high expectations and increased fan interest, full and partial season ticket prices also have risen dramatically, even since the beginning of the summer. One season ticket-holder who invested after the Sixers traded for Brown, but before they signed James, secured a lower-level package for approximately $250 per ticket per game. Single-game tickets in a similar location are running upward of $1,000 for marquee games at face value.
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“I think ultimately, this will be good for the city and for the Sixers,” comedian and Sixers fan Samantha Ruddy said. “... There will be more passion in the stands than last season, but I’ll miss getting to have a night out at an NBA game for a bargain with my buds.”
Ticket availability, especially in the more expensive lower bowl sections, already is limited after just days of single-game tickets being on sale. The Sixers open training camp on Sept. 29 before beginning the season on the road at the New York Knicks on Oct. 20 (7 p.m., NBC10).
