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The NBA is coming to Shanghai again on October 17. This time the Cleveland Cavaliers, fresh off the worst NBA Finals performance we have ever seen, take on the Orlando Magic. If meaningless preseason hoops is your thing, start booking tickets to Minhang District now. The game is being played way the hell out there at the Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center. And for those of you who remember the 2004 Shanghai clash between the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings (tickets for which started at US$12) you might be interested to know that tickets for the 2007 version start at US$105. Now, we know the dollar has gotten weaker ... but this seems like a greedy move for a sport and league that should be trying to appeal to the common man. (UPDATE: According to the seating chart, it looks like very few nose-bleed seats were priced at RMB 200, but maybe they are sold out.)
Also, big-name players generally don't play much in preseason games, but maybe Lebron will make an exception due to his quest to take over the world. Bench players usually get plenty of playing time, so that should make local fans of Li Ning signee Damon Jones (all three of you) happy.
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i think i'll just watch the game on good ol' CCTV 5, them tix are waaaaaay overpriced, and why they moved the game all the way out to woop woop
I'm gonna be in Shanghai in the fall and I'm a huge Magic fan. I really want tickets to this, but can someone explain to me how the tickets for decent seats are 500 dollars?!