Tickets to watch LeBron James break the NBA scoring record are going for more than $69,000
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With LeBron James expected to break the NBA's all-time scoring record this week, fans eager to watch the Los Angeles Laker star vault into sports history in person will have to lay out big bucks.
Lower-level seats for Tuesday's game in Los Angeles at Crypto.com Arena against the Oklahoma City Thunder start at $1,067 a piece, according to Vivid Seats. Floor seats from Ticketmaster are going for between $415 and $1,000. The average ticket price for a Lakers game has jumped 211% since the season started, Vivid Seats told CBS MoneyWatch.
A couple factors are driving up prices, said Patrick Rishe, a sports business professor at Washington University in St. Louis. First, James is likely to break the record on the Lakers' home floor, and to add to the drama, the player he is set to surpass is fellow Laker legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
