Sparks nearing sellout for Caitlin Clark’s 1st WNBA game in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Tickets are still available as the Sparks are looking forward to hosting their first home game of the season on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena in a highly anticipated matchup against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.
“Can’t wait to be in Crypto, should be a huge, huge crowd with Indiana coming,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said after his team’s 70-68 victory over the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid.
Clark, the No. 1 draft pick last month after a sensational college career at Iowa, has drawn sellout crowds in her first several road games in Connecticut and New York.
Hundreds of standard tickets at various price points are still available for Friday’s game, beginning at $50 for the 300-section, $100 for the 200-section and $125 for the 100-section. A courtside seat in the first row is being resold via the AXS platform for $1,500.
On StubHub, resale prices before taxes and fees range from $25 for the 300 level, to $49 for the 200 level, $60 for the 100 level and $1,750 for courtside seats.
According to Crypto.com Arena, the seating capacity for Sparks games is traditionally up to 12,862. However, the venue can accommodate more fans as Lakers and Clippers games routinely serve 19,000 spectators.
Sparks forward Dearica Hamby, averaging a team-high 22 points and 13.7 rebounds per game in the best start of her 10-year career, said she’s focused on winning, regardless of the opponent.
“We’re excited to be at Crypto but it’s another game,” Hamby said. “It doesn’t matter who or what but it’s about us and how we can get better.”
On May 7, the team announced the highly anticipated game was being moved to Crypto.com Arena from the Pyramid, a 4,000-seat venue where the Sparks played their first two home games.
Friday’s game begins at 7 p.m. and will be nationally broadcast on ION.
According to statistics released by ESPN’s public relations department Tuesday, the Fever and Liberty on Saturday played the most-viewed WNBA game on ABC with 1.71 million viewers. Some 1.34 million of those viewers stuck around and watched the Sparks vs. Aces, the second game on the opening weekend doubleheader.