Sold out in a minute! Basketball fever is crazy, SKLG Champ is expected to be in full attendance in Game 5...Ticketing warning
May 12, 2025
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Seoul SK, led by head coach Jeon Hee-chul, will play Game 5 of the championship decision (four wins out of seven) against Changwon LG at Jamsil Student Gymnasium on the 13th. Another game will be played in front of '10,000 audience'. An official from the SK team said, "Following the first and second games, the fifth games were also sold out. All three games were sold in about a minute after the opening of the ticket. SK has 5,200 seats in its home stadium.
This series is a match between the top teams in the audience. SK has attracted a total of 143,166 fans in this season's regular league. As many as 12 of the 14 games held on weekends and holidays were sold out. The SK club failed to sell out in the two games held after the regular league championship was confirmed", he explained. LG attracted 111,753 spectators in the regular league. As the fandom is a match between the two hot teams, it has been sold out throughout the series. Games 3 and 4 at Changwon Gymnasium, LG's home stadium, were also sold out. Earlier, the LG club said, `The third game was sold out in three minutes and the fourth game was sold out in about two minutes.'
Fans are paying keen attention to it, and even scalpers are on the rise. Tickets worth dozens of times the regular price were also caught. Hundreds of thousands of won as well as millions of won of scalpers have been confirmed. A KBL official said "KBL operates an online ticket reporting center in cooperation with the Korea Professional Sports Association. When purchasing a KBL ticket, consent is obtained from the terms and conditions of the 「Guidance of Sanctions for Pro Sports Ticket Sales」. If a ticket is detected, the ticket is canceled after notification. In addition, the Ticket Reporting Center monitors the secondary ticket sales platform and community to directly find suspected ticket cases. However, if the seat cannot be specified, it is difficult to identify individuals, so there is a limit to punishment. A more fundamental solution is to create a culture that does not consume scalpers."
Game 5 of the championship will be held with fate in the packed audience. SK challenges '0% probability'. SK, the winner of the regular league, lost games 1 to 3 of the championship and was on the brink. However, he won the fourth game 73 to 48. Veteran Oh Se-geun, born in 1987, shed tears after roaring. SK aims to achieve 'reverse sweep' (reversal victory), which has never been achieved in the National Basketball Association (NBA), which was launched in 1946. SK believes in the strength of winning the championship by winning four consecutive games even after giving up the first and second games against Wonju DB in the 2017-2018 season. SK manager Jeon Hee-chul said, `I will do my best to win Game 5 for now.'
LG is taking on a new history. Since the launch of professional basketball in 1997, it has never topped the list. The runner-up in the 2000-2001 and 2013-2014 seasons is the best. He is determined to win the title with words this time. It was a poor performance tied to just 48 points in the fourth game, but 3 wins and 1 loss remain the same. LG manager Cho Sang-hyun said, `Now it's a battle of moods. I'll prepare well and have a good game."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
