San Antonio Spurs quietly ban Knicks fans from buying NBA Finals tickets

Most New York Knicks fans were priced out of attending Games 2 and 3 in Madison Square Garden, with ticket prices exceeding $10,000 on average. Now, it sounds like the Spurs are attempting to outright ban New Yorkers from purchasing tickets to Game 5 in San Antonio.

Before Saturday night’s Game 5 in San Antonio, the Spurs enacted a policy to quietly ban anyone outside of a 150-mile radius of the Frost Bank Center from purchasing a ticket to the game. Even if a Knicks fan already has tickets, it sounds like those tickets could be canceled.

While many Knicks fans might have been looking to attend Game 5 in San Antonio in hopes of witnessing the Knicks clinch their first NBA Championship since 1973, the Spurs are taking action to prevent that from happening.

When fans attempting to buy tickets to the game went to Ticketmaster this week, they were greeted by a message indicating that tickets would be restricted to those wihtin a 150-mile radius of the arena.

“Frost Bank Center is located in San Antonio, Texas. Sales to this event will be restricted to customers residing within a 150-mile radius of Frost Bank Center,” the note reads.

Even those who have already purchased tickets could be out of luck as Ticketmaster said that residency will be determined based on the credit card billing address, and those with an address outside of the 150-mile radius will have their tickets canceled and refunded without notice.

“Residency will be based on credit card billing address. Orders by residents outside of a 150-mile radius of Frost Bank Center will be canceled without notice and refunds given. Please note there is a 4 seat ticket limit for transactions through the venue.”

The Spurs confirmed the news to the New York Post, claiming that the policy was in place throughout the playoffs. However, there have been no reports of such a policy being enforced until Game 5.