Victor Wembanyama mania gets real in San Antonio as Spurs season ticket sales soar
Victor Wembanyama mania gets real in San Antonio as Spurs season ticket sales skyrocket just days after the franchise clinched the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft
San Antonio has scored big since being designated the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, with the ticket office taking more than 2,500 season ticket orders in the hours after the lottery ended.
The Spurs are in pole position to select the league’s next star, Victor Wembanyama – a 2-foot-80 tall prospect from France, tipped as the consensus’s first overall pick.
The last two times San Antonio picked first, they chose David Robinson (1987) and Tim Duncan (1997). The Spurs — led by Gregg Popovich, the coaching leader in basketball history — also have a special relationship with France, with the likes and talents of NBA champions Tony Parker and Boris Diaw, of course.
“I’m excited for the city, for the franchise,” said Spurs GM Brian Wright. (The lottery) was a good start. It’s the beginning, not the end. There’s still a lot of work to be done.’
Indeed, the organization’s staff have been working around the clock since the lottery ended, and many Spurs fans were excited about the team that fielded ‘Wemby’ on June 22.
Spurs fans are excited about the prospect of Victor Wembanyama playing in San Antonio in the fall
The Spurs counter took 2.5 subscription orders in the hours after the lottery ended
“We were here on the phone until midnight last night making sure people were making deposits, the website was working properly and everyone was back on it by 7:30,” said Spurs Sports & Entertainment chief revenue officer Frank Miceli. KSAT.
“We expect by the end of today (Wednesday), so in a full 24 hours we will have over 2,500 deposits.”
Spurs officials saw that web traffic was 10 times higher than normal and downloads of the team’s official mobile app have also received a significant boost.
“People want to know how many games they can get,” Lindsay Beale, associate vice president of business development, told KSAT of inquiries and requests that increased by the hundreds.
Spurs managing partner Peter J. Holt (L) after San Antonio won the first pick in the NBA draft
“We have a subscription of 10 games, so it’s really a manageable number of games that come within an annual payment plan. We do not charge interest. They can spread their payments up to 10 months,” she added.
Spurs officials reassured fans who had already made a $100 deposit to potentially watch Wemby play at AT&T Center next season by telling them they will have a chance to win selected seats this Saturday and next Thursday, depending on their place in the stadium. the row.
Miceli said next season could be one of the most lucrative in Spurs ticketing history.
“Until we actually go through that process, it’s very hard to project that, but we expect it to break the record,” he said.
According to San Antonio Express Newspartial season ticket plans to watch the Spurs play start at $47 per month, “which range from 10 to 20 games or can be bundled into 30 games.”