Noon sharp this Thursday, November 10.
It's time, it's time to try our luck: buy tickets for the NBA game which will take place on Thursday January 19, 2023 at the Accor Arena between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons.
Three years and a Covid pandemic later, the NBA will once again put down its suitcases on the banks of the Seine.
There are events that should not be missed and this is one of them.
Still, he is (very) lucky.
To get a sesame, only one possible destination: the online ticket office of the Accor Arena, the large hall in eastern Paris which will host the event.
No need to go elsewhere, on the sites of sale of tickets of show type Fnac and company: they do not offer anything.
The sale is exclusive by one way.
We missed the fan presale that was two days earlier.
No regrets to be honest: the few tickets put on the market for the occasion were gone in a few seconds and the discontent on the networks was substantial: prevention SMS never arrived, bugs to connect...
NBA GAME PARIS 2023 IS SOLD OUT In less than 5 minutes #NBA #NBAParis #NBA2K23 pic.twitter.com/A69Gwt9xpl
— bankrun 🌊 (@AirAlex01) November 10, 2022
First good news before connecting: we are told that tickets are on sale from 65 euros.
It's expensive for a folding seat at the very top of the room, but why not.
In fact, you have to pay between 80 euros and 815 euros to watch the match from the so-called classic stands.
And if you want to have even more fun for a place right on the edge of the field, it's more than 1,500 euros that you have to prepare to go out.
It is not in our intentions.
More than 40,000 people in front of us in the queue: it starts badly.
12:01: the connection is activated.
But no good surprise on the page that appears on the screen: we are immediately in 40757th position in the virtual queue.
The Accor Arena cannot accommodate more than 16,000 people.
Between the invitations, the places already gone in the presale, we imagine that around 10,000 places are put on sale at that time.
It's bad beginning.
34 minutes of waiting we are also told?
It passes quickly but it does not help much.
A little trip on Twitter to pass the time warns us that everything is already gone.
It's not 12:07 yet!
We try our luck by opening a new window on the computer but there, there is not even any more hope: 12:21, we are kindly informed that the “show is complete”.
The other window is still spinning.
22,000, 13,000: the number of people in front of us decreases.
But we know it is already too late.
When our turn finally arrives at exactly 12:46 p.m. there is nothing left.
It's really complete.
It smells like a scam 😅 the tickets will stay at 500€, might as well go see the Bulls in Chicago, it will cost less.
#nba #nbaparis pic.twitter.com/tjQqU1tneV
— Yipi (@Yipi_YO) November 7, 2022
We then file on eBay, the online auction site, to see if the smart guys are taking advantage of it.
Yes: just bought, there is already a place put back on sale.
Rate ?
600 euros category 6, in the middle of the stands at an initial price of 315 euros.
It is offered at 600 euros.
Too expensive.
We pass our turn: we will watch the match on TV on Canal + or BeIN Sport which will broadcast it.
And we leave on the networks, the disappointed fans to release their frustration.