Miami Heat Tickets

For many years, Miami Heat tickets weren't exactly a hot commodity in the Florida area. In their first season in the National Basketball Association, the team averaged less than 15,000 fans for each of their home games and drew a total of just over 612,000 people to watch basketball in the Miami area. Their next year, average home attendance crept over the 15,000 per game mark, but just barely. Of course, neither one of those clubs managed to win 20 games in a single season. Since then, however, the team has improved drastically. They have won five division crowns and have reached play playoffs 10 times, and as the quality of their play rose, their fan base grew exponentially. In 2004-05, Miami went 59-23 and reached the Eastern Conference Finals. That season, they sold a franchise record 815,000-plus tickets, making them one of only five NBA teams to have attracted more than 800,000 total people to their home games that season.

Why Buy Miami Heat Tickets?

What is the attraction? Why have basketball fans begun to eagerly snatch up Miami Heat tickets? Quite simply because they are one of the best and most exciting teams in the league today. Last season, the team was led by center Shaquille O'Neal and by guard Dwyane Wade. O'Neal, acquired from Los Angeles before the season started, is one of the NBA's all-time greats and proved why once again in 2004-05, averaging 22.9 points and 10.4 rebounds per game while leading the league in field goal percentage with .601. Wade averaged 24.1 points per game in his second season and was voted to his first ever NBA All-Star Game. That dynamic duo will be joined this season by a trio of exceptional, newly acquired players -- forward Antoine Walker and guards Jason Williams and Gary Payton. Many prognosticators have called Miami the team to beat in the east, and with such talent on their roster, its a difficult point to argue.