But that amount was still far less than the city's average ticket, which cost $8.50 last summer.

The average ticket that was resold went for around $280, yet most fans paid the list price.

The Cardinals' surcharges raise the price of the average ticket to $38.

"Tell me where you can buy an average ticket?"

While $17 seats do exist upstairs, an average ticket goes for $55, assuming you can find one.

Still, the average ticket for a Knicks game will now fly over the $100 barrier.

With the $50 increase, the average last-minute one-way ticket, which last week cost $478, will likely rise $38.

But in the same period the cost of the average ticket rose 55 percent - to about $48 from about $31.

The average ticket is well over $100, from $100 to $200.

This is a common pricing model for very low and very high average tickets.