Skeptics step up as OKC stages massive sit-down for Thunder

Here's who Oklahoma City is so far. The next Phoenix. And since we're name-dropping, toss in Los Angeles and Boston, too.

We're merely at the launch of what will be a long journey, this NBA adventure, in what not so long ago was a dusty prairie town.

But the early returns say OKC is going to be boom, not bust, in this major-league business. The events this week at the Ford Center show nothing else.

The Thunder opened shop for seat selection Monday, and fans are frenzied. Fired up about the seats they got. Fired up about the seats they didn't get.

And nary a word about ticket prices.

Thunder chairman Clay Bennett set his tickets steep. The cheap seats still are cheap. The pricey seats blow a hole through the O-zone: $325 per ticket per game for the fourth row, $500 a game for the third row, $650 a game for the second row, $1,500 a game for the first row.

And then we get to the Nicholson seats, which are $2,500 a pop if you could find them for sale. Which you can't, because corporations and sponsors have muscled their way to the table..

The only downer in this whole process is that not everyone who wants aboard will get a seat. The Thunder expects to begin, as early as today, a waiting list for season tickets.

"Demand will exceed supply,” Bennett said, almost with resignation. “I really struggle with this issue, because everyone has been supportive of this deal. To not be able to accommodate everyone is troubling.

“On the other hand, there are only so many seats, and we are pleased there's such a demand.

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