{"id":641910,"date":"2026-03-05T22:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/641910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:57:22","slug":"atlanta-hawks-tickets-for-magic-city-night-spike-amid-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/641910\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Hawks Tickets For Magic City Night Spike Amid Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks
\n Magic City Game Tickets Spike \ud83d\udcc8
\n … Despite Backlash<\/p>\n

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\n March 5, 2026
\n 2:06 PM PST\n <\/p>\n

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The controversy swirling around the Atlanta Hawks’ Magic City night later this month hasn’t cooled ticket sales … ’cause TMZ Sports<\/a> has learned they’re sellin’ like hotcakes, making it one of the hottest matchups of the season!<\/p>\n

Of course, the Hawks announced<\/a> they’d be honoring the iconic strip club and the impact it’s had on the city during their March 16th home game against the Orlando Magic at State Farm Arena in ATL.<\/p>\n

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Since then, the Hawks have faced a barrage of criticism, from players to fans … but ticket sales say the criticism is overblown in a big way.<\/p>\n

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In fact, SeatGeek tells us the game is on pace to be the highest-selling Monday matchup by ticket volume this season, already surpassing every game except the MLK Day matchup in January.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices have also jumped 84% compared to those purchased a month ago — well before the Magic City announcement.<\/p>\n

Still, despite the clear and present excitement among many fans, not everyone is pumped for the Magic City event. San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet<\/a> ignited the debate <\/a>by releasing a statement calling the tribute disrespectful to women.<\/p>\n

“We should promote an atmosphere that is protective,” Kornet wrote, “and respectful of the daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, and partners that we know and love.”<\/p>\n

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Warriors center Al Horford co-signed Kornet’s piece, while his teammate Draymond Green <\/a>defended the Hawks, describing Magic City\u2019s dancers as a form of art.<\/p>\n

Dissent aside, earlier this week the Hawks told us they’re pressing forward with the event as scheduled. Magic City manager JuJu Barney clarified there won’t be any nudity <\/a>— just wings, music, and good vibes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Hawks Magic City Game Tickets Spike \ud83d\udcc8 … Despite Backlash Published March 5, 2026 2:06 PM PST…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,6,67,66,83,2228],"class_list":{"0":"post-641910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-hawks","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-news","17":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116179046424438412","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}