Larry Stewart from Morning Briefing in the Los Angeles Times:
Cancel the wedding plans. It appears Luke Walton and Britney Spears won’t be getting together any time soon.
When “Access Hollywood” told Walton that Spears had a crush on him, Walton said the feeling was mutual and he’d like to find a ticket to a game for Spears near the Laker bench.
Times reader Mario Gamez offered to sell his two front-row seats right behind the Laker bench for tonight’s game to Walton for $5,000 apiece.
“I’m only trying to help Luke close the deal,” Gamez said.
The bad news: Spears’ publicist, Nicole King, said that the pop singer was on an international tour until August.
*****Through the roof: So how outlandish is $5,000 for a front-row seat? According to Eric Baker, president of stubhub.com, tickets to tonight’s game are the hottest of the playoffs, and probably hotter than tickets would be if the Lakers made it to the NBA Finals.
Baker said the resale value of courtside seats was $15,000, and about $1,500 for floor-level seats. Face value of courtside seats for this series is $2,400, and face value for the best floor-level seats is $240.