Portland Trail Blazers Tickets
Rip City doesn’t do quiet nights. Even in seasons when the standings weren’t kind, Moda Center has stayed one of the loudest buildings in the NBA, a place where a made three from the logo can shake the upper bowl and a fast break dunk can turn 19,000 strangers into one organism. Heading into the 2026-27 season, that noise has a reason to get louder: Damian Lillard is back in a Blazers uniform, Ja Morant is walking into the building for the first time as a teammate rather than an opponent, and a young core that finally cracked the playoffs last spring has something to prove. If you’ve been putting off buying tickets, this is the season to stop putting it off.
This guide walks through everything a fan actually needs before clicking “buy”: where the official and secondary markets live, what a realistic budget looks like, which games are worth circling on the calendar, how to get to Moda Center and park without a headache, and a few tricks for not overpaying. No fluff, no filler — just the stuff you’d want a friend who’s been to fifty games to tell you.
Why This Season’s Tickets Are Worth the Money
Every NBA season sells itself a little, but 2026-27 has an unusually good pitch behind it. Portland opens the year at home on Wednesday, October 21 against the Phoenix Suns — a rematch of last year’s Play-In Tournament thriller that sent the Blazers to their first postseason appearance since the 2020-21 season. That opener also marks Lillard’s first regular-season game back in a Portland jersey after years away, and it will almost certainly be one of the hardest tickets of the fall.
Add to that the offseason arrival of two-time All-Star Ja Morant, a new voice on the sideline in head coach Micah Nori, and a roster still built around Deni Avdija and Jrue Holiday, and you’ve got a team with real intrigue even before the ball goes up. The Blazers finished 42-40 last season and took the seventh seed in the West without Lillard on the floor at all — he was recovering from Achilles surgery the entire year. Now healthy, his return alone changes the temperature of every home game.
The league noticed too. Portland’s slate includes eleven nationally televised games this season, up from eight a year ago — seven on NBC/Peacock, two on Amazon Prime Video, and two on ESPN. The team also opens Emirates NBA Cup group play at home, and its Black Friday matchup against the Golden State Warriors on November 27 is shaping up as one of the marquee dates on the Moda Center calendar. None of this guarantees a great record, but it guarantees atmosphere, and atmosphere is a big part of what you’re paying for when you buy an NBA ticket.
Where to Actually Buy Trail Blazers Tickets
There are really two markets to know: the official, team-sanctioned route, and the resale marketplaces where fans and brokers sell tickets they already hold. Both are legitimate. The right one for you depends on how much control you want over price versus seat location.
The Official Route: Ticketmaster and the Team Box Office
The Trail Blazers designate Ticketmaster as their official ticket marketplace, and it’s the only place guaranteed to sell tickets at face value straight from the team’s own inventory, including new releases, single-game tickets, and verified resale listings from other fans. Every ticket bought here is digitally verified and lands in your phone’s wallet instantly, which matters more than it sounds like it should — walking up to Moda Center with a screenshot that won’t scan is a bad way to start your night.
You can also work directly through the team’s own hub at nba.com/blazers/tickets, which routes to the same Ticketmaster inventory but is useful if you’re trying to find season-ticket information, group sales, or specific promotional games in one place.
For anyone who prefers handling things in person or picking up will-call tickets, the physical box office sits inside the arena itself:
Moda Center Box Office One Center Court, Suite 100 Portland, OR 97227 Phone: (503) 797-9619
The box office only operates on event days, opening two hours before tip-off, and it does not accept cash — plan on a credit card, debit card, or Apple Pay. Will-call pickups require a valid photo ID along with the card used for the original purchase.
For general questions, ticket management, or account issues outside of event hours, the Rose Quarter’s administrative office handles inquiries by phone and email:
Rose Quarter / Moda Center Administrative Office One Center Court, Suite 150 Portland, OR 97227 Phone: (503) 235-8771 Box office ticket support: (503) 797-9619 Email: rq.boxoffice@rosequarter.com
Office hours run Monday through Friday, roughly 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., outside of event days. You can find broader venue policies, accessibility information, and campus maps at rosequarter.com.
Secondary Marketplaces Worth Bookmarking
If the primary market doesn’t have the section, date, or price you’re after, the resale market is deep for an NBA team in a mid-sized city like Portland. A few platforms consistently show up as reliable options:
SeatGeek aggregates listings from multiple sellers and is known for its “deal score” feature, which flags listings priced below typical value for a given section. It’s a good first stop if you’re comparison shopping across a wide range of games.
Vivid Seats backs every purchase with a 100% buyer guarantee and tends to have some of the widest inventory spreads, from nine-dollar upper-level seats on slow midweek nights up through premium courtside packages. Vivid Seats also lets you filter specifically for parking passes tied to a given game, which is worth doing if you’re driving in.
TickPick markets itself on a no-hidden-fees checkout — the price you see listed is the price you pay, without the surprise service charges that show up at the final screen on some other sites. If you’re price-sensitive, it’s worth pulling up alongside SeatGeek or Vivid Seats before you commit.
StubHub remains one of the largest peer-to-peer resale markets in the country and is another solid option for comparing prices, particularly for high-demand games where inventory moves fast.
None of these sites are “better” in an absolute sense — the smart move is opening two or three at once, searching the same game, and comparing total price after fees. Listings for identical seats can vary by twenty or thirty dollars between platforms depending on who’s selling and what each site charges to process the sale.
Moda Center: The Address, the Neighborhood, and How to Get There
Moda Center sits in Portland’s Rose Quarter, just across the Willamette River from downtown, and has been the Blazers’ home since it opened in October 1995 under its original name, the Rose Garden. Renovations over the years — most notably in 2014 and again ahead of the 2025-26 season, when the arena unveiled a new high-definition center-hung scoreboard — have kept the building feeling current despite its age.
Moda Center One Center Court, Suite 100 Portland, OR 97227
The arena holds 19,393 fans for basketball, and getting there is genuinely one of the easier parts of an NBA road trip if you’re in the Pacific Northwest.
By car: On-site parking is available at the Garden Garage, the East and West Broadway Garages, and the One Center Court Garage. Buying a parking pass in advance — either through Ticketmaster or one of the resale sites listed above — is worth doing for any high-demand game, since walk-up parking can fill quickly and drive up in price closer to tip-off.
By transit: The Rose Quarter Transit Center sits right at the arena’s doorstep, served by TriMet’s MAX Light Rail along with bus lines 4, 8, 35, 44, and 77. For anyone staying downtown or in the Lloyd District, transit is often faster than driving once you factor in parking and post-game traffic leaving the Rose Quarter campus.
On foot: Fans coming from the Lloyd District, the Eastbank Esplanade, or downtown Portland via the Steel or Broadway bridges can walk in comfortably; the Rose Quarter is only a short walk from several downtown hotel clusters.
A few campus policies are worth knowing before you go: bags and full-length umbrellas aren’t allowed inside (small clutches and medical bags are exceptions), the building is cash-free, weapons of any kind — including with a concealed carry permit — are prohibited, and lines typically start forming outside as early as 8 a.m. on game day for fans holding valid tickets, though doors themselves open much closer to tip-off.
What Trail Blazers Tickets Actually Cost
Pricing for NBA tickets is famously elastic — the same seat can cost three times as much depending on the opponent, the day of the week, and how close to game night you’re buying. For the Blazers specifically, data from the resale market shows prices starting as low as nine dollars for upper-level seats on lower-demand nights, with an average sale price across all games and sections landing around $118. That average gets pulled upward by marquee matchups; it gets pulled down hard by midweek games against non-contenders in the dead of a Portland winter.
A few patterns hold up season after season:
- Monday games tend to be the most affordable day of the week to attend, likely a combination of lower attendance and less competition from other entertainment options.
- March has historically been the cheapest month to catch a game, falling after the initial rush of the season and before the playoff push heats up ticket demand.
- Marquee opponents — teams with superstar players or recent championship pedigree — reliably push prices up regardless of day or month. Expect the Suns opener, the Warriors’ Black Friday visit, and nationally televised matchups against teams like the Nuggets, Timberwolves, and Clippers to carry a premium.
- Buying early versus buying late cuts both ways. Prices sometimes drop in the final 24 to 48 hours before tip-off as sellers try to offload inventory, but for high-demand games, waiting can just as easily mean paying more once the good seats disappear. There’s no universal rule here — it depends entirely on how in-demand the specific game is.
If budget is the priority, filtering by upper-level sections on a Monday or Tuesday night against a lower-profile opponent will consistently produce the cheapest path into the building. If atmosphere matters more than seat location, targeting one of the nationally televised or rivalry games is worth the extra cost — those are the nights Moda Center earns its reputation.
Best Games to Target This Season
A handful of dates on the 2026-27 calendar stand out enough to plan around:
October 21 vs. Phoenix Suns — The season opener, and Damian Lillard’s first regular-season appearance back in Portland. Expect this to be one of the most emotional nights at Moda Center in years and one of the toughest tickets of the entire season.
November 6 vs. Los Angeles Lakers — Portland’s opening game of Emirates NBA Cup group play, with Cup games carrying their own in-arena presentation and stakes.
November 25 vs. San Antonio Spurs — An ESPN-televised matchup and the Blazers’ final NBA Cup group-play game at home.
November 27 vs. Golden State Warriors — The team’s Black Friday showcase game, tipping off at 6:30 p.m. and historically one of the highest-attendance dates on the home schedule.
December 15 vs. Denver Nuggets and February 2 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves — Both nationally televised on NBC/Peacock, facing two of the West’s stronger rosters.
March 2 vs. LA Clippers and March 13 vs. LA Clippers — A pair of nationally televised matchups against the Clippers, one on NBC/Peacock and one on ESPN.
March 30 vs. Houston Rockets — Another NBC/Peacock national broadcast closing out the regular-season home slate’s marquee dates.
For fans who want the loudest possible building without necessarily paying superstar-opponent prices, national broadcast games are a solid middle ground — the league picks them for a reason, and the in-arena energy tends to match the TV hype.
Season Tickets, Group Outings, and Other Ways In
Single-game tickets aren’t the only path to Moda Center. The Blazers run a full season-ticket program with account managers, priority playoff access, and member-only events, available through the team’s ticketing portal at nba.com/blazers/tickets.
For anyone bringing a crowd — a birthday party, a work outing, a youth basketball team — the team’s group ticket program is worth a look at nba.com/blazers/groupstickets. Groups of ten or more get block seating together, discounted rates, savings off standard gate pricing, a dedicated group experience manager, and the chance to have your group’s name displayed on the arena’s big screen during the game. Larger or repeat groups can also become eligible for early access to playoff tickets and a season-ending Group Leader Appreciation Night.
A Few Insider Tips Before You Buy
Compare across platforms before committing. The difference between Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, TickPick, and StubHub for the exact same section and row can be substantial once fees are factored in. A five-minute comparison across two or three sites routinely saves real money.
Watch for mobile transfer restrictions. Tickets bought through resale platforms sometimes carry restrictions on transferring to a friend’s phone, especially close to game time. If you’re buying for a group and splitting up entry, confirm transfer policy before you buy.
Don’t sleep on parking passes. Pre-purchasing a parking pass through Ticketmaster or a resale site avoids the scramble — and the price spike — of buying on-site the night of a big game.
Kids under two generally get in free, provided they sit on a ticket holder’s lap rather than occupying their own seat, though it’s worth double-checking current policy on the official Rose Quarter site before a family outing.
If price is your top priority, filter by day of week first, opponent second. A Monday game against a mediocre team will almost always beat a Saturday game against a contender on pure value, even if the seat location is identical.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the official website to buy Portland Trail Blazers tickets? Ticketmaster is the Trail Blazers’ designated official ticket marketplace, offering face-value releases along with verified resale listings.
Where is Moda Center located? Moda Center is at One Center Court, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97227, in the Rose Quarter neighborhood just across the river from downtown Portland.
What time does the Moda Center box office open on game day? The box office opens two hours before tip-off and closes shortly after the event begins. It does not accept cash.
What’s the cheapest way to see a Trail Blazers game? Historically, Monday games and games played in March carry the lowest average prices, and upper-level seats on the secondary market can be found for well under twenty dollars for lower-demand matchups.
Is Damian Lillard playing for the Trail Blazers again in 2026-27? Yes. Lillard returned to Portland and is expected to make his first regular-season appearance back with the team on October 21, 2026, against the Phoenix Suns.
Can I buy group tickets for a Trail Blazers game? Yes. Groups of ten or more can access block seating, discounted rates, and dedicated support through the team’s group ticket program at nba.com/blazers/groupstickets.
Final Buzzer
Buying a ticket to a Trail Blazers game isn’t complicated, but doing it well takes a little intention: know whether you’re chasing a specific seat or a specific price, check more than one marketplace before you commit, and think about parking and transit before you’re standing in the Rose Quarter parking lot wondering where to go. This season gives fans an unusually good reason to make the trip — a healthy Lillard, a new co-star in Morant, and a young roster with something to defend after last year’s playoff breakthrough. Moda Center has earned its reputation as one of the league’s loudest buildings one comeback and one buzzer-beater at a time. This is a good year to go add your voice to it.
