Warriors fans eager to see history, but most can’t afford tickets

Warriors fans eager to see history, but most can’t afford tickets Tickets to watch the Warriors try to make NBA history Wednesday are like yachts: they’re not for people who need to know how much they cost. If you have to ask, you’ll be staying home on game day, holding the remote control. Faithful fans who hadn’t gotten the word dropped by the Oracle Arena box office this week, where the bad news came from the cashier on the other side of the bullet-proof glass. There are no tickets for sale for the wanna-see-it-real-bad game against Memphis, when Golden State — if they win — would set the record for most victories in a season with 73. Yes, tickets are available for resale, on secondary market websites such as Stubhub and Ticketmaster. Kathy Perez, who wanted to buy a ticket, too, also went home from the box office without one. Another part of the Warriors experience that isn’t low-income is the souvenir store. Fans who cannot acquire tickets at the box office drop by the souvenir store to find out if they can acquire something. Sophia Bouropoulou, a visitor from Athens, Greece, dropped by the store and bought a giant foam finger. A foam finger, which is little more than a kitchen sponge, costs $8. Bouropoulou acknowledged that Greece is in a financial crisis but that her purchase of a financial finger would not change that situation. [...] there were plenty of T-shirts — some said the Warriors were “NBA champs,” some said the Warriors were “Pacific Division champs,” some said the Warriors had gotten off to the “best start in NBA history” and some said the Warriors were a “golden state of mind.” Andy Sanchez, a fan from Oakland, said the Warriors were a “big deal” because they were “helping to change the image of Oakland from negative to positive.” Perhaps the Warriors most passionate, devoted (and financially committed) fan is Leslie Sosnick, a retired credit manager from the Oakland hills who, with her family, has held season tickets for 53 years. Sosnick said she was “excited, nervous, thrilled, pumped up” and ready to buy more T-shirts.