<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The excitement that a young Utah Jazz team brought to the court last season, even well before it made the run to the NBA Western Conference Finals, has translated so well at the box office that the Jazz are leading the league in new season tickets sold for the 2007-08 season with 5,300. That number is second all-time in the NBA, eclipsed only by the 8,000-plus new full-season tickets purchased in Miami when Shaquille O'Neal left the Los Angeles Lakers for Florida, said NBA senior vice president for team marketing and business operations Scott O'Neil. The Jazz are also in the NBA's top three with their 95 percent season-ticket renewal rate for next season, which begins Oct. 30 with Utah at Golden State. The first home game is Nov. 1 with Houston. The EnergySolutions Arena lower bowl is essentially sold out for 2007-08, and about 15,000 season tickets have been purchased in all, leaving fewer than 5,000 available for single games in the 19,911-seat building.</div> <div align="center">Source: Deseret News</div>
