Controlling owner Clay Bennett reports that as of Friday, approx. 13,000 season tickets had been sold. The franchise is withholding 4,000 seats for single game sales.

"This is a testament to Oklahoma's commitment to the Thunder. We are thrilled and extremely appreciative of the fans and corporate supporters,'' said Thunder Chairman Clay Bennett in a statement on the team’s website. "This kind of support means so much to our players, coaches and staff. We are humbled and excited."

Team owners made it clear that they believed that they could have sold out the entire schedule with season tickets, but opted not to.

"We did not want to sell out the Ford Center with season tickets. We want to be able to offer a wide variety of fans access to Thunder basketball games, so we will have single-game tickets and group sales opportunities available for every game,'' Thunder spokesman Dan Mahoney said.

Single-game tickets for the first half of the season will go on sale in October.

Source: Oklahoma City Thunder

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