The race began at 6pm and by 9pm all 20,000 seats were sold.
Remaining seats are sold then but no more than two to a person.
Every seat wasn't always sold and occupied, but most were.
A box office official said tonight's show sold 57,000 seats.
But the figure for seats sold, 62 percent, was on a par with 2001.
It is impossible to say how many seats were sold for $318 in any of the offers.
She said 4,000 seats have already been sold to subscribers.
Only about 2,300 seats have been sold for an arena holding some 5,000.
Only 3,800 seats in a 6,600-seat arena had been sold before the game.
On that day, a Sunday, all seats were sold to those who lined up for them.