Good Question: What goes into the cost of a Super Bowl ticket?
A ticket to theSuper Bowlin 1967 cost $10, or just over $90 adjusted for inflation. That likely wouldn't have bought you a beer at this year's game. Read on to see average ticket prices for the 2024 Super Bowl, from cheapest to most expensive.
How much did the cheapest Super Bowl tickets cost for 2024?
Ticket sales to thematchupbetween the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefssurged, with a fifth of tickets purchased in the last three days, StubHub reported. Sales rose 7% since Tuesday, and that percentage was expected to increase daily as Sunday drew closer, according to the ticket marketplace.
Super Bowlticket prices typically jump immediately after the conference championship games, which were played on January 29, then fall as the game nears, according to ticket resale site Seat Geek.
The cheapest face-value tickets for this year's Super Bowl sold directly by the NFL were about $2,000. And that price was after fans, including season ticket holders, win the chance to fork over several grand to buy them via a lottery system.
As Mike Nowakowski, co-owner of Ticket King in Minneapolis, told CBS Minnesota, "The average Joe does not have a fighting chance of getting a ticket for face value."
Ticketmaster, which serves as the NFL's official ticket platform, showed the lowest price for tickets lately running at $6,500, while the cheapest on Stubhub were running at a little over six grand.
How much was the average Super Bowl ticket price for 2024?
Last-minutetickets to the Super Bowlwere going for as high as $37,000 on the ticket resale platform StubHub Sunday afternoon, and $30,000 on SeatGeek. StubHub told CBS News last weekthat the average price for a Super Bowl ticket was $8,600.
Ticketmaster, which serves as the NFL's official ticket platform, showed the lowest price for tickets Sunday at $8,000.
How much were the most expensive Super Bowl tickets for 2024?
Resellers were asking up to $45,000 for a ticket on TicketMaster as of late Wednesday afternoon. The service put the lowest-priced tickets at $8,333 on Sunday.
How much is a suite for the 2024 Super Bowl?
CBSSports.com reports that a 20-person suite at this year's game would have run you a cool $1.8 million, including the cost of tickets as well as food and alcoholic beverages. A more modest 8-seat accommodation plus tickets and amenities was going for $330,000, while a 4-seater could have been had for $150,000, according to Suite Experience, which was handling suite rentals at Nevada's Allegiant Stadium.
Super Bowl LVIII was broadcast live on Sunday, Feb. 11, from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada,on CBSand Nickelodeon and streamedonParamount+.
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Kate Gibson is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch in New York, where she covers business and consumer finance.
