Super Bowl Ticket Prices
In the last 40 years, the Super Bowl has gone from being just the championship game of the NFL to a larger than life event. The large home viewing audience has companies willing to spend big bucks for 30 second commercial slots, and demand to go to the game, to see world class halftime entertainment and the two best football teams in the world battle it out, has driven the value of ticket prices way up.
Things have changed a lot since Super Bowl I when the ticket price for some seats to see the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs was only $6. In 2008, for Super Bowl XLII, the maximum price paid for a ticket was $9,850. But that number has nearly been cut in half this year with the highest reported price paid for a Super Bowl ticket being just $5,250 thus far. If the economy has not been too detrimental to your bankroll, then this could be a good opportunity for you to go to the Super Bowl.
Ticket prices for Super Bowl XLIII are the most affordable we have seen in recent years due to our economic recession. It has been reported that prices have slipped as much as 40 percent in the secondary market due to less demand. Ticket prices are about $3,100 in the secondary markets, the lowest we have seen since 2006 when the Steelers won Super Bowl XL. With all the news about big companies laying off their work force each and every day, it comes as no surprise that fewer corporations are shelling out their money for Super Bowl ticket blocks.
It is worth noting that prices have dropped 30 percent since January 4th. With most of the Super Bowl tickets being sold in the final two weeks before the game, we should see some ticket price increases during this time, but if they don’t all go, prices typically fall in the final days before the game. More tickets have been priced under $2,000 than we have seen in recent years and for a single game ticket you have an excellent opportunity at paying around face value.
The NFL, like many other companies, has been hurt by our economic state as well. No other United States professional sports league is as popular, but even it expects to cut 14 percent of its current work force. The NFL’s response to the slumping economy has been to lower ticket prices to the Super Bowl.
Tickets to the Super Bowl have a face value of either $800 or $1,000, but 1,000 tickets have been priced at just $500 in response to our current economic state.
Besides our economy, the matchup itself could be adding to the lesser ticket demand. Last season, we saw ticket prices reach their height with a big market team in the New York Giants taking on a Patriots team vying for NFL history. The Steelers have a nice fan base but the Arizona Cardinals are probably the last team the NFL wanted to see on Super Bowl Sunday.
History of face value Super Bowl Ticket prices:
2009 $1,000, $800, $500 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
2008 $900, $700 University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
2007 $700, $600 Dolphin Stadium, Miami
2006 $700, $600 Ford Field, Detroit
2005 $600, $500 ALLTEL Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.
2004 $600, $500, $400 Reliant Stadium, Houston
2003 $500, $400 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
2002 $400 Superdome, New Orleans
2001 $325 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
2000 $325 Georgia Dome, Atlanta
1999 $325 Pro Player Stadium, Miami
1998 $275 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
1997 $275 Superdome, New Orleans
1996 $350, $250, $200 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Ariz.
1995 $200 Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami
1994 $175 Georgia Dome, Atlanta
1993 $175 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
1992 $150 Metrodome, Minneapolis
1991 $150 Tampa (Fla.) Stadium
1990 $125 Superdome, New Orleans
1989 $100 Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami
1988 $100 Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego
1987 $75 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
1986 $75 Superdome, New Orleans
1985 $60 Stanford (Calif.) Stadium
1984 $60 Tampa (Fla.) Stadium
1983 $40 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
1982 $40 Silverdome, Pontiac, Mich.
1981 $40 Superdome, New Orleans
1980 $30 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
1979 $30 Orange Bowl, Miami
1978 $30 Superdome, New Orleans
1977 $20 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
1976 $20 Orange Bowl, Miami
1975 $20 Tulane Stadium, New Orleans
1974 $15 Rice Stadium, Houston
1973 $15 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
1972 $15 Tulane Stadium, New Orleans
1971 $15 Orange Bowl, Miami
1970 $15 Tulane Stadium, New Orleans
1969 $12 Orange Bowl, Miami
1968 $12 Orange Bowl, Miami
1967 $12, $10, $6 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles