When our Communications wunderkind, Will Flaherty, hit the press day in Indy for the Super Bowl he was able to ask some Super Bowl players themselves if they would pay the $4000 average Super Bowl ticket price. Surprisingly, many said NO without even hesitating. Check out the video below or browse our full story on Super Bowl ticket prices including a infographic and travel data.
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At SeatGeek, we’re huge fans of taking our rich, unique ticketing data and using it to unearth cool new insights about fan demand for sports, concert and event tickets. Considering the massive level of excitement around this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI matchup between the New England Patriots and New York Giants, we wanted to use or ticket data as part of a deeper look into how much a trip to Indianpolis will really cost for fans. So, we decided to do just that with this infographic (if you are looking for the quick answer, the average 2012 Super Bowl ticket price is $4607 right now).
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WF - Credit to Ryan Whitney for designing this infographic!
Super Bowl Ticket Prices
2012 Super Bowl Ticket Prices
As of 2/1/2012 4:09 PM
- Avg. Listing Price: $4607
- Get-in Price (cheapest available Super Bowl Ticket): $2299
- Avg. Selling Price on SeatGeek: $3150
These high prices are being boosted by strong demand among New York fans relative to Pats fans.
2011 Super Bowl Ticket Prices
- Avg. Selling Price on SeatGeek: $3060
- This is just below the 2012 price so far
Last year we looked at what a Super Bowl 35 ticket was worth in more detail.
Besides the fact that Super Bowl XLII features two of the NFL most popular franchises in the New York Giants and New England Patriots, it’s also convenient the two fanbases have an unadulterated hatred for each other. Super Bowl XLII is the most expensive event that SeatGeek has ever tracked and we’re thinking the intrigue surrounding a rematch of Super Bowl XLII has a lot to do with it.
The Giants upset the Patriots in 2008 while handing them their first loss of the season, ending a pristine streak of 18 games. The two sides met previously in 2011, where a 1-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning in the final seconds sealed the game at 24-20 for New York. The Patriots haven’t looked back, stringing together 10 straight wins since their meeting with the Giants in Week 9. In case you were wondering, the average ticket price for that showdown was $331, making it the most demanded game involving the Giants this regular season.
As it happens, it looks like New Yorkers will have plenty of company in Indy for pre-game tailgating. Just shy of one third of all shoppers on SeatGeek’s Super Bowl event page within the last 72 hours hail from New York and New Jersey, far outpacing the traffic from users in New England. 22% of all shoppers to the page came from New York, while 9% came from New Jersey. By comparison, users from Massachusetts account for only 8% of all traffic, and the sum of all users from the six New England states (MA, CT, ME, RI, NH and VT) only adds up to 14.4% total.
Tickets to the 2012 NFC Championship game have averaged $743 in secondary market sales since the 49ers clinched a berth in the title game with last Saturday’s win over the New Orleans Saints. As it stands now, tickets to the game are $325 more expensive than tickets to the AFC Championship game between the Ravens and the Patriots selling for $418.
Average prices peaked dramatically in the 24 hours immediately following the 49ers win over New Orleans. Within that timeframe, tickets sold on secondary markets averaged $800. Since then, average prices have fallen by 40% as the average price for tickets sold within the last 24 hours currently stands at $478.
The NFC Championship game is also in line to be the single-most expensive non-Super Bowl NFL game within the last three years. In that timeframe, the only two non-Super Bowl NFL games to exceed an average price of $500 are the 2011 NFC Championship Game (GB @ CHI, $688 avg. price) and 2010 NFC Championship Game (MIN @ NO, $554 avg. price)
This weekend’s game will likely be one of the most expensive sporting events in San Francisco within the last three years, rivaled only by the 2010 World Series. Only Games 1 ($939 avg. price) and 2 ($829 avg. price) of the 2010 Fall Classic between the Giants and Texas Rangers saw higher average prices than this weekend’s 49ers game. However, prices to this weekend’s game will likely exceed that of 2010 NLCS tickets by a multiple of three (avg. price $225) and will be almost double what it cost to get into last weekend’s game against the Saints ($387 avg. price)
Currently on SeatGeek, the least expensive, “get-in” price for this Sunday’s game is $336, for a seat in Row 17 of Upper Reserve Section 55. And for big spenders, the most expensive seat currently available on secondary markets is a $33,005 listing for seats in Upper Reserve Section 1, Row 3. All of SeatGeek’s ticket listings for the game can be seen on our event page for the NFC Championship Game.
And finally, for any fans contemplating a trip to Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI, be prepared to pay at least four to five times what you may have to in order attend the NFC Title Game. Tickets to get into this year’s Super Bowl are currently averaging $3357 on secondary markets.
