Everyone knows the Super Bowl is an expensive ticket. But as Calvin Watkins of ESPN writes, this year’s Super Bowl matchup as well as the location (oil-rich Texas) has pushed prices even higher.
Locally, tickets for the Feb. 6 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers have an average price range between $2,100 and $8,000, according to Ram Silverman of Golden Tickets.
“They are readily available,” Silverman said. “Things started off pretty high, then it’s gotten steady.”
Silverman said the $200 Party Plaza tickets the NFL put on sale last week are going for about $375, and that price could keep rising as fans without tickets become desperate to be there for the game.
StubHub reports that the average asking price is $3,676. I generally use TicketLuck, which seems to have tickets for a more reasonable price for most events. Their cheapest ticket is around $1,600. An upper level seat at the 30-yard line is going for anywhere between $2,400-$2,600.
It will be interesting to see just how many Packer and Steeler fans actually make it to the game with prices this high.
