Introduction
Superbowl is the National Football League’s annual championship game. Prices of tickets are often very high. The earlier you buy the tickets the better it is. Last minute ticket prices can often reach thousands of dollars. Average prices of tickets last year were the highest ever recorded by the NFL, in the 45 year history of Superbowl reaching a $2942.
History
The Superbowl has become a larger than life event in the last few years. Companies battle it out for time slots for commercials and thousands of people tune into watch the game while thousands more spends a ton of money and go watch the game live. Since Superbowl I when tickets prices were only $6 times have changed. The highest price of tickets recorded in the 2008 Superbowl was $9850. However, the recent recession has lowered the ticket prices. But now in 2012 the prices have hiked again and closer to the kick-off time tickets were sold even as high as $10000.
Features
This year Superbowl tickets sold for a record rate. However, prices fluctuated a lot. Two days before the big event tickets were selling for $3395. But on the weekend of the big game the ticket prices dropped because of the influx of tickets in the secondary market from NFL players and owners, on websites like eBay and StubHub, the price of tickets went down a few hundred dollars. The cheapest price a fan could get for any place in the stadium was $2200. The overall average went down from $3395 to $3500 taking a modest dip of $105. Price of the six hundred level seats also fell from $2,448 compared to $2,794 of the previous ten days. Moreover prices of the hundred level seats also fell down from 13 percent. The previous price was $4,497 which had been $5193 previously. The average selling price of the Superbowl tickets this year was $2750 falling over a hundred dollars from last year’s record high of $2942. The highest ticket buyers were people from New York City and New Jersey. Fans from Indiana only made about 5% of the buyers. The lowest ticket that was bought this year went for $1400; it was sold via StubHub just before the start of the playoffs. The highest purchased ticket was bought by a New York fan who bought it for $13,530 who bought it for the club level at the 50 yard line.
Tips and comments
Buying Superbowl tickets can be hard. Your best chance is trying to find friends and family who might have access to the tickets. View online ticket sellers, they have a wide range of seats and different price varieties, they help secure great seats. For internet buying make sure that the site you use is reputable. Buy early, tickets are cheaper than most of the time it is the cheapest to buy before the opponents have been determined. Check online concierge services, they specialize in buying tickets for events like these at premium rates. The best thing is that you will avoid the rush because few people know of them. Prices of tickets are high, be prepared to pay.
