Super Bowl LIX shaping up to be one of the most expensive games in NFL history, and one Chiefs player feels it in his wallet
If you want to attend the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LIX game against the Philadelphia Eagles, you already know it will cost a pretty penny. When the Chiefs faced the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I in 1967, tickets cost the equivalent of $85. Earlier this week, the cheapest possible "get-in" ticket would've cost […]
If you want to attend the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LIX game against the Philadelphia Eagles, you already know it will cost a pretty penny. When the Chiefs faced the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I in 1967, tickets cost the equivalent of $85. Earlier this week, the cheapest possible "get-in" ticket would've cost fans over 100 times that amount.
Super Bowl LIX is trending to have one of the highest average ticket prices on the secondary market in the game's history. According to TicketIQ's Jesse Lawrence, as of Tuesday, the average list price on secondary markets was $10,379. Those prices have since come down, with Friday's average resale list price of $8,502.
Super Bowl LV, between the Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, had the highest average ticket prices ever because of the reduced capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Super Bowl LVIII, between the Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, and Super Bowl LVII, between the Eagles and Chiefs, were also among the highest average ticket prices in league history.
As the Tuesday-Friday numbers above show, prices generally rise closer to conference championship weekend and subside as the Super Bowl approaches. Even NFL players are feeling the burn of higher prices for the big game.
Chiefs S Justin Reid needs his team to win the Super Bowl to break even on ticket prices
Chiefs S Justin Reid, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, claims he bought over two dozen tickets for friends and family members. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL and NFLPA, the NFL allows players two complimentary tickets for the Super Bowl that are not eligible for resale. Some additional reports have indicated that the league will make an allotment of tickets available to players for purchase at face value, but after those go, players are on their own.
"These tickets, the prices are running up, man," Reid told reporters on Thursday. "Like, I got 30 of them. Yeah, so, I mean, we're excited to play, and we're chasing glory, but we've got to win just for me to break even."
Winners of Super Bowl LIX will receive $171K in bonus pay from the NFL, while players on the losing team will each get $96K. Should the Chiefs win the game, their players will have received $302.5K throughout the 2024-2025 NFL playoffs. If they lose the game, they'll have received $227.5K.
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