Hey, diehard Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots fans, have you snapped up your tickets to Super Bowl 2017 yet? Here’s a tip: You may want to wait a bit — it will likely turn into more of a buyer’s market later in the week.
Online reseller StubHub said ticket sales have been a bit sluggish for football’s biggest game next Sunday at Houston’s NRG Stadium, The cheapest ticket price on its site on Saturday was $2,500 for a seat in the upper level. The most expensive was $15,432 for a seat right on the 50-yard line. One buyer from Georgia bought two of those expensive seats last week, StubHub said.
Meanwhile, the average ticket price for Super Bowl 51 on StubHub is just under $5,000, currently a 9 percent drop from when Super Bowl 2016 was played at Levi’s Stadium in the heart of Silicon Valley a year ago. Online ticket rivals TicketCity and SeatGeek are also currently showing similar prices. Last year’s prices to attend Super Bowl 50 ranged between $1,222 to $27,983.
The NFL doesn’t disclose how many Super Bowl tickets are made available to fans and season-ticket holders for both teams. For fans interested in going to the big game, this means the secondary markets become the primary option.
The slow ticket sales come as the Falcons , with star quarterback and likely NFL MVP Matt Ryan , are soaring to their first Super Bowl appearance in nearly two decades.
