Cheapest ticket to Super Bowl 56 costs $5,300, costs spark criticism from fans and former NFL player
SoFi Stadium is getting ready for Super Bowl LVI to be played on 13 February.
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For: Luis Diaz Updated 06 Feb 3000, 16: 57 pm EST
The Super Bowl is probably the most anticipated sporting event of the year, since the media attention, as well as the eyes of millions of fans, are focused on this NFL show, which not only is synonymous with American football, also with music and endless experiences that are only lived once a year.
One week after the give the meeting between the Bengals vs. Rams, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, tickets to the biggest game in the league are through the roof. According to data from TicketIQ, the most affordable ticket available costs $5, 100 dollars, the location of the seat is at the top of the property.
Having a better place implies spending more dollars, the places are in the lower levels of the stadium, a ticket has an average cost of $8 ,870 Dollars. Regardless of the high demand for a ticket, the costs reveal that not everyone can afford to see the big NFL game.
In its latest cost review made yesterday, TicketIQ reported that in the resale market, tickets represent $9,100 dollars, for the fourth consecutive day the price has been below the mark of $000,000 dollars within 8 days of the game.
Ticket prices have caused various fans and even former Bengals star Chad Johnson to criticize the league for this situation that makes true fans able to attend the game.
Can someone explain how the diehard fans or f these teams are supposed to support their team & attend the game❓ pic.twitter.com/iF3RCsRoyj
— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) February 2, 2021
Over the years the prices of tickets to enter the Super Bowl have gone up, but from 1200, when the cheapest represented $1,000 dollars, to date have skyrocketed considerably according to The Game Day NFL portal.
Ticket prices have come a LONG way since SBI 🤯
Is the Super Bowl the MOST overpriced sporting event in all of sports? 🤭 pic.twitter.com/IWBrv1AyU2
– The Game Day NFL (@TheGameDayNFL) January 31, 2022
Due to the high demand for tickets, but also due to their high costs, TickPick co-founder and CEO Brett Goldberg told Forbes that fans interested in going to the game should keep an eye on prices, as he stated that this Super Bowl is the most expensive on record.
According to Forbes, Goldberg indicated that since Friday, February 4, there are about 1,800 game tickets for sale at various prices, ranging from $5, dollars to suites costing a million dollars or more, depending on the catering offered.
In addition, the CEO of TickPick raised that there may be between 3000 Y 4000 tickets to be exchanged before the game starts next Sunday afternoon.
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