Getting To The Gridiron
Okay, if it’s the Super Bowl you’re looking for, get ready to cough up plenty of cash. Less than a week away from Super Bowl XXXIX, and tickets on ebay were going for anywhere from just a few dollars on newly listed tickets to a pair of front row seats with a bid of $8000. Maybe your sights aren’t set on quite so lofty a game. Maybe you just want to head to a regular season home game of your favorite team, but you don’t have season tickets. Don’t worry, you can find tickets through any number of sources. During the regular season, you’ll often find season ticket holders offering up game tickets for dates they can’t attend. You can check out sites like eBay, Ticketmaster’s team exchange, barrystickets.com, 1-800-bestseats and any number of other online ticketing sites. Of course, you can always buy general admission seats for the specific game you want to see. According to Team Marketing Report, the average price of an NFL ticket last year was $54.75. The Chicago-based research firm puts the New England Patriots at the top of the list for most expensive tickets, with an average price of $75.33, and the Buffalo Bills are at the bottom in the cheap seats at an average price of just $37.13 per ticket. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll pay that much to get a seat inside your favorite team’s stadium. You can easily find general admission prices in the $25 per ticket range. A couple of teams have already announced they will not increase ticket prices for the 2005 season. Among the teams making that decision are the Washington Redskins and the Kansas City Chiefs. Both the Houston Texans and the New Orleans Saints have already announced they are increasing prices for 2005. Of course, the Saints are quick to point out that even raising prices $10 per seat in all of its seating areas still only brings the team’s average ticket price in line with the NFL average. Then of course, maybe you want to splurge. Maybe you’re ready to take the plunge