In the United States, the sport of football has grown into the most popular sport overtaking, in most people’s eyes, baseball as ‘America’s Favorite Pastime’. On game day, millions of fans head to stadiums across the country and create an event unlike any other sport.
The college football regular season and postseason has become a huge money maker for the NCAA, the schools and also the ticketing industry. Division I schools from the major conferences typically sell-out stadiums for all their home games, with attendance figures typically over 100,000. When these schools qualify for the postseason, including a possible national championship game, demand for tickets skyrockets and prices on the secondary market often follow suit.
The NFL is similar as fans come out in huge numbers to follow their hometown teams. While the regular season is huge, the NFL Playoffs bring everything to a new level. As each round passes, demand and ticket prices increase until it culminates at the championship game, the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the biggest event in sports with billions of fans watching the game on television. Ticket prices for the Super Bowl will often rival the most expensive tickets for any event during that calendar year.
Kraft Sports & Entertainment, which operates the New England Patriots, New England Revolution, and Gillette Stadium, has announced an extension of its relationship with Ticketmaster. The ticketing company will continue to serve as the primary ticket vendor for both teams and other events at the stadium, located in Foxborough,...
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If mobile-only ticketing is the future as companies like Ticketmaster continue to insist, the future did’t look very bright at Super Bowl LVI. Ticketmaster’s system reportedly went down about 75 minutes before kickoff, eliminating the ability for any user to transfer tickets from one account to another. This lockout,...
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Editor’s Note: For those looking for the Penn State article, it is here – apologies for the incorrect link in the email: Penn State Cancels Ticket Accounts Leveraging Mobile-Only Ticketing Data The ticket market for Super Bowl LVI continues to see prices fall as the game approaches, with the...
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Super Bowl LVI is just a few days away, and if you’re a football fan, you already know the matchup is between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. The Rams will be looking to improve on their 2018 Super Bowl loss to the Patriots, while the Bengals...
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With a few days gone since the matchup was set, ticket prices for Super Bowl LVI are down across the board, with “get-in” prices down by an average of nearly 15% as of Thursday evening. Prices are still near all-time highs, but it does appear the market has cooled...
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The exciting 2021-22 NFL playoffs continued on Sunday with the crowning of the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals as the champions of the NFC and AFC, respectively, and set the matchup for Super Bowl LVI on February 13. With the matchups set, the Super Bowl LVI ticket market...
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The Los Angeles Rams are looking to boost their potential homefield advantage for the upcoming NFC Championships, restricting ticket sales to residents of greater Los Angeles in hopes of keeping out fans of their NFL playoffs opponent, the San Francisco 49ers. “Public sales to the game at SoFi Stadium...
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The Tennessee Titans have reportedly changed their rules regarding ticket transfers, in hopes of limiting opposing fans heading to their stadium for their NFL Divisional Playoff contest against the Cincinnati Bengals this weekend. The change leverages the team’s digital-only ticketing system, which gives them the freedom to limit consumer...
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NFL owners have reportedly made the decision to dramatically increase their ownership stake in On Location Experiences, the hospitality company that controls much of the Super Bowl ticket market as well as many other high profile events. The Athletic reports that the league’s owners have decided to more than...
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The NFL playoffs field finally snapped into focus late Sunday, with the Raiders’ locking the matchups in by defeating the Chargers in overtime. The victory for the Las Vegas franchise meant a playoff berth for the Pittsburgh Steelers, while the Chargers were left on the outside looking in. In...
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