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mikey23545 · 10-21-2013, 01:11 PM

The Missus just announced she would spring for tickets if the Chiefs were to make it to the Ship, and I told her she was vastly underestimating what it would cost to attend the Super Bowl.

She said it would be a once-in-a-lifetime thing (I guess she she realizes with my health problems, the once in a lifetime thing is not just an expression)...

So, what do you think, Chiefs Hive-Brain?...(I realize it is highly unlikely the Chiefs make it that far, but...)

cosmo20002 · 10-21-2013, 01:23 PM

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...79424146436620

If you're planning to attend Super Bowl XLVIII this February at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, you are likely to be cold. You may also be broke.

The NFL is on the verge of approving a plan that would more than double the prices the league charges for the most coveted Super Bowl tickets. According to three league officials familiar with the plan, club-level seats in the mezzanine with access to indoor restaurants are likely to cost about $2,600—a mammoth hike from last year's game in New Orleans, where the top tickets went for $1,250.

The next-cheapest tranche of seats (those in the lower bowl) would cost about $1,500, the executives said, up from $950 for the second-tier seats sold in New Orleans.

A committee of NFL owners studying the matter is likely to approve the plan this week, these people said.

In a statement to the Journal, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league is considering the plan because it is interested in capturing some of the value it has been yielding to fans and brokers who resell their tickets at a markup. "We are looking to close the gap between the face value of the ticket and the true value of a ticket to what has become the premier sports and entertainment event," he said.

The Super Bowl isn't a traditional "fan" experience. Together, participating teams distribute just 35% of the seats. The league itself controls 25% of the seats, which it often shares with corporate sponsors and partners.

The result is that a large portion of the audience at any Super Bowl consists of people who are attending the game on someone else's dime. Not every ticket will crack four digits, either: The NFL is dropping prices for the cheapest seats to $500 next year from $600 in 2013. In all, the executives say, about 39% of the roughly 77,500 seats would cost $1,000 or less.

At the last Super Bowl, the league held a lottery for $600 tickets in the upper bowl in the corners of the end zones—drawing some 30,000 entries. But of the 500 winners, the NFL said, 60% flipped their tickets within 24 hours. This season, the NFL plans to raffle off 1,000 $500 tickets—but those tickets will be non-transferrable.

Barry Kahn, chief executive of Qcue, an Austin-based firm that provides data-based pricing software to the sports and entertainment industry, said the Super Bowl has long been significantly underpriced. "If you said they were raising lower-level tickets to $5,000 I wouldn't blink an eye," he said.

According to the NFL, research on the secondary market during the 2013 Super Bowl shows many $600 tickets sold for $2,000 while seats near midfield went for up to $6,100 and premium club seats changed hands for $6,400—both multiples of their face value.

Super Bowl ticket prices have risen dramatically in the last decade, but as recently as 2001 they cost $325. Tickets to the first Super Bowl in 1967 cost $6.

NFL officials argue that New York is a unique Super Bowl market that warrants higher ticket prices. Not only is it more densely populated than other Super Bowl venues, it has a high concentration of wealthy corporations and individuals. There is also a well-established tradition in the city of paying out the nose for marquee events.

Since roughly 50 million people live within 200 miles of MetLife Stadium (compared with 6 million in New Orleans) NFL officials argue that many people won't mind paying more, since they're likely to save money on flights and hotels.

If money is no object, you're in luck: indoor suites, which come with 30 tickets each, are already selling for $500,000 and up depending on the location.

**Nzoner** · 10-21-2013, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strongside

In all seriousness...for those who were sth's during playoff years...how much do playoff tickets cost? I read that in 2010 they were $45-$125 or something like that. I'm a sth this year but I'm not sure how that all works.

I've still got my 2004 AFC Championship tickets,section 329 and they were $85 each.

**Old Dog** · 10-21-2013, 01:25 PM

Super Bowl tickets
The NFL is raising the price of Super Bowl tickets to better reflect their "true value as reflected on the secondary market," an NFL spokesman said.
By Houston Mitchell
September 17, 2013, 1:59 p.m.
If you plan on going to the Super Bowl next year, you might want to start saving now. Or, get that second mortgage on your house. Sell a kidney on the black market. Start buying lottery tickets.

The NFL said Tuesday that the most expensive tickets for the 2014 Super Bowl, to be held Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will be $2,600.

That's more than twice the $1,250 cost for similar tickets at last season's Super Bowl in New Orleans.

“We are looking to close the gap between the face value of the ticket and its true value as reflected on the secondary market,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday. “The uniqueness of the Super Bowl in the New York/New Jersey is also driving unprecedented demand and buzz.”

About 9,000 seats will be priced at $2,600. The next tier of seats is expected to go for $1,500 compared with $950 in New Orleans. About 40% of general admission seats will be under $1,000, McCarthy said.

The capacity of MetLife Stadium is 82,500.

But you get value for your $2,600. You will have access to an indoor restaurant.

Make sure you leave a nice tip for your waiter or waitress.

If you don't have $2,600 to spend, the lowest-priced ticket is $500. Unfortunately, you needed to enter a lottery to buy those tickets, and the lottery is closed. Some 30,000 fans entered and 1,000 winners will be notified this fall.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...#axzz2iO0pa0YO

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 10-21-2013, 01:26 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...rease/2828229/

**Nzoner** · 10-21-2013, 01:28 PM

Bad idea for the NFL in an outdoor venue in cold weather,the wine and cheese crowd should be less in attendance and I don't know how many "regular fans" will be able to afford a trip like that.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 10-21-2013, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nzoner

Bad idea for the NFL in an outdoor venue in cold weather,the wine and cheese crowd should be less in attendance and I don't know how many "regular fans" will be able to afford a trip like that.

they don't care about the average fan, they know most are bought by brokers and corporate buyers, who will pay.

**loochy** · 10-21-2013, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nzoner

Bad idea for the NFL in an outdoor venue in cold weather,the wine and cheese crowd should be less in attendance and I don't know how many "regular fans" will be able to afford a trip like that.

I think that the game would still sell out - I mean it's one game and I think the entire country (or world, for that matter) could muster enough support to get a sellout.

**Nzoner** · 10-21-2013, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

they don't care about the average fan, they know most are bought by brokers and corporate buyers, who will pay.

I totally get that but being outside in a New York winter may have some impact on those sales.

cosmo20002 · 10-21-2013, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Dog

Super Bowl tickets
The NFL is raising the price of Super Bowl tickets to better reflect their "true value as reflected on the secondary market," an NFL spokesman said.
By Houston Mitchell
September 17, 2013, 1:59 p.m.
If you plan on going to the Super Bowl next year, you might want to start saving now. Or, get that second mortgage on your house. Sell a kidney on the black market. Start buying lottery tickets.

The NFL said Tuesday that the most expensive tickets for the 2014 Super Bowl, to be held Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will be $2,600.

That's more than twice the $1,250 cost for similar tickets at last season's Super Bowl in New Orleans.

“We are looking to close the gap between the face value of the ticket and its true value as reflected on the secondary market,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday. “The uniqueness of the Super Bowl in the New York/New Jersey is also driving unprecedented demand and buzz.”

About 9,000 seats will be priced at $2,600. The next tier of seats is expected to go for $1,500 compared with $950 in New Orleans. About 40% of general admission seats will be under $1,000, McCarthy said.

The capacity of MetLife Stadium is 82,500.

But you get value for your $2,600. You will have access to an indoor restaurant.

Make sure you leave a nice tip for your waiter or waitress.

If you don't have $2,600 to spend, the lowest-priced ticket is $500. Unfortunately, you needed to enter a lottery to buy those tickets, and the lottery is closed. Some 30,000 fans entered and 1,000 winners will be notified this fall.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...#axzz2iO0pa0YO

I'm pretty sure there's another "lottery" for the two SB team's season ticket holders. Not sure how many are available.

**Old Dog** · 10-21-2013, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

I'm pretty sure there's another "lottery" for the two SB team's season ticket holders. Not sure how many are available.

If I'm not mistaken each team gets 15% of the capacity and they're made available in a lottery to season ticket holders (don't know where I read that though).

**Old Dog** · 10-21-2013, 01:38 PM

Oops, it's 17.5% per team and the team decides the system to be used to allocate to the STH's

**The Franchise** · 10-21-2013, 01:40 PM

I'm hoping we have a home playoff game. Already got the approval from the wife that if we get a home playoff game....I'll be heading out to KC.

**HemiEd** · 10-21-2013, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nzoner

I totally get that but being outside in a New York winter may have some impact on those sales.

I agree. This should be interesting. Isn't this the SB the Chiefs were promised if they built the rolling roof?

**Old Dog** · 10-21-2013, 01:43 PM

I have little doubt KC will be hosting the AFC Championship game......our annual anniversary cruise leaves port on the 19th of January....ooops.

*j/k on the "little doubt" part, but that would be just my fricking luck

taterhog · 10-21-2013, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strongside

In all seriousness...for those who were sth's during playoff years...how much do playoff tickets cost? I read that in 2010 they were $45-$125 or something like that. I'm a sth this year but I'm not sure how that all works.

In 2010, to get playoff tickets I had to buy the Wildcard game, as well as the AFC Championship game. I'm in the lower bowl. Face on the Wildcard game was $101, and face of the AFC Championship game was $180.

Since the Championship game obviously never materialized, my STH account was credited with the difference and my dues in 2011 were a little lower.

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cosmo20002 Debunking your bullshit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: KC area Casino cash: $3630890	http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...79424146436620 If you're planning to attend Super Bowl XLVIII this February at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, you are likely to be cold. You may also be broke. The NFL is on the verge of approving a plan that would more than double the prices the league charges for the most coveted Super Bowl tickets. According to three league officials familiar with the plan, club-level seats in the mezzanine with access to indoor restaurants are likely to cost about $2,600—a mammoth hike from last year's game in New Orleans, where the top tickets went for $1,250. The next-cheapest tranche of seats (those in the lower bowl) would cost about $1,500, the executives said, up from $950 for the second-tier seats sold in New Orleans. A committee of NFL owners studying the matter is likely to approve the plan this week, these people said. In a statement to the Journal, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league is considering the plan because it is interested in capturing some of the value it has been yielding to fans and brokers who resell their tickets at a markup. "We are looking to close the gap between the face value of the ticket and the true value of a ticket to what has become the premier sports and entertainment event," he said. The Super Bowl isn't a traditional "fan" experience. Together, participating teams distribute just 35% of the seats. The league itself controls 25% of the seats, which it often shares with corporate sponsors and partners. The result is that a large portion of the audience at any Super Bowl consists of people who are attending the game on someone else's dime. Not every ticket will crack four digits, either: The NFL is dropping prices for the cheapest seats to $500 next year from $600 in 2013. In all, the executives say, about 39% of the roughly 77,500 seats would cost $1,000 or less. At the last Super Bowl, the league held a lottery for $600 tickets in the upper bowl in the corners of the end zones—drawing some 30,000 entries. But of the 500 winners, the NFL said, 60% flipped their tickets within 24 hours. This season, the NFL plans to raffle off 1,000 $500 tickets—but those tickets will be non-transferrable. Barry Kahn, chief executive of Qcue, an Austin-based firm that provides data-based pricing software to the sports and entertainment industry, said the Super Bowl has long been significantly underpriced. "If you said they were raising lower-level tickets to $5,000 I wouldn't blink an eye," he said. According to the NFL, research on the secondary market during the 2013 Super Bowl shows many $600 tickets sold for $2,000 while seats near midfield went for up to $6,100 and premium club seats changed hands for $6,400—both multiples of their face value. Super Bowl ticket prices have risen dramatically in the last decade, but as recently as 2001 they cost $325. Tickets to the first Super Bowl in 1967 cost $6. NFL officials argue that New York is a unique Super Bowl market that warrants higher ticket prices. Not only is it more densely populated than other Super Bowl venues, it has a high concentration of wealthy corporations and individuals. There is also a well-established tradition in the city of paying out the nose for marquee events. Since roughly 50 million people live within 200 miles of MetLife Stadium (compared with 6 million in New Orleans) NFL officials argue that many people won't mind paying more, since they're likely to save money on flights and hotels. If money is no object, you're in luck: indoor suites, which come with 30 tickets each, are already selling for $500,000 and up depending on the location.
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Old Dog Supporter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Central Kansas Casino cash: $2540201	Super Bowl tickets The NFL is raising the price of Super Bowl tickets to better reflect their "true value as reflected on the secondary market," an NFL spokesman said. By Houston Mitchell September 17, 2013, 1:59 p.m. If you plan on going to the Super Bowl next year, you might want to start saving now. Or, get that second mortgage on your house. Sell a kidney on the black market. Start buying lottery tickets. The NFL said Tuesday that the most expensive tickets for the 2014 Super Bowl, to be held Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will be $2,600. That's more than twice the $1,250 cost for similar tickets at last season's Super Bowl in New Orleans. “We are looking to close the gap between the face value of the ticket and its true value as reflected on the secondary market,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday. “The uniqueness of the Super Bowl in the New York/New Jersey is also driving unprecedented demand and buzz.” About 9,000 seats will be priced at $2,600. The next tier of seats is expected to go for $1,500 compared with $950 in New Orleans. About 40% of general admission seats will be under $1,000, McCarthy said. The capacity of MetLife Stadium is 82,500. But you get value for your $2,600. You will have access to an indoor restaurant. Make sure you leave a nice tip for your waiter or waitress. If you don't have $2,600 to spend, the lowest-priced ticket is $500. Unfortunately, you needed to enter a lottery to buy those tickets, and the lottery is closed. Some 30,000 fans entered and 1,000 winners will be notified this fall. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...#axzz2iO0pa0YO
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