NFL fans looking for tickets to see the New England Patriots and New York Giants play in the Super Bowl have been watching market prices closely all week since the match up was determined. The ticket is hot, pricier than either of the last two years. Availability is not a problem… FanSnap has found 11,000 ticket listings available from a record 23 different ticket sites. The question is to buy now or wait?
Often prices decline as an event nears, although ticket selection gets picked over as tickets are sold or ticket sellers change their mind and pull their tickets off the market. That’s the calculus a buyer is doing as they decide what tickets are right for them… and at what price.
It’s not always straightforward. At last year’s Packers vs Steelers Super Bowl in Jerry Jones’ snow-bound temple, sellers flooded the market early but then supply dropped tremendously and as a result, asking prices rebounded higher.
The prior year, the Colts vs Saints Super Bowl was characterized by rising supply and prices dropped the entire two weeks.
What will happen this year? The only thing for sure is that getting flights and hotels is the hard part. Perhaps regional NFL fans will just make the day trip and tip the balance. Stay tuned!
Just two games remaining until the Super Bowl! The AFC and NFC Championships are next Sunday, Jan 22.
Those of you who thought the Packers would repeat, or that the Saints were the hottest team in the NFL? You were wrong.
Who will win? Whatever the outcome, you can go to these games to cheer on your team, and even find Super Bowl XLVI tickets as FanSnap has found thousands on the best ticket sites across the web!
Led by some great defenses and solid QB play, the Ravens, Patriots, Giants, and surprising 49ers are just one game away from playing for the Lombardi Trophy. Can Tom Brady add to his legacy? Can Eli Manning pick up a second ring? Can Ray Lewis lead the decade’s most dominant defense to the promised land again? Maybe we will even see a Harbaugh brothers title game?
- $4,683 = Average Super Bowl ticket price as of Feb. 2nd. Prices edged up again today (from $4,622 to $4,683 — prices include provider site fees)
- $2,309 = Lowest price tickets. ($2,737 with provider site fees)
- $2,470 = Best Value Super Bowl tickets. The tickets are in Lower End 348 (48% less the average price ($4,820) for comparable seats.
- 24 = number of sites with Super Bowl tickets. FanSnap lets fans compare tickets from 50+ of the most trusted ticket marketplaces and broker sites — 24 of which have Super Bowl tickets listed.
- Nearly 3 to 1 = Super Bowl ticket searches from Wisconsin vs Pennsylvania
- Nearly 2x = The price of Super Bowl tickets this year ($4,683) vs this time last year ($2,420)
Our partners over at Bing have some great Super Bowl trend data on their blog that’s worth checking out:
Before we tell you what the data shows, let’s be clear about what the data does NOT show. FanSnap is a ticket shopping-comparison site. We help fans compare tickets from 50+ sites to find the best deals on event tickets. As part of that free service, we know where fans are searching from. So, for example, if you’re in Wisconsin and you search for tickets to the Packers – Vikings game in Minnesota, we assume you’re a Packers fan. And, If you’re searching for the same game and you live in Minnesota, we assume you’re a Vikings fan.
This isn’t perfect. For example, Vikings fans live in Wisconsin and vice versa. But, because we can’t possibly know which team you’re a fan of, it’s the best available proxy.
Methodology
We looked at searches by state for every game this season to determine which state is most actively looking for it’s team’s tickets. So for example, for the Packers – Vikings game in Minnesota, how many ticket searches came from Wisconsin? We then combined those results for every team’s regular season away games. Here’s which team’s fans travel best.
What’s interesting about this list is really the Jets and Bears should be at the top of this list. The packers numbers came almost entirely from the game at Minnesota. What seems clear from this data is the hottest Super Bowl ticket this year would likely have been a Jets – Bears matchup.
The two winningest franchises in football will meet in Super Bowl XLV, the first Super Bowl in the new Cowboy Stadium. The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers look to add another Lombardi Trophy to their respective trophy cases with a win in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, February 6.
Tickets to the big game currently average $5,082 (includes ticket provider fees). There are currently nearly 7,000 tickets available from 18 ticket provider sites. The lowest price tickets are $2,200.
The lowest price tickets in the stadium are $2,200 for Standing Room Only tickets (inside the stadium)
Ticket prices for two together start at $2,658 in the Upper Corner
The lowest price tickets on the sidelines in the 100 level are $5,894
Lower End tickets start at $2,855
*Last year at this time, Super Bowl tickets averaged $3,034. Lowest price tickets were $1,597.
What Will Ticket Prices Do?
The wild cards in the mix are the fans of the other two teams that could have been going to Dallas. New York is a massive market with fan base and Chicago fans have been hungry for championship tickets — driving up ticket prices for the Stanley Cup finals and the NFC Championship game.
Jets and Bears fans were in the market for Super Bowl tickets yesterday and will likely be sellers this week. All of that activity will have an impact on the ticket market. Just what that impact will be is jet to be seen.
What FanSnap does best is help fans find the best deals regardless of what market prices are doing. Shopping and comparing on FanSnap regularly saves fans 20% – 50% — as is illustrated in the best value chart above.
Cowboys Stadium
Seats 80,000 but has a maximum capacity of 110,000, including standing room.
“About 106.5 million tuned into CBS’ telecast of Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, making it the most watched TV program in the United States ever and topping the series finale of that network’s legendary wartime sitcom “MASH,” which drew 106 million viewers in 1983, according to Nielsen.” Joe Flint at The L.A. Times an interesting story about what the rating mean for media and how social media impacted the viewership.
PBSNewsHour talks about the Saints going home to New Orleans and “reawakening” the region. “It’s Mardi Gras 10 times over.”
Gregg Easterbrook of Tuesday Morning Quarterback on ESPN.com talks about the boldness of the Saints as being key to their victory, “Boldness was the key to the New Orleans victory — not just the onside kick to open the second half, but also Sean Payton’s decision to try for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal at the Colts’ 1-yard line, trailing 10-3. Though that play failed, the failure was a tremendous success — fortune favors the bold!” Read more here.
Oh yes, don’t forget the ads. CNNMoney put together a mash up of ads (you know how we love our mashups here at FanSnap). YouTube has them all here.
USA Today’s The Huddle is already talking Super Bowl XLV, “BetUS.com has released odds for the 2011 Super Bowl champion and the same Colts that lost just yesterday are the early favorites… They are followed by San Diego (8-1), New Orleans (9-1) and New England (10-1).”
Already getting ready for Dallas in 2011? Sign up for SeatAlerts for Super Bowl XLV and we’ll let you know when your tickets become available.
Super Bowl bound Colts fans can find more than 6,000 Super Bowl tickets for the February 7, 2010 NFL Championship game in Miami online with FanSnap.com. Colts fans can expect to pay roughly $3,000 per Super Bowl ticket, on average, to see Peyton Manning airing it out to Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie in Miami.
– 6,000+ tickets
– Get in price (lowest price) = $1715
– Average price = $3,000
Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Until today, New Yorkers topped the list, followed by fans from Louisiana then Florida. Look for Indiana fans to be at, or near the top of the list in the next few days.
Sure, there are thousands of NFL Playoffs tickets for next weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship games in New Orleans and Indianapolis to be found, but ticket prices for Saints – Vikings fans are double what Jets – Colts tickets are running.
The hottest NFL Playoffs tickets for the AFC and NFC Championship games is clearly the Vikings – Saints game. Ticket searches also tell the story. Searches for Superdome tickets are currently double searches for tickets to Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.
Get in price = $301 (up $200 compared to the Cardinals @ Saints game)
Average price = $822 (up nearly $300 compared to the Cardinals @ Saints game)
Fans in New Orleans are outsearching fans in Minnesota by more than 5 to 1.
Jets @ Colts tickets at Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) Sun, Jan 24 at 3:00 p.m.
9,000+ tickets
Get in price =$180 (up $100 compared to the Ravens @ Colts game)
Average price = $357 (up nearly $100 compared to the Ravens @ Colts game)
Fans in Indiana are outsearching fans in New York by 1.5 to 1.
Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The get-in price is $1,500. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? New Yorkers top the list, followed by fans from Louisiana then Florida.
If ticket searches determined the teams in the Super Bowl, then the Saints would play the Jets in Miami.
The NFL Divisional Playoffs are set after a wild one in Arizona where the Cardinals outlasted the Packers. The other three Wild Card Games were all about D. Now that the first round is in the rear view mirror, we’re looking ahead to round 2, the Divisional games. Fans too are looking ahead and looking for NFL Playoffs tickets.
What are they finding? What is the hottest NFL Playoffs ticket? Tickets for the Boys-Vikes, Ravens-Colts, and Jets-Chargers were averaging $200 less than Cardinals-Saints tickets. Cardinals-Saints ticket still have the highest average prices, but the disparity between that game and the others has lessened as the week has gone on and Cardinals-Saints ticket prices have lowered.
The Cowboys – Vikings are the most searched for tickets. Here are the hottest NFL Playoffs tickets based on fan searches.
The Baltimore Ravens at the Indianapolis Colts is currently the lowest average price NFL Playoffs ticket. Fans in Indiana are outsearching fans in Maryland by 2 to 1.
FanSnap Dynamic Map of Lucas Oil Stadium. Double click the map and it zooms in to show tickets by row
Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The Get-in price is $1,100. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Florida tops the list, as we expected. Second and third are New York and California.
The New York Jets @ San Diego Chargers NFL Playoffs tickets are currently second only to the Cowboys-Vikings tickets in fan ticket searches. Fans in California are outsearching fans in New York by more than 4 to 1.
FanSnap Tickets Map of Qualcomm Stadium for the January 17 AFC Divisional Playoff Game between the New York Jets and San Diego Chargers
Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The Get-in price is $1,100. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Florida tops the list, as we expected. Second and third are New York and California.
The Cardinals at the Saints is currently the highest average price NFL Playoff ticket. Fans in New Orleans are outsearching fans in Arizona by more than 7 to 1.
FanSnap Map of tickets to see Arizona Cardinals @ New Orleans Saints - Louisiana Superdome. Double click the FanSnap Map to compare tickets by row
Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The Get-in price is $1,100. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Florida tops the list, as we expected. Second and third are New York and California.
The Cowboys at the Vikings is currently the hottest NFL Playoff ticket based on number of ticket searches. Fans in Minnesota are outsearching fans in Texas by more than 3 to 1.
FanSnap Map of Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings NFL Playoffs tickets - HHH Metrodome. Double click to zoom in and compare tickets row by row
Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The Get-in price is $1,100. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Florida tops the list, as we expected. Second and third are New York and California.
As a ticket search engine, we here at FanSnap are always interested in hot tickets. We like to stay on top of the hot teams, acts and shows. We’re still a bit surprised that the Gator Bowl was the number three most searched bowl ticket. The BCS National Championship Game has yet to be played and here we are at NFL playoff time. We LOVE this time of year!
Back to the NFL… The NFL Playoffs are officially in full force. The NFL Playoff schedule has been set. We know what teams are playing where and we know which tickets are hottest. Psst: Cowboys tickets were the hottest last week. More on that in a moment.
Here’s who’s in.
AFC
1. Indianapolis Colts
2. San Diego Chargers
3. New England Patriots
4. Cincinnati Bengals
5. N.Y. Jets
6. Baltimore Ravens
NFC
1. New Orleans Saints
2. Minnesota Vikings
3. Dallas Cowboys
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. Green Bay Packers
6. Philadelphia Eagles
Next weekend is all about the Wild Card teams. the Bengals, Jets, Eagles, Cowboys, Ravens, Pats, Packers and Cardinals are playing. The Saints, Vikings, Colts and Chargers will rest up for the Divisional Playoffs. Here’s a look at the hottest NFC and AFC Wild Card tickets based on fan searches.
Sure, we know the NFL playoffs haven’t started yet, but the Super Bowl is traditionally among the hottest tickets in all of sports. We thought we’d take a look and see what Super Bowl ticket availability and pricing was like. This year is no exception. Super Bowl XLIV tickets in Miami start at $1,800 and average $3,000 per ticket.
We dug a little deeper to see where fans were searching from. We were more than a little interested to see who made the top 5.
California
Louisiana
New York
Texas
Florida
The Dolphins are a hot ticket right now, but we’re going to assume Florida made the top 5 because the Super Bowl is being played in Maimi and not because fans expect to see the Dolphins in the big game. The other four locations, however, are very interesting. If fan confidence is an accurate gauge for a team’s success, the Chargers, Saints, Jets and Cowboys are favorites to play in the Super Bowl. Based on search results so far, expect to see the San Diego Chargers face the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl.
