Super Bowl Tickets

It's hard to believe that during the first Super Bowl of 1967 there was real hesitance from all sides as to whether the merger – and Super Bowl Sunday as everybody knows it -- would work. Super Bowl tickets for the first World Championship Game between the NFL and AFL did not sell out. The term Super Bowl was used primarily by the media, and as a joke at first, not adopted by the NFL or AFL until later. Despite the fact that there was a TV blackout in Los Angeles at the time, Super Bowl tickets still did not sell out – and it would be the only time in history. Even days before the game, local newspapers were printing editorials on how overpriced the $12.00 Super Bowl tickets were. Super Bowl tickets today have increased...slightly.

How Much Are Super Bowl Tickets

Super Bowl tickets have certainly inflated in price ever since 1967! If you want to buy a Superbowl ticket today it will cost you. What is the cost of Super Bowl tickets in this day and age? Super Bowl ticket prices at face value are supposed to be $600-$700 dollars, however when it comes to buying highly coveted spots at a Super Bowl game it is the norm for sports fans to pay upwards of $2,000 per ticket for upper level end zone seats. If you plan on being closer to the action, then it's not uncommon for the price of Super Bowl tickets to skyrocket up to $10,000 per seat. Everybody loves sports, even the filthy rich! So if you plan on taking some buddies to the Super Bowl they better buy the drinks next time, since you will be spending $100,000 to $200,000 for a party of 30-40 people.

Finding Cheaper Superbowl Tickets For Sale

It does seem odd that for only 60,000 to 70,000 available Super Bowl tickets in a given year, that there are always tickets available. The simple reason for this is because ticket owners who buy their tickets at face value know that they can make 5-10 times the profit by reselling them. It may hurt to miss the game...but all that extra dough sure dulls the pain! So is there a way to actually buy Super Bowl tickets at face value?

Yes, as many Super Bowl XLI ticket holders have learned by now. How did Super Bowl XLI ticket holders do it? Some fans won 2007 Super Bowl tickets by winning an NFL public lottery. About 1% of the total number of Superbowl XLI tickets were distributed. Often times in these Superbowl ticket contests, season ticket holders are given the opportunity to participate in the lottery with improved odds of winning. Many fans also bought their cheap tickets off of Ebay from resellers. However, these bidding wars are very competitive and if you are looking to find Superbowl tickets at Ebay know that they can easily spike up into the thousands.

A great majority of the tickets are sold are retail price to league employees. They are then usually offered to sponsors, other employees and whomever the employee chooses to sell to. (Though the NFL has a policy against this) If you are looking for Superbowl XLII tickets, that is, Super Bowl 42 tickets, then the best bet is to find a ticket broker who is a member of the National Association of Ticket Brokers and can cut you a fair deal. Otherwise you will be paying for Super Bowl tickets through the nose!