01-27-2019, 09:57 PM
Doh!
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Football fans are underwhelmed by the Super Bowl LIII matchup in Atlanta between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams, according to TicketIQ, an aggregator of ticket-buying options on the primary and secondary markets.
TicketIQ reported Tuesday that prices for tickets to the Big Game set for Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium have declined 17 percent since Sunday's conference championship victories — the Patriots and Rams defeating the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints, respectively. Also, the inventory of available Super Bowl tickets on the secondary market hasn't been this high since 2016.
Something similar happened after the 2018 Super Bowl teams were determined last year. Secondary-market prices fell by about $800 per seat after the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC playoff game. (A Vikings win would've meant a Super Bowl team played in its own stadium for the first time, which would have driven some novelty sales.) But Philadelphia fans were at least psyched to come to the game; the decline in interest is even more pronounced this year.
TicketIQ founder Jesse Lawrence called the Patriots-Rams match-up a "worst-case" demand scenario because the Patriots are in the Super Bowl for the fifth time this decade, a recipe for fatigue among the team's fans, while the Rams lack a fan base known for travel.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n...icket.html
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Football fans are underwhelmed by the Super Bowl LIII matchup in Atlanta between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams, according to TicketIQ, an aggregator of ticket-buying options on the primary and secondary markets.
TicketIQ reported Tuesday that prices for tickets to the Big Game set for Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium have declined 17 percent since Sunday's conference championship victories — the Patriots and Rams defeating the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints, respectively. Also, the inventory of available Super Bowl tickets on the secondary market hasn't been this high since 2016.
Something similar happened after the 2018 Super Bowl teams were determined last year. Secondary-market prices fell by about $800 per seat after the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC playoff game. (A Vikings win would've meant a Super Bowl team played in its own stadium for the first time, which would have driven some novelty sales.) But Philadelphia fans were at least psyched to come to the game; the decline in interest is even more pronounced this year.
TicketIQ founder Jesse Lawrence called the Patriots-Rams match-up a "worst-case" demand scenario because the Patriots are in the Super Bowl for the fifth time this decade, a recipe for fatigue among the team's fans, while the Rams lack a fan base known for travel.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n...icket.html