NFL’s Average Ticket Prices Up 2.5 Percent
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Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New York Jets can at least call themselves champions in one category: ticket prices.
The Jets have the highest average, non-premium ticket price in the league at $117.94, according to Team Marketing Report’s Fan Cost Index, which was released Thursday afternoon.
The Jets topped the Patriots, who have sold out every game since 1994, by 10 cents ($117.84).
In its annual survey, Team Marketing Report (TMR) found that the average NFL ticket, purchased from a team, will cost $78.38 this season, up 2.5 percent from last year. The average cost to bring a family to the game and buy four regular tickets (not suite or club), two beers, four hot dogs, parking, a program and two adult size hats is $443.93, up 3.9 percent from last year.
Besides the Jets and Patriots, three other teams have non-suite tickets that are selling for more than $100: the New York Giants ($111.69), the Chicago Bears ($110.91) and the Dallas Cowboys ($110.20).
The teams with the cheapest average tickets are the Cleveland Browns ($54.20), the Buffalo Bills ($58.36) and the Jacksonville Jaguars ($59.54).
TMR says that 10 teams raised ticket prices by at least one percent this year, that up from the nine that dared to make increases coming into the lockout last season. The largest increase? The Chicago Bears at 9.3 percent. The average cost of a beer at a game is up 15 cents from last year to $7.28, the study found.
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