Super Bowl ticket prices dropping on secondary market

[Auggie]

As of Jan. 24, the cheapest ticket listed on NFL Ticket Exchange (the league’s official resale site) was $1,779. That is $409 cheaper than the cheapest ticket on the site with nine days remaining before the big game last year and $809 cheaper than two years ago.

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There are a couple of potential explanations for this, starting with the weather. While the impact of the cold and wind on the actual game has been somewhat overblown in the Super Bowl buildup, it’s still no fun for many fans to sit outside for four hours in those conditions.

Throw in the ever-improving television experience for watching football that the NFL has had to deal with all year in terms of trying to sell tickets, and it's not much of a stretch to predict that many fans will elect to stay home this year.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1935968-super-bowl-xlviii-ticket-prices-continue-to-drop-as-game-day-approaches

James Kimmel, owner of Epic Seats, a ticket brokerage in Seattle: "What we have now is like a panicked stock market. The buyers have frozen, and the sellers are panicking."



Weather forecast (long-term) for Newark, February 2: High of 37°, low of 27°. Chance of rain/snow showers: 30%

[BlueStreak]

1. I'm sure New Jersey is nice and all

But who wants to pay $2000 per seat with the very good chance that you will be physically miserable for 4 hours, and that the weather may make the game less than memorable to boot.

I really don't any northern city building an NFL stadium today without a retractable roof.

[joeybee12]

7. Pay for that, endure the cold...

And 50-50 chances your team will lose...not my idea of fun.

[kelly1mm]

2. WA and CO residents are spending all their disposable income on weed! JK! nt.

[Thor_MN]

3. Hell, 27 degrees sounds pretty good...

1 degree with high winds for a -22 degree wind chill. Going down overnight to -14 degrees straight up, wild chills close to -40.

[El Supremo]

4. Wha? Look at these die-hard Broncos fans greeting the team at Newark.

[madinmaryland]

5. Heh! I wondered what your excuse would be. Now if the game was being

played in South Florida, you could bet that trumad would be laughing his ass off at all the supporters of a SB in a northern part of the country.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. These two teams do not have solid fan bases around the country in the way that

the Packers, Steelers, and even the stupid 49ers and Cowboys do. There aren't going to be a lot of fans who will want to drive up and still pay that kind of money for two teams that are just whatever (outside of the Peyton pull).