Packers-Cowboys tickets prove pricey
Green Bay — Green Bay Packers fans may experience wallet whiplash this week.
The Packers will play the Dallas Cowboys at 3:40 p.m. Sunday at AT&T Stadium. Green Bay advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs by defeating the New York Giants, 38-13, Sunday at Lambeau Field.
On Monday, tickets for the NFC divisional playoff game in Dallas are averaging $558, according to online re-seller SeatGeek. Vivid Seats pegged the median ticket price for Packers-Cowboys at $708, compared with $226 for Packers-Giants. Those are prices without fees, which can add $50 and more to the final cost.
“It’s a more significant game when you get to the divisional round,” said Dennis Garrity, president and CEO of Event USA in Ashwaubenon. “That’s reflective in what everybody charges, including airlines and hotels. It’s supply and demand. And Dallas, they are excited. They’ve haven’t had a real good team in a long time.”
Green Bay-Dallas is the most in-demand game of four scheduled for the coming weekend. By comparison, the median price for New England-Houston, the second most indemand game, is $321, according to Vivid Seats.
Standing-room only tickets in Dallas were starting at about $150 on Monday, not including fees. For seats, not including fees, the lowest prices were: $164 at NFL Ticket Exchange, $306 at Vivid Seats, $308 at SeatGeek and $321 at StubHub.
Event USA, which also sells individual tickets, has hotel/ticket packages starting at $579, based on double occupancy. It includes tailgating, ground transportation and other amenities, but not airfares.
Airfares from Green Bay on Monday started at $700 for a Friday to Monday trip, though the majority were $1,000 and higher. Traveling on Saturday costs more. Combined air-hotel costs for a Friday to Monday trip started at $825 per person, but by late afternoon had jumped to $921 per person. Those did not include game tickets.
“Maybe just as interesting is that in the past 24 hours we have seen interest from all 50 states,” said Chris Leyden of SeatGeek.
Event USA booked 200 people, most of them from Wisconsin, by midday Monday. Garrity hoped to book 800 by the end of the week.