How much would it cost for Super Bowl 55 tickets?
With the teams for Super Bowl 55 decided, a time-honored tradition of the NFL postseason is upon us: Super Bowl ticket-price sticker shock.
Want to be there when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers make history on their home field against the Kansas City Chiefs? As of Monday morning, a ticket to the Feb. 7 game at Raymond James Stadium costs a minimum of $8,550. That price, however, requires you to buy a package of four tickets priced at $34,200 total — before fees.
Fees? For the four-ticket package through NFL On Location (the league’s official Super Bowl ticket broker partner) you’re looking at an additional $6,156. That means you can be in the stands with three friends for $40,356, or $10,089 each.
You’ll be sitting in Section 318, which is the upper level corner.
Only need two tickets? That will be $9,450 each, plus fees, for similar seats, and a total $22,302.
Those prices will get you “virtual experiences with NFL legends” and a commemorative Chiefs or Bucs gift if you select one of the team-themed packages. They also come with a gift card for concessions.
Don’t forget to tack on a minimum of $150 to park at Raymond James Stadium, according to Ticketmaster. com, if you’re planning to drive there.
You can, of course, spend far more on tickets to the big game. For $72,903 — $24,301 per ticket — you can get a package of three tickets in Section 135, in the lower level near the 50-yard line. The 18% service fee brings that package to $86,025.54 total.
Resale sites, such as StubHub and Vivid Seats, listed some tickets at more than double that by late Monday morning. Two tickets together in Section 136, Row H, were listed for
$61,000 each before fees.
If you’d prefer some privacy and cushier seats, the Suite Experience Group, a re-seller for suites, has several listed from $305,000 to $475,000. They all include a food and alcohol catering package.
The $475,000 suite for 20 people is on the lower level and includes 12 theater-style stadium seats, four bar stools and four standing room tickets. It’s equipped with a kitchenette and multiple high-definition TVs.
Buccaneers season-ticket holders were automatically placed in a drawing for the right to purchase two Super Bowl tickets at face value. That drawing happens “on or around” Wednesday, according to an email sent to season-ticket members.
Scarcity and the COVID19 pandemic could affect the secondary re-seller market, where prices can fluctuate up until kickoff. The NFL capped fan attendance at Raymond James Stadium at just 22,000, with 7,500 of those tickets going to vaccinated healthcare workers for free. The stadium normally holds around 66,000 fans.
Vivid Seats, a website that connects ticket re-sellers and buyers, published data showing the average sale price for tickets for Super Bowl 55, as of midday Monday, is $14,110. That’s more than double the average sale price during a comparable time period before Super Bowl 54, when average sale price was $5,511
Tickets to Super Bowl 54 in Miami reportedly reached record high prices in 2020. Six days before that game, the average ticket prices on resale sites were around $8,000, which was then higher than ever before, according to Yahoo! Finance.
Two days before that game, the Associated Press reported most tickets for the game had sold for more than $5,000 and some were still listed at $14,000 apiece.