First-ever Super Bowl in Vegas drives ticket prices
LAS VEGAS >> Tickets on at least one secondary-market site were the most expensive in Super Bowl history on Monday, underscoring the anticipation of the game's Las Vegas debut between the defending champion and what likely is the most popular team in the West.
Oh, and the great possibility Taylor Swift will be on hand when the Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11.
The average purchase price on TickPick was $9,815 on Monday morning. That's nearly double the final average price of $5,795 for last year's game between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in Glendale, Arizona, although current prices could decline.
It's also more than the previous high of $7,046 for the 2021 game in Tampa, Florida, between the Buccaneers and the Chiefs. The stadium was at 33% capacity because of COVID-19 restrictions, increasing the demand for each ticket.
TickPick's highest nonCOVID Super Bowl was in 2020 at Miami Gardens, Florida, when the Chiefs and Niners met for the first time in the championship game. That average price was $6,370.
The cheapest ticket on TickPick for this year's game was $8,188 on Monday, more than the $5,997 low price at this point last year.
Hockey
4 NHL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT >> NHL players Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils and Dillon Dube of
The Big 12 has revealed its football schedule for the 2024season, its first without Southeastern Conferencebound marquee programs Texas and Oklahoma. The slate incorporates new members Arizona, Arizona State and Utah and marks the return of Colorado to the now 16-team league.
the Calgary Flames have been charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged assault by several members of Canada's 2018 world junior team.
Attorneys representing Hart, McLeod, Foote and Dube said Tuesday that each player has been charged with sexual assault by police in London, Ontario. They denied any wrongdoing on behalf of their clients.
The latest developments in the case come two days after former NHL player Alex Formenton surrendered to police to face charges.
College football
BIG 12 REVEALS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE, THE FIRST WITHOUT TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA >> The Big 12 has revealed its football schedule for the 2024 season, its first without Southeastern Conference-bound marquee programs Texas and Oklahoma.
The slate incorporates new members Arizona, Arizona State and Utah and
marks the return of Colorado to the now 16-team league.
Each league team will continue to play nine conference games without being separated by divisions. Some will renew old rivalries lost during prior realignment and other prescheduled matchups will be played as nonconference games. KANSAS TO PLAY ENTIRE SEASON ON THE ROAD AMID STADIUM CONSTRUCTION >> Kansas will spend next college football season playing on the road.
At least the Jayhawks' home games will be only a bit down the road.
With their old stadium being razed, and a new stadium anchoring a massive development project expected to open for the 2025 season, the Jayhawks had to find an alternate location for their home games. They decided to split them with its nonconference games being played at Children's Mercy Park, the home of MLS club Sporting Kansas City, and its four conference games being played across the state line at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Both of the stadiums are less than an hour drive from the Kansas campus in Lawrence.
MLB
RUBENSTEIN HAS A DEAL TO BUY THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES FOR $1.725 BILLION >> Carlyle Group Inc. cofounder David Rubenstein has reached an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles for $1.725 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the agreement had not been announced.
WORLD SERIES MVP SEAGER TO MISS MOST OF SPRING >> World Series MVP Corey Seager had surgery for a left sports hernia repair and the Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop will miss most of spring training.
General manager Chris Young said Seager had the surgery in Arizona, where the team hold spring training, and will remain there for rehabilitation. The Rangers are hopeful Seager will be ready by opening day.
Young said the hernia issue came up during the postseason, when Seager was getting some minor treatment in the training room, but it didn't impact his play as Rangers won their first World Series title. TURNER AND BLUE JAYS AGREE TO $13M, 1-YEAR CONTRACT >> Infielder Justin Turner and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $13 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.