Most Expensive Tickets in the U.S.: Cowboys, Chiefs, Lions, Bears, Eagles at the Top
Green Bay Packers Revealed to Have 8th Most Expensive Tickets in the U.S.
- Green Bay Packers games are revealed as the eighth-most expensive to attend across U.S. sports, according to new data
- Nine of the ten most expensive teams to watch are NFL teams
- The study analyzed the average prices of tickets to attend games across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS
A study by sports betting site GamingToday.com has revealed the American sports teams whose fans must spend the most on average in order to attend their games.
Data on ticket prices for every team across America’s top-tier for football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, and soccer was analyzed from SeatGeek.com to establish the teams it is most expensive to secure a seat to watch.
The Dallas Cowboys are revealed as the most expensive team to get tickets to see. With the average price of all tickets for Cowboys games coming to a huge $399.50, the Texas NFL team’s average ticket is 57.61% more costly than that of the average NFL team, which sits at $253.47. Relative to all 152 top-tier sports teams whose ticket prices were analyzed, seeing the Cowboys costs as much as 202.45% more than the average, which comes in at $132.09.
In second place, the Kansas City Chiefs’ average ticket price comes in at $391.96. With this, the average cost to see the reigning Super Bowl Champions is 196.74% above the average price of watching top-tier sports, or 54.64% more costly than that of the average NFL team.
Detroit Lions tickets are, on average, the third most costly. Their average ticket costs $382.88, 189.87% above the average top-tier sports figure.
The Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles are the fourth and fifth most expensive teams to watch. Tickets for the Illinois team cost an average of $370.73, which is 180.67% more than the average top-tier ticket, while an Eagles ticket averages a price of $367.50, 178.23% above the average.
Table: The most-expensive teams to see in the U.S.
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Rank
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Team
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Average price of all tickets
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Percentage above average top-tier across U.S. sports
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1
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Dallas Cowboys
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$399.50
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+202.45%
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|
2
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Kansas City Chiefs
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$391.96
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+196.74%
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|
3
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Detroit Lions
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$382.88
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+189.87%
|
|
4
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Chicago Bears
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$370.73
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+180.67%
|
|
5
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Philadelphia Eagles
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$367.50
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+178.23%
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6
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Los Angeles Lakers
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$365.75
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+176.90%
|
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7
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Las Vegas Raiders
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$342.13
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+159.02%
|
|
=8
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Green Bay Packers
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$334.50
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+153.24%
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=8
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San Francisco 49ers
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$334.50
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+153.24%
|
|
9
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Cincinnati Bengals
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$310.60
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+135.15%
|
|
10
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Pittsburgh Steelers
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$295.45
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+123.67%
|
In sixth, the Los Angeles Lakers are the first and only team to rank in the top ten most expensive teams to watch in America’s top-tier of sports who are not from the NFL. The famous California basketball team costs an average of $365.75 per ticket, which is 176.90% more than the average top-tier sports ticket and 146.43% more than the average cost of a ticket across all 30 NBA teams.
Seventh-placed Las Vegas Raiders mark a return to NFL teams in the top ten, with the average ticket costing $342.13.
The Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers follow in joint eighth place. The average ticket to see the Wisconsin and California teams set spectators back $334.50.
The top ten is rounded out by two further NFL sides, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose ticket prices are, on average, $310.60 and $295.45, respectively.
Brett Collson, Head of Sports at GamingToday.com, commented on the findings: “With sport playing such a huge role in American culture, the most expensive teams to watch across our top leagues is an interesting reveal. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that NFL teams are, predominantly, the most expensive to watch. The average NFL game lasts around three hours, compared to the average NBA game which is usually played in around two.
“This perhaps speaks for the incredible reputation and spectacle surrounding the Lakers who, despite this, are able to demand one of the highest prices across teams nationwide.”
Story credit: https://gamingtoday.com
Source: SeatGeek.com
Methodology: Information on currently scheduled events was scraped for each team across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS. The cost of tickets to each scheduled event was used to calculate minimum and median prices.
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Author: David Keech
David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
