I my opinion, the NFL ( most all sports and entertainment ) has priced itself out of the blue collar fans comfort zone. The days of going to the stadium on game day and paying for a ticket, are over. Except for baseball that is but you're still gonna have to pony up a significant chunk of change.
It is also my belief that the main reason for this is the payroll and venue expenses. No way is any athlete worth what they are getting paid and neither are them Hollyweird ******** for that matter. So, after we pay for the new stadiums and pony up a couple three ( five-six) million or so for the uneducated college graduates that can run and play catch and stuff, we can dig up a months grocery money and watch them entertain us.
I love Steeler football and they know that if I love it, I will pay to see it.
Maybe
According to Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, “The median price paid on StubHub for a Super Bowl ticket this year is $3,404. That’s 56 percent higher than last year’s final median price ($2,172) and 36 percent higher than the price paid on the ticket-resale site two years before for Super Bowl XLVI ($2,500).”
Game tickets for the Denver Broncos vs. San Diego game averaged $340 on Ticket Liquidator, the web’s second-largest secondary ticket site. Last year, the average price of a ticket to see the Denver Broncos host the Baltimore Ravens at Sports Authority Field at Mile High was $229.”
It’s an imperfect model, with no one particular entity to blame. For now, the NFL is filling its pockets. Whether or not that model – a reality that suggests the most typical fan has no realistic touch-point to the game itself – can be sustained, however, is debatable.
It is also my belief that the main reason for this is the payroll and venue expenses. No way is any athlete worth what they are getting paid and neither are them Hollyweird ******** for that matter. So, after we pay for the new stadiums and pony up a couple three ( five-six) million or so for the uneducated college graduates that can run and play catch and stuff, we can dig up a months grocery money and watch them entertain us.
I love Steeler football and they know that if I love it, I will pay to see it.
Maybe
According to Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, “The median price paid on StubHub for a Super Bowl ticket this year is $3,404. That’s 56 percent higher than last year’s final median price ($2,172) and 36 percent higher than the price paid on the ticket-resale site two years before for Super Bowl XLVI ($2,500).”
Game tickets for the Denver Broncos vs. San Diego game averaged $340 on Ticket Liquidator, the web’s second-largest secondary ticket site. Last year, the average price of a ticket to see the Denver Broncos host the Baltimore Ravens at Sports Authority Field at Mile High was $229.”
It’s an imperfect model, with no one particular entity to blame. For now, the NFL is filling its pockets. Whether or not that model – a reality that suggests the most typical fan has no realistic touch-point to the game itself – can be sustained, however, is debatable.
