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Ticket resale platform StubHub predicted it
could end up as the most expensive Super Bowl ever with the
average ticket price sold around $8,600, slightly above the
price for the Los Angeles Super Bowl two years ago.
"As we sit here on the Thursday before the Super Bowl, demand
continues to rise... certainly, not compared to last year, we're
much higher than that," Adam Budelli, spokesperson for StubHub,
told Reuters. "The average ticket price sold is right around
$8,600, which is in line and slightly above the LA Super Bowl
two years ago. So currently, we are on the pace that this may
end up being the most expensive ever, but it's a little bit
early to make that call."
He said 38% of sales had been from the state of California,
compared with 10% from Missouri and Kansas.
Fans from both sides have complained that ticket prices are too
high and some say they will fly home from Vegas if that doesn't
change.
"You know, it's just out of touch for the average guy, it
really, really is," Chiefs fan Keith Jennings said with his
family at the fan experience zone in Vegas.
Jennings and his family plan to fly back to Kansas City on
Sunday morning before kick-off if they cannot source tickets at
an affordable rate - although he said he was willing to pay up
to $3,000 for a seat.
"That would be tough but we would do it," he said. "We're going
to have a good time, and we'll go home and watch the football
game and watch Kansas City win."
Standing outside a media center in Las Vegas hoping to catch
glimpses of players, brothers Jerry and David Vang said they
couldn't afford the tickets either and will fly back to
California to watch the game with fellow 49ers fans.
Jerry, a teacher and David, an insurance worker, said they'd
love to cheer for their team at Allegiant Stadium but couldn't
afford tickets.
"I think right now... it is kind of out of touch with what the
fan base wants," Jerry said.
"I'd love to be there to cheer on my squad. Hopefully we get
one, it's been 30 years (since 49ers won the Super Bowl). But
yeah, it's just too expensive," David said, adding that he would
be willing to pay $500 for a ticket.
(Reporting by Nathan Frandino, writing by Angelica Medina and
Shifa Jahan. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
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