How much was a ticket to the first Super Bowl? (2024)

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How much was a ticket to the first Super Bowl? ›

So the short answer is the first Super Bowl tickets cost $12, $10 and $6. While that may seem preposterously cheap compared to today's prices, it's not quite as cheap as the surface numbers suggest (though, to be clear, it's definitely still preposterously cheap compared to today's prices).

The 2024 Super Bowl will be drastically different from its first predecessor in 1967 in regard to numbers. Prices have steadily increased over the past five decades. Super Bowl I's ticket prices were a mere $12 and the event did not sell out.

How much are Super Bowl tickets in 2024? The price of tickets has quite a range. But as things stand, the average cost per ticket sold is $8,400, according to StubHub. The range, as shown on StubHub, is anywhere from around $6,875 to as high as $22,907.

The average ticket price was about $2,400 with the cheapest get-in price going for $997 on StubHub for the standing-room-only section.

Football's escalation in the American consciousness took a great leap forward in 1967, when Bart Starr led the Green Bay Packers to a win over the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Coliseum in the first Super Bowl. Super Bowl I, 1967. Elijah Pitts (No.

Ticket costs (adjusted for inflation in 2014 dollars)

In 1967 the cost of a Super Bowl ticket was $85. In 1977 the cost was $78. In 1987 the cost was $156.30. In 1997 the cost was $405.

At the past two Super Bowls, hot dogs ran from $8 to $12, but after a year where every figure involving cost hit all-time highs, the 2024 game day event is more than likely to top those numbers. Bookies.com is projecting Super Bowl LVIII hot dog prices to be somewhere in the realm of $12.75.

They're not free: The cost per Super Bowl ring can run anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000. The New England Patriots' Super Bowl XLIX rings, for instance, cost $36,500 each. A full set of rings for a team can cost upwards of $5 million. Who pays for them: The NFL contributes $5,000 per ring for the first 150 rings.

Money.com reports that in some cases, a couple of NFL referees earning up an average of $114,000 approximately for working with the NFL. For the Super Bowl, every referee will get a bonus and their salary can rage from $54,428 up to a maximum amount of $462,622.

According to recent reports, the average Super Bowl ticket price for the 2024 game is around $8,600 as of Wednesday, with the lowest-priced tickets running at $6,500 on Ticketmaster and a little over $8,000 on Stubhub.

How many empty seats were there in the first Super Bowl? ›

The first Super Bowl was not as crowded as you may think. The game was not sold out, with over 32,000 of the stadium's 94,000 seats left empty, according to History.com.

The premium options - Modelo Especial, Michelob Ultra, Stella Artois, Kona Big Wave, will cost you $15.99 (£12.67). Then there's something called the 'deluxe can', which is $15.99 and comes in either Bud Light or Budweiser.

According to Suite Experience Group, which provides suites for the Super Bowl, suite prices for Super Bowl LVIII — which will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — cost between $1,400,000 to $2,500,000 on average. The boxes come with inclusive access to food and beverages.

A food and alcoholic drink package is included and a full kitchenette, private bathroom and HD televisions ensure that you never need to leave the box. This luxury suite at Allegiant Stadium is currently listed at $2.5 million for the Super Bowl. That's $125,000 per person.

Like past performers, no one is paid for their halftime show performance. Per Forbes, the artists are paid on a “union scale,” which is just a fraction of the six or seven-figure profit they usually rake in for a gig and is a minimum wage guaranteed by a union contract.

The Rams actually played a Super Bowl in the Rose Bowl, losing the 1980 game there to the Steelers. But their home field at the time was an expanded-for-football Anaheim Stadium. Tickets for the 1980 game averaged $30, $93 when adjusted for inflation. Times have changed.

Super Bowl I: Average Price $12.00

Notice that the ticket in the slide says "World Championship Game" and not "Super Bowl," as that is what the game was referred to initially. The game was played on January 15, 1967 and was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.