Want Super Bowl Tickets? Here’s How to Get Them!
Joe Johnson
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The Minnesota Vikings have a chance to make history in the next few months. Should they get to the Super Bowl, they’d be the first team to play for an NFL championship in their home stadium. And should they win, it would be the first time in franchise history that Minnesota has won a Super Bowl and the first time a team has won a Super Bowl at home. The Vikings did win an NFL title in 1969 before the league merged with the AFL to start the modern era.
Sitting at 12-3 in the NFC North, the Vikings have already clinched the division and will advance to the playoffs for the first time since 2015, when they lost to the Seahawks in a wild-card game. At 5/1, Las Vegas has given the Vikings the second-best odds to win it all. The defending champion New England Patriots, at 2/1, are the favorite.
All that hype means the cost of a ticket to Super Bowl LII could be highest in history. Should the Patriots, who have reached the Super Bowl four times in the last 10 years, also make it to the Super Bowl, tickets prices will likely soar even more. According to TicketIQ.com, Three of the top five most expensive games since 2010 included the New England Patriots, including the most expensive game, the 2015 matchup with the Seahawks, for which prices settled at $6,104. Forty-five days out, the average asking price for those same tickets was $3,359.
NFLOnLocation.com, the official outlet for Super Bowl tickets, has multiple packages available to fans that begin right around the $6,104 game-day price from 2015. The company gives fans the ability to select their own seats via the interactive seating chart as well as plenty of different options, ranging from packages that include hotel and game tickets or deals that include club-level seats and access to the field after the game. The company is running a holiday promotion for $5,500 that includes a ticket to the game and a night-before concert featuring Dave Matthews Band (itself averaging $232 on the secondary market).
NFLOnLocation.com has already sold out of its highest end package “Platinum Plus” package as well as its “Gold” package, but besides the holiday promotion has multiple other deals that include at least game tickets and pre-game events, ranging in price from $6,299-$13,499. All packages include all-inclusive tickets to the Pre-Game Party at the Armory, game tickets and access to help secure accommodations and tickets to VIP events not available to the general public. Three-time Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson will headline the Pre-Game Party, performing at 52 Live at the Armory on February 4th. Among the other performances set for Super Bowl Week are Dave Matthews Band, Jennifer Lopez and Florida Georgia Line.
The average asking price for tickets on the secondary market 45 days before the game was $6,045, according to TicketIQ.com. Fans could purchase a ticket to get into the game for $3,285, though only 989 tickets remained available through TicketIQ.com.
Should the Vikings, who have the second-best defense in the NFL (allowing only 283.9 yards per game) get to the Super Bowl, it would not be the first time that a team plays in its home city. Twice NFL teams have played in their hometowns – the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium and the Los Rams in Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl. Both of those games were hosted at alternate locations believed to be better for the high-profile feel of the Super Bowl.