CHEAP FOOTBALL TICKETS

Team Marketing Report has released its survey of NFL ticket prices for the 2008 season. 

The average NFL Ticket this year will be approximately $72 almost an 8% increase over 2007 ticket prices. 

According to the study, NFL ticket prices have risen over $5 for the fourth consecutive season.  Average ticket prices do not include premium seating. 

The New England Patriots have the NFL’s most expensive average ticket price at $117, a 29% increase over the previous season.  Premium seats for the Patriots average $566 each.

List of NFL Team’s Average Ticket Price (with percentage increase over 2007)

Arizona Cardinals $65.08 14.8%
Atlanta Falcons $63.95 6.0%
Baltimore Ravens $77.20 0.0%
Buffalo Bills $51.24 10.3%
Carolina Panthers $63.32 4.8%
Chicago Bears $88.33 4.1%
Cincinnati Bengals $69.85 6.1%
Cleveland Browns $54.41 11.5%
Dallas Cowboys $84.12 0.0%
Denver Broncos $76.75 7.4%
Detroit Lions $66.39 12.5%
Green Bay Packers $63.39 0.0%
Houston Texans $66.69 6.4%
Indianapolis Colts $81.13 14.3%
Jacksonville Jaguars $55.30 12.0%
Kansas City Chiefs $80.69 9.2%
Miami Dolphins $66.11 0.0%
Minnesota Vikings $73.23 3.3%
New England Patriots $117.84 29.6%
New Orleans Saints $62.22 13.4%
New York Giants $88.06 8.3%
New York Jets $86.99 8.0%
NFL AVERAGE $72.20 7.9%
Oakland Raiders $62.23 0.0%
Philadelphia Eagles $69.00 0.0%
Pittsburgh Steelers $67.47 2.3%
San Diego Chargers $81.39 10.5%
San Francisco 49ers $70.55 13.1%
Seattle Seahawks $61.25 11.9%
St. Louis Rams $68.28 0.0%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers $90.13 24.4%
Tennessee Titans $58.55 7.8%
Washington Redskins $79.13 0.0%

StubHub’s Top 10 NFL Season Openers - 2008
Match-up Date Avg. Price
1. Green Bay Packers (vs. Vikings) 9/8 $ 355
2. New York Giants (vs. Redskins) 9/4 $ 301
3. New York Jets (vs. Patriots) 9/14 $ 261
4. Indianapolis Colts (vs. Bears) 9/7 $ 253
5. Chicago Bears (vs. Buccaneers) 9/21 $ 235
6. Pittsburgh Steelers (vs. Texans) 9/7 $ 235
7. New England Patriots (vs. Chiefs) 9/7 $ 188
8. Cleveland Browns (vs. Cowboys) 9/7 $ 183
9. Philadelphia Eagles (vs. Rams) 9/7 $ 180
10. Dallas Cowboys (vs. Eagles) 9/15 $ 177

This NFL season will be the last season the Dallas Cowboys play at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. Texas Stadium opened in 1971 and cost $35 million to build. The Dallas Cowboys New Stadium will cost over $1 billion. Designed to seat well over 80,000, the new stadium will play host the 2011 NFL Super Bowl and ticket prices for the best seats reportedly will skyrocket.

In their last season at Texas Stadium, the Dallas Cowboys will host the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants and Baltimore Ravens. The December 20th game versus the Ravens will be the Cowboys’ last regular season game at Texas Stadium ever.

The kickoff of the 2008 NFL Football regular season begins on Thursday, September 4th when the 2008 Super Bowl champion New York Giants host the Washington Redskins next Thursday night.

• Other interesting Week 1 NFL Football games to note:
  NY Jets at Miami
  Kansas City at New England
  Carolina at San Diego
  Dallas at Cleveland
• Week 1 of the NFL also includes two Monday Night Football Games.

The following NFL football teams are slated to release tickets for individual games for sale to the general public this week:  Buffalo Bills,  Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions and the Atlanta Falcons.