Chiefs fans, plummeting prices drive run on Super Bowl tickets

NEW ORLEANS -- Kansas City Chiefs fans hoping to see history made on Sunday are driving a late spike on ticket sales ahead of Super Bowl LIX.

StubHub reported on Friday morning that it had seen a 14 percent increase in tickets sold to Kansas and Missouri over the previous 24 hours. That put the combination on par with the percent of tickets sold to Louisiana residents.

It also helps that the "get in" price has continued its sharp downward trend throughout the week. The cheapest available ticket on the site Wednesday was $3,229, down 43 percent from last year's game in Las Vegas. By Friday, it had fallen to $2,640, down 42 percent compared to Las Vegas.

Meanwhile, the platform's average ticket price sold was $6,942 -- down three percent from Thursday and down 19 percent from last year, while remaining on par with 2023.

With the late surge in total ticket sales, StubHub has now surpassed sales for Kansas City's victory over Philadelphia in Arizona in 2023 by more than 10 percent. Two years later, the rematch sees the Chiefs attempting to become the first team since the merger to win three consecutive Super Bowls.

Buyers from Pennsylvania have accounted for 15 percent of all tickets sold.

"Sunday's rematch continues to drive incredible demand, substantially higher than the last time these two teams met in a Super Bowl with a total of 63 percent more tickets sold on StubHub 48 hours ahead of the game compared to when they met in 2023," StubHub spokesman Adam Budelli said.

More than 4,000 tickets remained available on StubHub as of Friday morning.

While "Chiefs fatigue" and sky-high hotel rates in New Orleans have been cited as contributing factors in the fall of the average ticket price sale, multiple Kansas City fans told Field Level Media that they flew in late this week to attend their first Chiefs Super Bowl in hopes of witnessing an historic three-peat on Sunday night.

--Derek Harper, Field Level Media