The first month of 2024 has brought a lot of joy to football fans in Michigan, but it has potentially come with a big-time cost — literally — for those who are fans of both the University of Michigan and the Detroit Lions.
The Lions’ first appearance in the NFC Championship Game in 32 years is just the latest expensive ticket in their postseason run. The average ticket price sold for Sunday’s game against the 49ers (6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app) is $941 as of Wednesday afternoon, per Vivid Seats. While that average ticket price is cheaper than the average ticket price from the Lions’ Divisional Round win over the Buccaneers, this will be their first road game, so it’ll likely be more expensive for Lions fans to attend the NFC title game than any other playoff game to this point.
Detroit’s playoff run comes on the heels of Michigan’s run to win its first national title in 26 years, which saw it win College Playoff Games in Pasadena and Houston. Just like the Lions playoff games, tickets for both matchups were far from cheap, too.
Considering Michigan’s proximity to Detroit, it’s easy to imagine there are many fans of both teams, giving them five straight weekends of high-stakes football. But what if one of those fans wanted to watch all five of those games in person, and how much would it have cost to do that?
Let’s take a look.
Rose Bowl, College Football Playoff semifinal: Michigan vs. Alabama
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Average ticket price: Approximately $1,030
Round-trip flight from Ann Arbor to Pasadena: Economy tickets were running at approximately $2,350 after the playoff field was set prior to Jan. 1
It cost Michigan fans a pretty penny to watch the Wolverines play in their first Rose Bowl in 17 years, as ticket prices were the most expensive for a bowl game in at least 13 years, according to TicketIQ. But those Michigan fans who paid the price to attend the Rose Bowl got to watch a classic, with the Wolverines coming back in…
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Publish date : 2024-01-25 01:05:04
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