AFC Championship Game Tickets Least Expensive In Six Seasons
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The tables are set for this weekend’s AFC Championship Game, penning the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts in a showdown at Gillette Stadium. Tom Brady has been here many times before, but Sunday’s game will be a first for the Colts’ rising superstar Andrew Luck. The third-year man is set to play in his first-ever Championship Game, but tickets will be the cheapest of the last five seasons.
As Brady enters the twilight of his career, Luck will look to make a bid for the AFC’s top gun under center in Foxborough this weekend. Fans still looking for tickets will be pleasantly surprised at prices on the secondary market, too. AFC Championship Game tickets on TiqIQ currently have an average price of $472.76 and a get-in price of $181. Sunday’s game will be the only AFC Championship Game in the last five years with an average secondary market price under $500.
The Patriots have grown accustom to playing in late-January games. They have been a participant in the past four AFC Championship Games, including this season. New England hosted the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium in January of 2012 and 2013, when the secondary market average was $514.29 and 530.78, respectively. Last year, the team traveled to Denver to take on the Denver Broncos in the Conference Game, where tickets on the secondary market averaged $740.13.
Sunday’s game will also mark Tom Brady’s ninth appearance in the AFC Conference Championship. The generational gap that exists between Brady and Luck is big, but that won’t deter the Colts quarterback from leading his team downfield this weekend. The two teams met in last year’s Divisional Round, where the Patriots cruised to a 43-22 victory over the Colts in Luck’s second season. With storylines now centered on Luck’s eminent rise to the top, he’ll get another shot to take down Brady and head coach Bill Belichick in hopes of reaching Super Bowl XLIX.
If Luck does succeed in sending Brady and company packing on Sunday, it’s likely that Super Bowl tickets will experience a big change in price on the secondary market. Super Bowl tickets on TiqIQ currently have an average price of $3,354.57, but the potential for the Colts to enter their first Super Bowl since 2009 and first in the Luck era would suggest that prices would continue to rise as the game inches closer.
While the Colts would enjoy a trip to Arizona with a win on the road this weekend, it is New England who has waited longer to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. The last time the Patriots won on the NFL’s biggest stage was at the end of the 2004 season. 10 years later and two more Super Bowl appearances later, Brady will hope to cement his legacy with his fourth ring in what may possibly be his final season.
It will be a Brady-Luck duel for the keys to the AFC title in Foxborough this weekend. With ticket prices reaching new lows on the secondary market, fans have the opportunity to witness history while keeping a few extra dollars in their pockets.
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