How Much Do 2026 Super Bowl Tickets Cost? A Guide to Purchasing a Coveted Seat

NEED TO KNOW

• The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will face off in the 2026 Super on Feb. 8
• Fans can still purchase tickets to the Super Bowl via various resale sites, though they should prepare to pay thousands of dollars to attend the big event
• Some of the cheapest tickets currently available cost nearly $5,000

The stakes for Super Bowl LX may be high, but ticket prices are even higher.

There's less than a week to go until the main event, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

However, Super Bowl tickets are not released to the general public, which means that unless you’re in the NFL, a season ticket holder or an NFL partner, sponsor, or committee host, you’ll likely be shelling out top dollar for resale tickets to see the New England Patriots play the Seattle Seahawks, with prices skyrocketing in recent years.

It’s a big change for Super Bowl fans like Dan Crisman, who has attended every Super Bowl since the game’s 1967 inception. "I think the first Super Bowl [ticket] was $12 and now they're in four figures,” he told PEOPLE in 2024.

He added, “It seemed like the average person could attend back in those first 20 years."

Keep reading to find out how much a ticket to the 2026 Super Bowl will cost you, and how it compares to recent years.

Where can I buy Super Bowl tickets?

Super Bowl tickets cannot be purchased directly by the general public.

However, resale tickets are available on Ticketmaster, which is the NFL's official ticketing partner.

Tickets are also available on alternate resale sites, such as Stubhub, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats.

On Location Experiences, a.k.a. the Super Bowl's “official hospitality provider,” is also offering NFL Super Bowl packages starting at $6,000 per person, which include an official ticket to the game, an open bar and takeout menu, “NFL Legend” appearances and live music.

What’s the cheapest Super Bowl ticket?

As of Feb. 3, one of the cheapest single Super Bowl tickets available is in section 420 for $4,836 on Vivid Seats.

What’s the most expensive Super Bowl ticket?

As of Feb. 3, one of the most expensive single Super Bowl tickets currently up for grabs is a VIP seat in section 139, which has an eyeline view of the field, priced at $59,290 on Ticketmaster.

Do Super Bowl tickets get cheaper closer to the game?

According to data from more than 900,000 aftermarket NFL ticket compiled by SeatData.io and analyzed by Finance Buzz in September 2025, NFL tickets are less expensive closer to kickoff time during the regular season, though not by much, with an average of $20 in savings when purchased during game week. By contrast, fans who purchased their tickets three weeks or more in advance paid 3% more than the average ticket price.

Prices for the 2026 Super Bowl have already begun to drop, per TickPick, with the average price per ticket at nearly $10,000 10 days before the game, compared to about $6,400 six days before.

According to the NFL, tickets will be available for resale on the NFL Ticket Exchange up to 60 minutes after kickoff.

Are Super Bowl tickets more expensive this year than normal?

As of Feb. 4, 2-26 Super Bowl ticket prices are pacing above the average prices paid in 2025 to see the Kansas City Chiefs lose to the Philadelphia Eagles.

CBS reported that the cost of Super Bowl 2025 tickets ranged from roughly $3,000 to roughly $5,000.

They aren’t the highest Super Bowl prices in history, however: 2024 set the record, with an average ticket price of $9,800, per CNN.

How much were Super Bowl tickets in the recent years?

Super Bowl ticket prices have fluctuated in recent years, though average ticket costs have typically trended upward, peaking in 2024.

Below are the average Super Bowl ticket prices seven days before the game from 2022 and 2025, according to TickPick.

2022

Teams: Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Average ticket price: $6,565

2023

Teams: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Average ticket price: $7,121

2024

Teams: Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers

Average ticket price: $9,014

2025 

Teams: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Average ticket price: $5,753

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