- It is 75 percent more expensive than last year’s Chiefs-Bengals AFC title game
- The largest purchase to date was for six tickets in Section 201, Row 9 for $19,704
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Ticket prices for this weekend’s AFC Championship game between the Chiefs and Ravens have skyrocketed, with new data showing a 118 percent increase to $764 for the cheapest seat to watch Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes face Lamar Jackson .
According to CheckChooseSunday’s showdown is the most expensive AFC title game ever with an average purchase price of $860, surpassing the 2018 AFC title game between the Patriots and Jaguars by 14 percent ($754).
It’s also 75 percent more expensive than last season’s AFC Championship game between the Chiefs and Bengals ($489).
According to TicPick, ticket prices started to increase noticeably on Monday morning, with the cheapest tickets that day selling for $350. They then rose 118.29 percent to $764.
The current entry price for a single ticket is $698, the cheapest pair of tickets is now $1,492, making this final playoff game before Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas the most expensive Ravens home game ever.
The current entry price for a single ticket was $698 as of Thursday morning, per TickPick
On Monday, the cheapest tickets sold went for $350 – then rose 118% to $764
Chiefs commit tight end Travis Kelce (L) and QB Patrick Mahomes in practice on Wednesday, just three days before their showdown against the Ravens in Baltimore
The largest purchase to date was for tickets in Section 201, Row 9 for $3,284 per ticket ($19,704 total).
There are no additional buyer fees included on TickPick, these are all-in prices.
Sunday’s game in Baltimore will mark the first time in six years that the AFC Championship game will be decided somewhere other than Kansas City, where Mahomes and Co. have been so successful in recent years, considering the team’s three wins in the last six years – since 2018 – at this stage of the play-offs.
What’s more is that this weekend’s AFC Championship game will mark the first time the Chiefs have gone on the road for a conference title game since Jan. 23, 1994, when Joe Montana was the quarterback and they lost 30-13 in Buffalo.
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson will have to be at his best on Sunday in a rare AFC title game at home against the Chiefs
‘I didn’t think much of going on the road, that it would be very different. We do it during the season,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “It was a great environment there (in Buffalo) to play, even though they were against you.
‘It’s real football here, they love their team and are passionate. It’s a great environment. That’s how I look at it.’
However, winning a conference title game on the road isn’t exactly an easy endeavor. Home teams are 35-18 in NFC title games and 36-17 in the AFC championship game, where the Chiefs have gone 3-2 in the past five games played in Kansas City.