Monday, July 9, 2012

How Much Are Denver Broncos Season Tickets?

How much are Denver Broncos season tickets? Well, that depends on where you'd like to sit.

As one of the most football fan crazed cities in the country, the Denver Broncos have a home game sell-out streaking dating back to the 1960's. Currently, season tickets for the Broncos are sold out, and with a long waiting list, the wait time to be eligible to purchase season tickets from the Denver Broncos organization is expected to be at least seven years. (The Bronco's official website can be found here:
http://denverbroncos.com/

Nevertheless, private sellers have exercised their right to sell their own season tickets on the open market. Ticket Stub and other football ticket sellers have lists of current rates for the games at the former Invesco Field at Mile High, (currently called Sports Authority Field at Mile High). At the low end, one site offers a package of all 8 home games for $750.00 per ticket. These seats are in an upper row of the upper level corner - in other words, possibly the worst seats in the house.


At the other extreme, Field Level sideline seats on the 17th row, are priced at $12,000 per seat. These are just 17 rows from the field, roughly on the 50 yard-line.

While some argue that the arrival of Peyton Manning has intensified the passion of Broncos fans, games at the stadium have always been fun, energetic, affairs. (Well not always, I remember a couple of bad Raiders game...). Anyway, my point is that local sports pundits are predicting an increased following for the team this year, meaning tickets would be in more demand. Personally, I disagree, in that Tim Tebow and Tebowmania electrified the fan base last year. So while you won't likely find any deals on Denver Broncos season tickets, there are some sellers who will relinquish them at face value. You usually have to purchase the worthless pre-season games with them, but such is life.
I saw a recent Craigslist ad that advertised Denver Broncos season tickets at face value. They are in section 535, which is in the upper deck, but on the 35 to 40 yard line or so. They included the eight regular season games, as well as the two pre-season match-ups, plus rights to purchase home playoff games (fingers crossed).  The playoff tickets would be an additional charge on top of the ad's price. Anyway, these Bronco season tickets were priced at $655 per ticket, or $1,310 for the pair. 
In general though, for tickets below the upper deck, Denver Broncos season tickets will run you in the $1,500 to $2,000 range for an average seat.