{"id":20101,"date":"2024-05-10T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=20101"},"modified":"2024-05-10T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:58:06","slug":"nfl-top-selling-sports-games-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/nfl-top-selling-sports-games-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: NFL Behind Most of 2018’s Best-Selling Sports Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we count down to 2019, Ticket Club is reviewing the past year in the entertainment industry. Follow along with our series as we explore the best of 2018’s live events, determined by internal sales data.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Football fans certainly showed up this year, helping drive the NFL to have the most of the year’s best-selling sports games among any league.<\/p>\n

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Unsurprisingly, Super Bowl LII took the top spot among the Top 20 best-selling sports games, following typical trends. Over 67,000 fans filled Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium<\/a> in February to see the Eagles capture their first Lombardi trophy over the Patriots. In-demand tickets undeniably spiked prices into the stadium and caused overall Super Bowl sales to skyrocket. Ticket Club’s average price for ticket landed around $4,300, though fans in attendance could have paid much more across other marketplaces<\/a> when accounting for added service fees.<\/p>\n

Another gridiron game with costly tickets was the 2018 College Football National Championship, the year’s No. 4 best-seller. Georgia vs. Alabama in the final showdown pulled an average ticket price of $1,820 and set the bar high as an immediate best-seller within the first week of January 2018.<\/p>\n

Six of this year’s regular season NFL games made the Top 20, three of which came off Kansas City’s schedule. The Chiefs landed at Nos. 8, 10 and 11 for home clashes against the 49ers, Broncos and Bengals, respectively. Taking up the latter half of the list are a pair of Dallas Cowboys games against the Saints (No. 15) and Redskins (No. 18), plus an early-November meeting between the Patriots and Packers at No. 19.<\/p>\n

While football had the strongest presence among the Top 20 best-selling sports games, baseball followed quickly behind. All five of the played World Series games scored a spot on the list, as well as the annual MLB All Star Game.<\/p>\n

See the full list, including a breakdown of each game’s average ticket price, in the table below.<\/p>\n

Ticket Club’s Top 20 Best-Selling Sports Games of 2018<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nGame<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nVenue<\/th>\nCity<\/th>\nAverage Ticket Price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nSuper Bowl LII: New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles<\/td>\n2\/4\/2018<\/td>\nUS Bank Stadium<\/td>\nMinneapolis, MN<\/td>\n$4,329.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nUFC 229: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor<\/td>\n10\/6\/2018<\/td>\nT-Mobile Arena<\/td>\nLas Vegas, NV<\/td>\n$1,021.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nWorld Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Boston Red Sox – Home Game 2, Series Game 4<\/td>\n10\/27\/2018<\/td>\nDodger Stadium<\/td>\nLos Angeles, CA<\/td>\n$791.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCollege Football Championship Game: Georgia Bulldogs vs. Alabama Crimson Tide<\/td>\n1\/8\/2018<\/td>\nMercedes-Benz Stadium<\/td>\nAtlanta, GA<\/td>\n$1,820.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nCanelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin<\/td>\n9\/15\/2018<\/td>\nT-Mobile Arena<\/td>\nLas Vegas, NV<\/td>\n$946.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nWorld Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Boston Red Sox –\u00a0 Home Game 1, Series Game 3<\/td>\n10\/26\/2018<\/td>\nDodger Stadium<\/td>\nLos Angeles, CA<\/td>\n$694.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNHL Stanley Cup Finals: Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden Knights – Home Game 2, Series Game 4<\/td>\n6\/4\/2018<\/td>\nCapital One Arena<\/td>\nWashington, DC<\/td>\n$1,415.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers<\/td>\n9\/23\/2018<\/td>\nArrowhead Stadium<\/td>\nKansas City, MO<\/td>\n$119.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nWorld Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Boston Red Sox – Home Game 3, Series Game 5<\/td>\n10\/28\/2018<\/td>\nDodger Stadium<\/td>\nLos Angeles, CA<\/td>\n$625.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nKansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos<\/td>\n10\/28\/2018<\/td>\nArrowhead Stadium<\/td>\nKansas City, MO<\/td>\n$157.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nKansas City Chiefs vs. Cincinnati Bengals<\/td>\n10\/21\/2018<\/td>\nArrowhead Stadium<\/td>\nKansas City, MO<\/td>\n$96.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nWWE: WrestleMania XXXIV<\/td>\n4\/8\/2018<\/td>\nMercedes-Benz Superdome<\/td>\nNew Orleans, LA<\/td>\n$141.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMLB All Star Game<\/td>\n7\/17\/2018<\/td>\nNationals Park<\/td>\nWashington, DC<\/td>\n$543.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nWWE: WrestleMania XXXV<\/td>\n4\/7\/2018<\/td>\nMetLife Stadium<\/td>\nEast Rutherford, NJ<\/td>\n$342.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nDallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints<\/td>\n11\/29\/2018<\/td>\nAT&T Stadium<\/td>\nArlington, TX<\/td>\n$198.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nInternational Friendly: Mexico vs. Croatia<\/td>\n3\/27\/2018<\/td>\nAT&T Stadium<\/td>\nArlington, TX<\/td>\n$117.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nWorld Series: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Home Game 1, Series Game 1<\/td>\n10\/23\/2018<\/td>\nFenway Park<\/td>\nBoston, MA<\/td>\n$696.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nDallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins<\/td>\n11\/22\/2018<\/td>\nAT&T Stadium<\/td>\nArlington, TX<\/td>\n$194.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nNew England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers<\/td>\n11\/4\/2018<\/td>\nGillette Stadium<\/td>\nFoxborough, MA<\/td>\n$502.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nWorld Series: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Home Game 2, Series Game 2<\/td>\n10\/23\/2018<\/td>\nFenway Park<\/td>\nBoston, MA<\/td>\n$667.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Want to see more posts like this? Check out the rest of our Year in Review series here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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