Prices for NFL Championship Game Tickets Dropping, Remain Record Highs in Atlanta & Foxboro

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Jan 12, 3:45PM EST · Published Jan 19, 6:54AM EST

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Prices for NFL Championship Game Tickets Dropping, Remain Record Highs in Atlanta & Foxboro — © Thinkstock

[cnxvideo id=”655422″ placement=”ros”]And then there were four.

The NFL’s Conference Championship Round will kick off this Sunday when the Atlanta Falcons host the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. And for fans hoping to attend the two games, historic ticket prices are on tap.

With the Falcons set to close out the Georgia Dome for good this weekend, ticket prices have fallen since last Sunday, but it still serves as the most expensive football game the stadium has ever hosted. Credit that demand to Atlanta’s hope of reaching its first Super Bowl since 1999 and the send-off the team will give its beloved home of 25 years.

According to TicketIQ, which tracks 90% of the secondary ticket market, NFC Championship Game tickets own the highest average price ($711) and highest get-in price ($293) ever for a Falcons home game. It surpasses that of the 2010 SEC Championship Game between South Carolina and Auburn, which owned a $668 ticket and $358 get-in price. Prior to Sunday’sgame, the Falcons’ most expensive home game came during a Week 17 matchup against the Saints, where tickets averaged $541 and the cheapest tickets were listed from $115.

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Compared to the AFC Championship Game, however, Sunday’s showdown in Atlanta will be cheaper Championship Game to attend. As it stands now the average resale price for AFC Championship Game tickets is now $748 with a get-in price of $325. More than 16,000 more tickets are available for the NFC Championship game, though, so fans in Atlanta and Green Bay will have more ticket options to choose from.

Sunday marks the second time in five seasons that Atlanta has hosted the NFC Championship Game. In 2013, the Falcons welcomed the San Francisco 49ers to the Georgia Dome for the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl — and dropped a closely contested 28-24 decision. That game owned a $363 average, making this Sunday’s game nearly twice the price on average.

The Patriots will play in their sixth straight AFC Conference Championship and are looking to make their ninth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. They fell short to Peyton Manning and the Broncos last season, losing a 20-18 battle at Sports Authority Field in Denver. At the time that game served as the most expensive AFC Championship Game ever recorded by TicketIQ with a $740 average. That is trumped by 2017’s game, where the Patriots hope to make their valiant return to the NFL’s biggest stage with a win over the Steelers at home.

As for Super Bowl LI, prices have also dropped rather steadily over the last several days. Prior to the start of the divisional round on Saturday Super Bowl LI tickets were averaging $11,783. By Wednesday afternoon tickets were clocking in at an average resale price of $7,465. That price tumble is likely due to the elimination of the Cowboys and Texans, who were driving demand under the “Battle for Texas” Super Bowl storyline. Still, tickets aren’t cheap: the get-in price for the February 5 game at NRG Stadium is a cool $3,800.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.