Singer Taylor Swift watches the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Chicago with the mother of Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce, Donna Kelce, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Trying to sell a ticket for Sunday night’s Chiefs-Jets game has been wilder than playing the stock market.
In August, this looked to be the “State Farm Bowl” with current insurance pitchman Patrick Mahomes going against Aaron Rodgers, who had been in the company’s commercials for years.
This was a hot ticket. Then Rodgers’ suffered a season-ending injury in the Jets’ opener, and Ticket IQ said ticket prices for the game plummeted 33%.
What could cause a reversal of ticket prices? Superstar singer Taylor Swift, of course.
She was at the Chiefs’ 41-10 win over the Bears on Sunday at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, a visit that has been covered by news outlets all over the country.
Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports reported that Swift is expected to be at MetLife Stadium for the “Sunday Night Football” game.
TicketIQ said ticket prices on the secondary market for the game have jumped 43% over the last 48 hours. They start at $124 and average list price is now $511, per TicketIQ.
ESPN’s Rich Crimini said Vivid Seats had seen a 173% increase in visitors to its website following the news of Swift’s planned appearance to cheer on the Chiefs and tight end Travis Kelce.
Here’s guessing the prices won’t be going back down before the start of the “Sunday Night Football” game.
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.