NEW YORK – Like the weather forecast for Super Bowl XLVIII (kickoff temperature Sunday in the low to mid 40s), prices for tickets to the game on the resale market have taken a turn for the better in the eyes of brokers.
That means the prices have gone up.
It was only Monday that Lance Patania, president/CEO of Prominent Tickets of Glen Rock, N.J., said his firm was offering $800 face-value tickets in the upper end zones at MetLife Stadium for $1,200. He said he never had seen resale prices for Super Bowl tickets "this cheap this early" compared to face value.
Patania gave a different report Saturday afternoon.
"Well, the market's up. ... With a nice warm front coming up, there's no question about it. The prices are going north as we speak," said Patania.