Ticket price and ticket data questions
Each answer names the numbers behind it and the day they were read.
Prices
- How much do normal concert tickets cost?
- Across 30,448 upcoming US concerts Ticker priced on Nov 6, 2026, the cheapest ticket cost a median $74 with fees, and the median listing $120. Concert prices by genre
- Is $300 too much for a concert ticket?
- $300 is 2.5x the median listing of $120 across 30,448 upcoming concerts. Check the section prices for the show you want.
- How much do NFL tickets usually cost?
- Across 172 upcoming NFL games Ticker priced on Nov 6, 2026, the median cheapest ticket cost $118 with fees and the median listing $328. The priciest get-in in the sample was Super Bowl LXI at $5,578. NFL ticket prices
- What is the average cost of an NBA game?
- Across 1,096 upcoming NBA games Ticker priced on Nov 6, 2026, the median cheapest ticket cost $40 with fees and the median listing $149. NBA ticket prices
- Will ticket prices go down closer to the event?
- For sports, usually. Across events held in October 2026, the median game's get-in price on event day was 24% lower than 30 days out. Concerts ended 5% lower and theater 11% higher. Do ticket prices drop?
- What is the cheapest day to buy tickets?
- For games, event day was cheaper than 30 days out for 67% of games in October 2026. For theater, only 31% of shows were cheaper on the day.
Face value and the primary market
- What is the face value of a ticket?
- The price the primary market set for the ticket before resale. One event usually has a range of face values by section. Face value explained
- Is resale always above face value?
- No. Fees included, the cheapest resale ticket was under the cheapest primary ticket for 33 of 72 events in the sample as of Nov 7, 2026.
- Are Ticketmaster prices dynamic?
- For many events. Face prices differ for similar seats and can move after the on-sale, which shows up as a wide face range for one event. Ticketmaster dynamic pricing
Resale
- How do ticket brokers get tickets?
- Mostly from the primary market at the on-sale and in presales, and from other sellers on resale marketplaces and seller-to-seller exchanges. What a ticket broker does
- Why do ticket prices fluctuate so much?
- Every resale seller sets and changes their own price, and supply shifts as tickets sell and new listings arrive. The get-in price is the cheapest of all those choices at one moment.
- Which marketplace has the cheapest tickets?
- It changes by event. In the sample as of Nov 7, 2026, the most frequent cheapest marketplace, Gametime, led on 44 of 99 events. Cheapest marketplace by event
The dataset
- Is there an API for ticket market data?
- Yes. Ticker's Ultra plan includes an API key that returns events with every marketplace joined, section prices and listing rows. How to get access
- How far back does the data go?
- Ticker keeps every reading from the first one it took for each event.
- Which events are covered?
- Concerts, sports and theater. Ticker tracks 1,080,291 events, 225,375 of them upcoming as of Nov 8, 2026, 1:26 AM EST. Coverage
- Which marketplaces are covered?
- 8 resale marketplaces and 3 primary markets: Vivid Seats, StubHub, SeatGeek, Gametime, TickPick, Ticketmaster resale, GoTickets, AQ B2B, Ticketmaster, MLB, SG Primary.
- How do I get the full dataset?
- In the app, from your AI assistant, over the API on the Ultra plan, or by Enterprise delivery. Every new account starts with 14 days of Max, free. Access