The Big Game!
February 5, 2025
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The American Football season will soon culminate in the game of all games with the 59th Super Bowl. It may surprise many but the first Super Bowl was not even a sell out. Here is a quick look back.
Bart Starr vs. Len Dawson and $12 Tickets!
The very first Super Bowl was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15,1967, a 35-10 win for the Green Bay Packers over the Kansas City Chiefs. This game feature two of the best quarterbacks of the era with Bart Starr going up against Len Dawson. Starr – who was NFL’s league wide MVP that season – won his first of two consecutive Super Bowl Most Valuable Player awards. The average ticket to Super Bowl I was just $12. Perhaps even more surprising to today’s NFL fans, the inaugural Super Bowl did not even sell out. From 1967 to 1970 the first four Super Bowls were played before the merger, with the NFL and AFL each winning two.
Many fans of the National Football League, which is one of the most popular and most-watched sports leagues in the world, may aspire to one day see their favorite teams play in-person in the Super Bowl. While there may be nothing stopping fans’ favorite teams from making the big game, fans themselves might be priced out. According to various sources, the current ticket range is between $4,750 to $17,800 with some reports of individual tickets going for as high as $57,000 and private suites starting at $540,000.
Enjoy the game.
