They are just savvy buyers who are willing to wait for market. Austin Sledd, Director of Strategy at TicketCity, pointed out that “Patriots fans aren’t burned out. The average price of a ticket on the New England sideline is selling for 12% more than that of a similar ticket on the Rams side of the field. Those that might think Patriots fans might be tired of traveling after making it to the Super Bowl four times in the last five years are being proven wrong by the data. Rams WR Brandin Cooks gifting the team custodian with a pair of tickets to the Super Bowl is what it's all about Trey Simick, head of Partnership Sales at TicketCity, succinctly summed up the lack of California-based buyers by saying, “I don't think I've spoken with a single Rams fan or person from L A ” during the surge to buy Super Bowl tickets on the resale market.ī leacher Report found that at least one LA fan will be going to the Super Bowl after the Rams’ team custodian was surprised with a pair of tickets courtesy of wideout Brandin Cooks:

That means only a small fraction of Los Angeles-based purchasers are planning to make the long trek to Atlanta to watch their Rams play in their first Super Bowl since losing as 14-point favorites to the Pats back in 2002. On TicketCity’s platform, most of the tickets for the 2019 Super Bowl are being bought by people residing in the New England area-nearly half of all current sales are to those from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island-with the local Georgia residents representing the second-largest contingent of purchasers at 40%, although this group tends to skew heavily towards corporate customers. Right now it looks like most of the visiting fans will be cheering for the five-time champion Patriots.

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