LA Rams home opener tickets against Chicago increased by more than 151 percent since 2019 – NBC Los Angeles

When the $ 5 billion SoFi stadium hosted the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys last September the stadium was as silent as a grave.

I had the chance to attend this match. Sadly, without fans, the biggest professional sports stadium I have ever seen looked more like a ghost town. A dream match between the reigning NFC champions and Team USA, was more like a high school championship game played in a large stadium with little to no fanfare.

The room was so quiet that a fly could be heard flying from the press gallery. The familiar scent of hot dogs, burgers, fries and popcorn was nonexistent. The eerie noise of players talking to each other on the sidelines and the quarterback calling plays and audibles from the scrimmage line was all that could be heard inside the house that Stan Kroenke built.

Needless to say, this wasn’t the grand opening envisioned by Kroenke or the NFL when they announced the Rams’ return to Los Angeles in 2016 and inaugurated the new state-of-the-art Inglewood Stadium. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, national and local restrictions banned fans from attending home games for the entire 2020 Los Angeles Rams and Chargers season.

Membership holders would have to wait another year to not only see the new SoFi Stadium, but also to watch all of the NFL action live.

With more and more people being vaccinated in 2021, the guidelines have changed, and fans are allowed inside the SoFi stadium for the upcoming season. Fans excited to see the new stadium will also find that both teams have a new look as well. Gone are Jared Goff and Todd Gurley, the faces of the Rams franchise when fans saw the Horns take the field for the last time in 2019.

For the Chargers, the familiar face Phillip Rivers is long gone – now retired – and sophomore sensation Justin Herbert now leads the Bolts offense. Chargers Head Coach Anthony Lynn is also at the door, replaced by former Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley.

Rams traded Goff for gunslinger Matthew Stafford, and the move brought fan excitement to an all-time high. They want to see LA play at home at SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl 56.

However, the added excitement has also led to increased expectations and requests for tickets. According to both StubHub and CheckChoose, Rams’ ticket prices have nearly doubled since the 2019 season, with the team’s home opener on NBC Sunday Night Football currently 151% higher than the team’s home opener in 2019.

According to CheckChoose, the average ticket price for Rams and Bears in week 1 is $ 334, with the lowest price currently being $ 112. By comparison, the 2019 Rams’ home opener against the New Orleans Saints had an average buy price of $ 133.

Sunday’s game is the second most expensive game on the Rams’ home calendar so far. The average ticket price to one of the Rams’ eight home games at SoFi Stadium this season is $ 245.

Meanwhile, the Chargers have also seen their ticket prices rise. Tickets to see the Bolts are up 26% since 2019 and September 19^e The SoFi Stadium game between the Cowboys and Chargers is the seventh best-selling NFL game of the season, according to StubHub. The Rams (No.6) and Chargers (No.9) are ranked in the NFL top 10 for the highest demand for tickets this season.

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Surprisingly, the Las Vegas Raiders are ranked number one on this list. With fans flocking from across the country to the desert to see the Raiders play at Allegiant Stadium for the very first time.

In large part due to the high demand to see the Raiders – and the fact that they have three state teams – California is ranked No.1 in the country as the state driving demand for NFL tickets in the more this season.

So if you’re a Rams or Chargers fan planning to see the new, state-of-the-art SoFi stadium this season, make sure you have deep pockets.