GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – While we have to wait for this Sunday’s results to see who the Packers will host at Lambeau Field in the NFC Divisional Playoffs – fans don’t seem to really care, as tickets are already a hot purchase.
“It’ll be a sellout for the playoff game, most definitely,” Travis Loftus from Ticket Kings tells WTAQ News.
Packers fans are ecstatic to see the Green and Gold back in the hunt for the Lombardi Trophy. Sales for the NFC Divisional Playoff game started almost as soon as Mason Crosby’s field goal went through the uprights.
“As soon as they clinched the division and beat the Lions, they started orders over the internet. We came in Monday, it was going gangbusters,” Loftus says, “We sold a lot of seats already. We’re buying a bunch of seats as well. They’re starting right now around $160-$170 to get in the door, and they just go up in price from there.”
The weather could have an impact on sales and prices – especially if the forecast starts calling for good weather.
“Prices might decrease a little bit as we get closer to the game, depending on if the weather is really cold or there’s a lot of snow, that might dissipate some of the sales. But if the weather forecast is calling for 40 or 50 degrees? The prices are probably going to spike up next week,” Loftus says.
The game at Lambeau Field is already set to kick off at 5:40 p.m., and Sunday night games can be a tougher sell than early starts for a number of reasons, including the weather and just having a normal life outside of football fandom.
“We’d be selling more tickets at a higher value if it wasn’t a night game. The night game makes it a little bit tougher because you don’t get done until 9:00 p.m. and you’re either going to get home super late or have to stay another night and take a day off of work. So that hinders some buyers a little bit,” Loftus points out.
Now, a playoff game at Lambeau Field tends to be a draw within itself. But would any of the potential Divisional Round opponents bring a bigger, more intense crowd?
“We either get the Saints, Eagles, or Seahawks. Unfortunately, between those three there is no clear favorite. They’re all virtually the same for our purposes,” Loftus explains.
An NFC Championship game against the Vikings, however, is something Loftus says would noticeably impact sales. If the Vikings were to defeat the Saints this weekend, they would travel to San Francisco because the 49ers would play the lower-seeded team.
