How to buy Eagles-49ers tickets after NFC championship seats sell out
A limited number of Eagles-49ers tickets sold at face value appeared to quickly sell out Tuesday morning on the Ticketmaster website.
Eagles tickets to Sunday’s NFC championship game against the San Francisco 49ers appeared to sell out in minutes Tuesday morning.
With overwhelming demand for a limited number of tickets, most fans were placed in a queue on the Ticketmaster website. Most lucky enough to move through the queue ended up with errors and more expensive resale tickets as the only option, with prices already reaching upward of $700 for the cheapest seats.
The Eagles declined to comment on the number of tickets placed on sale Tuesday.
Why were their so few tickets for sale? Because season ticket holders are given first dibs, and seats to each game are given to players, coaches, staff, and corporate partners. It’s the remaining tickets that went on sale Tuesday.
Tickets for last weekend’s divisional-round game against the New York Giants also sold out in minutes, forcing most fans to secondary sales sites like SeatGeek and StubHub, where prices for even the cheapest seats ballooned over $400 with fees.
The Eagles clinched a trip to the NFC championship game with a 38-7 rout of the Giants on Saturday night, ensuring one more game this season would be played at the Linc. The Birds will face the 49ers, who sent the Dallas Cowboys home Sunday in a 19-12 win.
As of Tuesday morning, the cheapest seats available for Sunday’s game were going for around $700 on StubHub, VividSeats, and SeatGeek. The resale sites also charge fees of $100 or more on top of the actual ticket price. For last week’s divisional-round game against the Giants, Vivid Seats charged the cheapest fee for one ticket at $79.97. SeatGeek was most expensive, charging $104.31 in ticket fees.
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Unlike 2018, the Eagles are favored to win against the 49ers, and at least one sportsbook has them as favorites to win the Super Bowl.
Ticketmaster was also the subject of a Senate hearing Tuesday morning. Senators are attempting to determine whether Ticketmaster’s merger with Live Nation has created a monopoly that has harmed consumers after the company’s botched sale of Taylor Swift tickets last year.