There may be pent-up demand for football in the middle of a pandemic, but that apparently isn’t translating into hot NFL ticket sales for the first week of the regular season.
The Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars have experienced some lagging demand for their home openers this week, multiple league and ticket resale sources told Yahoo Sports. This despite being the only franchises to feature live crowds in their home openers this weekend — and with seating being at a very limited capacity.
The lukewarm sales have translated into both teams having a surplus of tickets still available through box office outlets such as Ticketmaster, plus a sagging secondary market that has a generous amount of tickets available at or below face value as late as Wednesday afternoon.