Even the NFL is not immune from the effects of the current recession as we can clearly see in the upcoming Superbowl between the Cardinals and Steelers. Everything from tickets to hotels to flights are significantly less expensive when compared to last year's Super bowl between the Giants and Patriots.
With the market and country the way it is people that normally would have the disposable income to make that Superbowl trip every year may just not have enough this year. The first thing to look at is the price of the tickets where upper level seats went for an average of 3000 bucks last year, they are now going for 1300 dollars. That is not even half the price of a seat to last year's game. It is really astounding to me how quickly over the course of only 12 months the value of the tickets can crash.
The teams that are playing in this year's game may have something to do with the lesser demand for tickets when compared to the epic match up last year when the not so perfect Patriots fell to the 2008 Superbowl Champion New York Giants. From the Cardinals point of view their fan base is not as rabid as other franchises and they already live in a warm climate so a trip to Tampa would not be much of a vacation. From the Steelers point of view many of their fans are not members of corporate America and lack the income necessary to make the trip due to the fact that so many of them are working class "regular Joe's"
In an event that I could not see getting any more corporate after last years game I am glad to say that this game has gotten less corporate and gives some of the higher end fans of each team a chance to go when they previously may not have been able to with the prices being so much higher.
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