After Monday’s report that the Las Vegas Raiders won’t be allowing fans into Allegiant Stadium for the team’s first season in Nevada, a new report shows just how much the Silver & Black will be losing upon that announcement.
According to data complied by ticket search engine site TicketIQ, the Raiders will be losing an estimated $571 million in ticket sales with the announcement of the stadium’s closure to fans for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the highest amount in the NFL. That’s based off a May report that listed the Raiders as having the most expensive ticket in the league on the secondary market, at nearly $1,100 per seat. Data is based on the average secondary market prices for stadiums at 100% capacity for games canceled or played without fans.
Como con todo en 2020, mucho puede reemplazar y hay más contingencias de las que podemos contar para la temporada de la NFL de este año. ¿Comenzará a tiempo? ¿Se permitirá a los entusiastas ingresar a los 30 estadios? ¿Pueden los jugadores estar al aire libre de una burbuja, con lo que MLB está sufriendo?
Si los juegos sin fanáticos son la norma este otoño en la NFL, el rival del departamento de Las Vegas, Denver Broncos, perdería $ 491 millones en ventas de boletos de precio esperado, el segundo más alto en general según las estimaciones de TicketIQ. Los Dallas Cowboys llegaron en tercer lugar con más de $ 461 millones, con los Patriotas de Nueva Inglaterra en cuarto lugar con $ 316 millones a pesar de que Tom Brady desperdició a Tampa Bay con firmeza y varios jugadores se retiraron de la temporada.
Ambos grupos de Nueva York llegaron aquí a las cinco y seis, con los Gigantes desperdiciando alrededor de $ 298 millones y los Jets perdieron $ 288 millones en ganancias de boletos de precio perdido del Metlife Stadium. Los grupos de NFC de Nueva Orleans, Seattle, Atlanta y Green Bay completaron los 10 más sensibles. Detroit, Buffalo e Indianápolis son los únicos grupos que se estima que pierden menos de $ 100 millones.
Assuming the NFL plays out a full season at some point this fall after canceling the preseason in its entirety, different cities and municipalities will have to decide how many fans will be let in, which fans will be let in and how much those tickets will go for. Will there be a secondary ticket market at all? Probably, but it’ll be unlike any we’ve seen. But no matter how things turn out, NFL teams are slated to lose hundreds of millions in revenue as COVID-19 continues to inflict damage in the U.S.
Shlomo Sprung is a senior contributing writer at Forbes SportsMoney. He’s also a features writer at Awful Announcing and writes at FanSided, SI Knicks, YES Network and
Shlomo Sprung is a senior contributing writer at Forbes SportsMoney. He’s also a features writer at Awful Announcing and writes at FanSided, SI Knicks, YES Network and other publications.. A 2011 graduate of Columbia University’s Journalism School, he has previously worked for the New York Knicks, Business Insider, Sporting News and Major League Baseball. You should follow him on Twitter.