Ticketmaster limits AFC Championship ticket sales to buyers in the Rocky Mountain region
By Marissa Barrett
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — New England Patriots fans hoping to attend Sunday’s AFC Championship game in Denver may run into challenges when trying to buy tickets.
Ticketmaster displayed a notice saying only buyers with billing addresses in the Rocky Mountain region are eligible to purchase tickets for the game.
Keith Pagello, founder of TicketData, said similar restrictions have been used in the past, including when the New York Yankees limited ticket sales to Boston Red Sox fans during the AL Wild Card Series.
“Teams often do this to signal that they are trying to control the crowd, but in reality it does not have a meaningful impact on the makeup of fans who actually attend the game,” Pagello said.
Pagello said Patriots fans can still buy tickets through the secondary market.
According to StubHub, the cost of two tickets ranges from about $1,000 in the upper levels to nearly $22,000 for the best view.
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