Then FanSnap stacked them against the ticket prices for the Super Bowl and the World Series. Turns out, the Olympic Games beat both major sporting events.
Among the "scalping" sites, World Series tickets averaged $1,600, and tickets to the Super Bowl rang in around $3,000 on Jan. 25 -- the day after the AFC and NFC championship games. In contrast, tickets to the hottest Olympic event this year, the men's hockey gold medal game, are averaging about $3,250. That's nearly twice the price of resale tickets to the Stanley Cup.
The Olympics' quirkiest sponsorsThat's surprising, Anderson said, not only because the Super Bowl traditionally claims the most expensive ticket prices, but because, when it comes to the hockey final, "we don't even know who the two teams are yet!"
Perhaps it's Canada's love for hockey?
The cost of those same hockey tickets, sold through official vendors, was originally about $332 to $734.
Some of the Olympic's other "hottest" winter events include:
Men's downhill alpine skiing with "scalped" tickets averaging $2,568 (face value $95 or $142) Men's moguls freestyle skiing finals, $1,883 (face value $71 or $142)Women's free program figure skating, $1,635 (face value $142 to $426)Men's snowboarding halfpipe, $1,397 ($62 or $142) For those Olympics fans on a budget, don't fear. You can still score $25 tickets to the women's curling qualifiers.
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