Super Bowl I - 1967: $74.98
Super Bowl II - 1968: $86.80
Super Bowl III - 1969: $83.15
Planning on attending the Super Bowl this year? You might have to sell an organ to pay for the ticket to enter the stadium (not to mention the exorbitant price of room and board while in Minneapolis).
Just think about it: The average ticket to last year's Super Bowl was $1,800... and 2018 is looking even more expensive. Hurrah!
How, exactly, can you secure tickets to the event? For the most part, you'll have to rely on resellers—think StubHub and Ticketmaster's Ticket Exchange program. As of right now, the cheapest ticket available on StubHub will cost you (take a deep breath) $3,525. The most "affordable" tickets now on Ticketmaster will set you back a mere $3,993.
Believe it or not, the event hasn't always been so damn unreasonably expensive—as proven by a map that GoBankingRates.com just put together. Hold on to your hats: The cost of attending the first ever Super Bowl back in 1967 was... $10 dollars (well, $74.98, when adjusted for inflation).
Check out the map:
Photograph: GoBankingRates.com
Here is a year-by-year price breakdown, adjusted for inflation:
Super Bowl VI - 1972: $90.03
Super Bowl IX - 1975: $94.69
Super Bowl X - 1976: $88.73
Super Bowl XI - 1977: $84.33
Super Bowl XII - 1978: $118.40
Super Bowl XIII - 1979: $108.35
Super Bowl XIV - 1980: $95.12
Super Bowl XV - 1981: $113.41
Super Bowl XVI - 1982: $104.63
Super Bowl XVII - 1983: $100.89
Super Bowl XVIII - 1984: $145.24
Super Bowl XIX - 1985: $140.29
Super Bowl XX - 1986: $168.80
Super Bowl XXI - 1987: $166.37
Super Bowl XXII - 1988: $213.20
Super Bowl XXIII - 1989: $203.69
Super Bowl XXIV - 1990: $242.02
Super Bowl XXV - 1991: $274.89
Super Bowl XXVI - 1992: $267.92
Super Bowl XXVII - 1993: $302.71
Super Bowl XXVIII - 1994: $295.26
Super Bowl XXIX - 1995: $328.24
Super Bowl XXX - 1996: $559.16
Super Bowl XXXI - 1997: $426.36
Super Bowl XXXII - 1998: $419.76
Super Bowl XXXIII - 1999: $487.93
Super Bowl XXXV - 2001: $457.84
Super Bowl XXXVI - 2002: $554.94
Super Bowl XXXVII - 2003: $543.02
Super Bowl XXXVIII - 2004: $529.90
Super Bowl XXXIX - 2005: $771.64
Super Bowl XL - 2006: $868.99
Super Bowl XLI - 2007: $848.50
Super Bowl XLIII - 2009: $1,162.47
Super Bowl XLIV - 2010: $1,138.08
Super Bowl XLV - 2011: $1,337.51
Super Bowl XLVI - 2012: $1,300.18
Super Bowl XLVII - 2013: $1,274.96
Super Bowl XLVIII - 2014: $1,575.95
Super Bowl XLIX - 2015: $1,839.07
Super Bowl L - 2016: $1,872.56