Bobhaze
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Here’s an interesting tidbit- Jon Machata reminded everyone on Twitter tonight about what it cost to be a Cowboys fan in its inaugural season in 1960 when I was 2 years old:
Ticket prices that first season in 1960:
$27.60 — Season tickets (6 games)
$4.60 — Single-game reserved seats
$2.75 — Single-game gen. admission
$1.00 — School student single-game
FREE — Kids with accompanying adult
My dad took me to my first game in 1964 at the Cotton Bowl when I was six years old. He used to have that ticket stub. I think the single ticket price that day was $4.00. And kids got in FREE.
Don’t know what season tickets will cost in 2020 but in 2019 as in many years past, “Personal Seat Licenses” (PSL) agreements were required for every season ticket holder. Prices at the online reseller STR range from $2,450 for a PSL in the nosebleed section to $200,000 on the club level. The Cowboys offer financing over 29 years at 8 percent. What a deal.
In 2019, Season tickets ranged from $700 to $3,600 for 10 games (eight regular season, two preseason). A single game ticket in 2019 averaged about $275. Then fans also had to account for parking (ranging from $30 to $100) as well as $9 beers, $6 hot dogs and $5 soft drinks.
I don’t know what the rate of inflation has been over the last 60 years, but in 1960 a general admission ticket at $2.50 was a a lot more affordable to the average fan in 1960 than in 2020. I suspect that in that 1964 game at the Cotton Bowl my dad took me to see, there were a lot more “common man” fans that could afford to be there.
Ticket prices that first season in 1960:
$27.60 — Season tickets (6 games)
$4.60 — Single-game reserved seats
$2.75 — Single-game gen. admission
$1.00 — School student single-game
FREE — Kids with accompanying adult
My dad took me to my first game in 1964 at the Cotton Bowl when I was six years old. He used to have that ticket stub. I think the single ticket price that day was $4.00. And kids got in FREE.
Don’t know what season tickets will cost in 2020 but in 2019 as in many years past, “Personal Seat Licenses” (PSL) agreements were required for every season ticket holder. Prices at the online reseller STR range from $2,450 for a PSL in the nosebleed section to $200,000 on the club level. The Cowboys offer financing over 29 years at 8 percent. What a deal.
In 2019, Season tickets ranged from $700 to $3,600 for 10 games (eight regular season, two preseason). A single game ticket in 2019 averaged about $275. Then fans also had to account for parking (ranging from $30 to $100) as well as $9 beers, $6 hot dogs and $5 soft drinks.
I don’t know what the rate of inflation has been over the last 60 years, but in 1960 a general admission ticket at $2.50 was a a lot more affordable to the average fan in 1960 than in 2020. I suspect that in that 1964 game at the Cotton Bowl my dad took me to see, there were a lot more “common man” fans that could afford to be there.
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