Super Bowl parking spots are selling for whopping $6,000 – six times the game’s cheapest seats
SUPER Bowl parking spaces are being sold for more than $6,000 as fans try to secure their spot just days before the big game.
Americans could end up paying six times the game's cheapest seats- which cost around $950.
Eddie Espinosa, the founder of the online firm "Eddie's Tickets", said this year the NFL offered 14 price points ranging from $950 to $6,200, according to Spectrum News.
On StubHub, parking spots were going for as high as $6,200 and a space in The Forum parking lot - next to the stadium - was advertized on SeatGeek for more than $5,000, CBSLA reported.
One Twitter user said fans could park on his driveway for $3000 and would offer tortilla chips topped with guacamole, margaritas, and Cerveza Modelo beers so they "don't go to the stadium with an empty stomach".
Another posted: “If yall need some places to park, I got two spots. Lets negotiate, talk to me (sic).”
While a third commented: “Y’all can park at my house and I will personally take you/pick u up from Sofi for a fraction of this price.”
Some Twitter users have been left outraged by the whopping prices.
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One said: “People just lose all reasoning ability and common sense, it’s just a football game.
“For as much as tickets and parking costs you can buy a big screen tv, surround system and relax all comfy at home watching the game. And afterwards play Xbox/PS on it.”
Some blasted officials in Inglewood as fans desperately search for parking spaces.
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A homeowner, who lives in Norwalk, California – around 30 miles from SoFi Stadium - offered a parking spot for $600.
The price includes a ride to and from SoFi stadium, CBSLA reported.
Meanwhile, some joked that for the whopping prices they would come to fans’ homes and replicate the Super Bowl in their backyard.
The Sun has found that the cheapest Super Bowl LVI verified resale ticket is being sold for $3,400 on Ticketmaster.
Fans face paying up to $180,000 for a single ticket.
NFL fans are being warned not to fall victim to potential ticket scams ahead of gameday.
Last year, bosses at the Better Business Bureau received more than 140 reports about ticket scams, according to Coal Valley News.
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Alyssa Parker, of the BBB, told ABC11: “We encourage you to try to reach out to the team, the venue or if it's an event and try to make sure that you're using the third party that they may be using oftentimes, Ticketmaster.
“But if you are going through another site, just make sure that you are getting as much accurate information as possible.”
Fans shouldn’t post pictures of their tickets on social media as scammers could try to replicate them.
Americans should consider paying by credit card when trying to buy a ticket.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost warned: “Con artists are out there and fake tickets will always exist.”
The Cincinnati Bengals will take on the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s star-studded event.
Tycoon and Texas furniture salesman Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale believes the Bengals will win.
He has placed a whopping $4.5million bet on the Bengals beating the Rams in the NFL finale, at money line odds of +170.
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The magnate, who had to cross state lines to Louisiana because sports gambling is illegal in the Lone Star state, could net a huge $7,707,800 in winnings.
The Sun has approached Ticketmaster for comment.
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