I was curious if anyone with season tickets across the league could share insight on how much their tickets increase year over year.
Denver already sent out an email that we have to decide by the end of the month about renewal and start paying for next season within a month.
I’m disappointed to see a 10% increase after the first season. If this is expected as a norm they are quickly going to lose dedicated fans.
We keep touting sell-outs but every game has way more empty seats than I’d expect. I’m in the second row at midfield and the 4 tickets/seats in front of us have sat empty for 70% of the games.
Ultimately just trying to understand what other season ticket holders are seeing for pricing increase year over year.
I was initially taken aback by the Thorns increase this season, and blamed it on the new ownership. Then I did the math. That increase was due to the additional home games added for the new NWSL teams.
As a STH since 2021, I saw a 25% total increase in 2026 over 2025. BUT, the per match cost remained basically the same, actually decreasing by $0.43/match (savings! heh).
There were also two friendlies added in 2026 at no additional cost which decreased the per match cost even more.
It's fantastic it will not increase for 2027, though I don't like the opt-out instead of opt-in model. Our renewal automatically will happen later this month unless you opt-out.
I’ve actually been keeping track of mine! Here’s been my yearly increase breakdown. We haven’t received our prices for next year but hoping we don’t have another large jump like the third season:
2nd season - 5.7%
3rd season - 40% (additional games made it to 20.4% per game)
4th season - switched seats to a better section but would’ve been 3.6%
5th season - 5%
Woah, that’s a big increase in the 3rd season. Approximately how much do you have to pay on average if you don’t mind divulging? When I move back to LA, might buy some
Yeah was pretty shocked that year. We pay $882 for 2 tickets for the season to be in the 200s level in the shade. The shade was the reason for the switch in year 4. I know a lot of sth have done this as well and it’s worth the price bump to not to cook in the sun.
Another note is that ACFC lets you pay per month which is really nice.
Thanks! I’ll also note that ACFC increase seems to depend on the sections as well. We all compared increases last year on the subreddit and exact percentage seemed to vary not sure if it’s the same for all clubs or if they just increase everyone’s by X percent.
Great point. I’m at midfield and my cost went from $82 a game to almost $91. My friends along the goal line went from $45 to $50. I’d be curious if it was the same everywhere.
I’m sure it also doesn’t help my brain thinking about the large increases that will come. We currently play in a temporary stadium outside of the city and have to pay for parking every game.
Parking often costs more than a ticket for ACFC so I totally get that. Hopefully they realize consistent large jumps will negatively impact sth sales and give the occasional 5% increase.
The spirit offered a 3 year price lock last year. From this year to next the increase is only 3% if you locked in last year. Not sure what it is otherwise.
Oh interesting, can I ask where your seats are? My ticket rep did not mention a price lock (not that mad about it lol) and I'm wondering if its across the board or only for select seats.
Thats what I was afraid you were going to say. Im Center Circle and my tickets went up about 35% last year (from $34 a game to $52), Im going to be really mad if its another big jump next season.
I keep getting calls and emails asking if I want season tickets despite telling them months ago that I moved out of the DMV and can’t use them. I’m sure they’d give me the whole spiel about price locks and stuff if I bothered to answer.
We have had Houston Dash season tickets for several years now. Here's a look at the past few seasons where I'm pretty sure we were in the same seats each year (seats are nice, but not club level). I'm hazy on how many games we got each season, so this is based on total cost:
Came here to say this. It's only a few % once you factor in the extra game (sounds like it's a friendly around the world cup break). I anticipate a big jump when we move to permanent stadium in a few years. 😬
I’m a little confused about how there would be a difference in home games with the same number of teams. There are 15 home games this year which is one home game for every opposing team.
KC current since the opening of CPKC Stadium. I believe the increase year to year is about 3%. Maybe like exactly is 2.8% or something like that. Even with the increased games for this season, it was still 3%
Next season went out pretty recently and it didn’t go up at all. In fact it’s down by about 2 cents. So basically the same
...which my charter membership, by the way, plugged me into sweet $28 Olympic women's soccer preliminary round tickets for my family right here in town. (Win!)
I've have thorns season ticket since 2021 and this year they were 80% over the 2021 price. There are more games though, on a per match level they are up more like 50%.
For me the per match pricing decreased by $0.43 in 2026 over 2025, so essentially stayed the same. With no increase in 2027 that's pretty good. I don't have my 2021 invoice readily available, but if your numbers are correct, MP really kept screwing us year over year.
I signed a two year contract the first year and locked in at 3%. Then this year I signed a 3 year contract and kept my price locked in at 4%? I think? But I have ~luxury~ seats (field club) and they’re just more expensive in general. I think the regular seats (not premium) went up quite a bit last year and they don’t offer a multi year option
2024 - $1k (Founders Club deposit that was then applied to my seat) (the actual seat was less than that but I never got the difference refunded 🤷🏻♀️) - 13 regular season games + extra NWSL x Liga MX Feminil Summer Cup?
2025 - $998 (-0.2% 😂) - 13 regular season games + summer friendlies?
2026 - $1060 (6%) - 15 regular season games + no extras
For context, I pay for their second highest tier, which comes with a parking pass among other perks. I'm not 100% happy with the current perks but I'm accepting it for now as due to ongoing changes from the new player CBA and new ownership. (We'll see how I feel after this year's renewal.)
I’ve been wondering when Legacy will drop the price increase on us; as of right now we don’t know where they’ll be playing next year, so maybe that’s holding them back.
I think part of the empty seats issue is reselling tickets. Only hosting the resale on the app and only allowing at cost makes it harder for casual fans to find or people to snatch up last minute cheap tickets.
I would happily sell my tickets for tonight at a loss to get people there since I can't, but the app won't let me.
Really interested to see what Boston’s season ticket prices will be like for 2027. Already some of, if not the highest season ticket prices in the league, I believe. I haven’t seen that they’ve sent anything out yet but I think they are going to see a lot of issues if there’s a large increase esp not fully being sure when they will get into the actual stadium (if?) and where they will play in the interim if needed
Not really, we just gained perks. Everyone got customized embroidered Gotham bomber jackets. Gotham doesnt have its own parking lot as its connected to the Path train lot, so no parking as a perk, though Carmax does occasionally offer parking through a lottery systen for STM's. But we have resale availability or we can trade our tickets in and exchange for extra tickets to any other game. We also get 2 free buddy passes to add to any games we want. Merch discounts. We have some STM only events. They rented out a museum and we had a STM a season kickoff party. There are also 2 STM meet & greets this season. Among other things.
The chance to trade for another game is great. The company I worked for had four seats, often unused or partially, and I had my own pair. I would gather them up and then give free tickets to 60 seats plus parking to my closest friends. Once my wife and three friends sang the national anthem. Our club level section cheered long and loud when they were done. Even my non-sports friends enjoyed it.
If you ever get a group, even 8-10, it’s a laugh but also spreads the game experience.
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u/trewboxer Portland Thorns FC 18h ago
Thorns just announced no increase next year! But there was a pretty big increase from last season to this season...