Pittsburgh Steelers among top teams in NFL to see highest ticket price increase over past 15 years

WPXI Heinz Field at Night PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 10: A general view of Heinz Field prior to the AFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns on January 10, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

July 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

By Nate Doughty – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times

PITTSBURGH — The average price increase for a ticket to a Pittsburgh Steelers game over the past 15 years ranks among the highest increases in the entire NFL.

That’s according to a new report from the sports betting analysis platform The Action Network, which looked at data collected by Statista on all 32 NFL teams over the past decade and a half.

Between 2006 and 2020, the average ticket price for a Pittsburgh Steelers game at Heinz Field went from $59.19 to $114.24, an increase of 93%, The Action Network reported. That percentage increase ranked the team at the No. 6 spot by total increase rate, with all five teams above the Steelers posting an increase of over 100% during the same time period.

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