​It Has Never Been More Costly to See the Super Bowl

It Has Never Been More Costly to See the Super Bowl

观看超级碗的费用从未如此高昂

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　　By Dan Friedell

　　01 February 2024

　　Tickets for the American football Super Bowl game are among the hardest to get in all of sports. Because of that, some websites that buy and re-sell tickets have set prices for the upcoming game in Las Vegas, Nevada at almost $10,000.

　　The National Football League championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is on Sunday, February 11.

　　The Chiefs won last year's Super Bowl. They feature star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, the boyfriend of singer Taylor Swift. Many people believe Swift will fly to the game after performing in Japan only one day earlier.

　　The 49ers are one of the most popular teams in the western part of the U.S. Las Vegas is a busy, tourist city known for its hotels and casinos. It is the first-ever Super Bowl in Las Vegas. For many years, the league did not want to have games in Las Vegas because the city permits sports gambling. That changed when the Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas to play in a new stadium before the 2020 season.

　　The combination of two well-known teams plus a city that many people like to visit means tickets on a website called TickPick are in high demand. They are re-selling for almost double last year's cost. The Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl last year near Phoenix, Arizona.

　　Before this year, the Super Bowl with the highest re-sale ticket price was in 2021 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Chiefs in Tampa, Florida. That year, however, tickets were limited because of restrictions connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.

　　TickPick said the highest prices for a non-COVID Super Bowl came in 2020 when the Chiefs and 49ers played in Miami, Florida. The average ticket that year was over $6,000. TickPick, however, noted that prices for this year might go down as the game gets closer.

　　Brett Goldberg is the co-CEO for TickPick. In a message to the Associated Press, he wrote: "Location has always impacted demand for a Super Bowl, but Vegas takes things to a whole other level." He said Las Vegas is already "the entertainment capital of the world."

　　Sometimes, Goldberg wrote, two successful teams push down demand, because the average fan is tired of seeing them play again. However, he noted prices are high this year because "fans want to experience their team winning a Super Bowl in Vegas."

　　StubHub is another ticket-selling website. Prices on that site were over $9,000. StubHub said tickets are selling faster this year than in recent years.

　　"The demand has far surpassed the last time Kansas City and San Francisco met in Miami," said a spokesperson from StubHub.

　　I'm Dan Friedell.

　　Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on a report by the Associated Press.

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　　作者：Dan Friedell

　　2024年2月1日

　　美国橄榄球超级碗比赛的门票是所有体育比赛中最难得的。因此，一些购买和转售门票的网站已经将即将在内华达州拉斯维加斯举行的比赛的门票价格设定为近10,000美元。

　　国家橄榄球联盟冠军赛将在堪萨斯城酋长队和旧金山49人队之间进行，比赛时间是2月11日，星期日。

　　酋长队赢得了去年的超级碗。他们的明星是四分卫帕特里克·马洪斯和泰勒·斯威夫特的男友，特拉维斯·凯尔西。许多人认为斯威夫特会在日本演出后的第二天飞往比赛现场。

　　49人队是美国西部最受欢迎的球队之一。拉斯维加斯是一个繁忙的旅游城市，以其酒店和赌场而闻名。这是拉斯维加斯首次举办超级碗。多年来，联盟不想在拉斯维加斯举办比赛，因为该城市允许体育赌博。这种情况在2020赛季之前，奥克兰突袭者队搬到拉斯维加斯在新体育场比赛时发生了变化。

　　两支知名球队加上一个许多人喜欢参观的城市，意味着一个叫做TickPick的网站上的门票需求很高。他们的转售价格几乎是去年的两倍。去年，酋长队在亚利桑那州菲尼克斯附近的超级碗中击败了费城鹰队。

　　在今年之前，转售门票价格最高的超级碗是在2021年，当时坦帕湾海盗队在佛罗里达州坦帕击败了酋长队。然而，那一年，由于与COVID-19大流行有关的限制，门票数量有限。

　　TickPick表示，非COVID超级碗的最高价格出现在2020年，当时酋长队和49人队在佛罗里达州迈阿密比赛。那一年的平均门票价格超过6000美元。然而，TickPick指出，随着比赛的临近，今年的价格可能会下降。

　　Brett Goldberg是TickPick的联席CEO。他在给美联社的一份消息中写道：“地点一直影响着超级碗的需求，但拉斯维加斯将事情提升到了一个全新的水平。”他说拉斯维加斯已经是“世界娱乐之都”。

　　Goldberg写道，有时，两支成功的球队会降低需求，因为普通球迷厌倦了再次看到他们比赛。然而，他指出，今年的价格很高，因为“球迷们想在拉斯维加斯体验他们的球队赢得超级碗”。

　　StubHub是另一个售票网站。该网站上的价格超过9000美元。StubHub表示，今年的门票销售速度比近年来快。

　　StubHub的一位发言人说：“需求远远超过了堪萨斯城和旧金山上次在迈阿密相遇的时候。”

　　我是Dan Friedell。

　　Dan Friedell根据美联社的报道为学习英语改编了这个故事。

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　　这个故事中的词汇

　　ticket –n. 门票，一种纸质或数字证明，持有者有权观看某个活动或表演

　　tourist –n. 旅游者，出于娱乐而非商务目的而旅行的人

　　casino –n. 赌场，人们在此进行各种游戏以赢取金钱的地方

　　location –n. 位置，某物所在的地方

　　impacted –adj. 受影响的，受制约的

　　entertainment –n. 娱乐，旨在提供表演、活动和服务以给人们带来快乐的行业