$246.20 For A Nosebleed, Plus Tax
May 18th, 2026
Remember the good old days of 2013? Ancient times, yes, Joe is aware.
Gasoline cost around $3.50 per gallon and our beloved Buccaneers were pitching upper deck game tickets starting at $30 per game for adults and $15 for kids.
“Nothing beats the live experience of Raymond James Stadium on Sundays, and our No. 1 goal is to provide an affordable, enjoyable, and safe gameday experience for the entire family,” Buccaneers co-owner Ed Glazer said when the Bucs announced 2013 ticket prices.
What a wonderful sentiment that was.
Today, the “cheap seat” for the Bucs-Packers home game at Raymond James Stadium in October (Section 344, Row DD, Seat 7) is $246.20 plus applicable taxes. That’s no resale price; it’s the cost of an unsold ticket from the Bucs’ official reseller, TicketMaster.
The same nosebleed-style ticket is $81.25 for the Bucs-Chargers game in early December. And the same seat is, again, $246.20 plus tax, for the Bucs-Steelers game in October.
The price difference? Packers and Steelers fans travel and many live locally; Chargers fans don’t travel and good luck finding one around town.
Joe’s favorite part about the Bucs’ single game pricing is the upcharge for an aisle seat. How long until there’s a fee for a carry-on bag and WiFi?
And people wonder why Joe pounds the drum every year for the Bucs to return to the days of opening nearly all training camp dates to the general public.
Joe doesn’t begrudge Team Glazer a tidy profit, and $81.25 to see Bucs-Chargers is sort of reasonable. But if the Bucs want their treasured “Krewe” to have more of a community feel, something has to change.
Maybe next year.
May 18th, 2026 at 6:59 pm
Good ol dynamic pricing, what a concept. I guess players will be pissed at fans when they only see Cheeseheads in the stands. Thanks Glazers!
May 18th, 2026 at 6:59 pm
100 degrees too. Packers fans are gonna melt like Eagles fans have the last 2 years. Go Bucs!!
May 18th, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Went to the 49ers game last season. The price of tickets and having to take off work the next day due to dehydration from the sun and alcohol is pricey. I can afford to do it once a season I guess.
May 18th, 2026 at 7:17 pm
I’m over live games. I went to Bucs @ Panthers 11 years in a row while my son was growing up. It’s a four hour drive south of my house. Now – I graduated from DirecTv to YouTube TV, my son graduated from VT. Now, my own bathroom, pause button, AC, my favorite swill, Publix chicken tender sub or the ultimate sub – perfect. Hooorayy Lt Dan! Winning.
May 18th, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Per game pricing with huge price differences between the more and less desirable football games is a bunch of BS!
The insane prices for “Live Entertainment” these days – whether its sporting events or popular musical acts is way out of proportion with what those entertainment options cost 20, 30 or 40 years ago.
Back in the early 80s – end zone seats at the sombrero were $9 (service fees were a quarter)- and the cost to see a major concert like Van Halen or AC/DC was about the same – $8-$10…
Now its $200 or more for even the cheapest seats at (desirable) football games and big artist concerts. (plus $20 or more per ticket in ‘convenience fees’)
$10 in 1982 is the equivalent of approx $34.51 in 2026 (allegedly – LOL)
So why are we being charged almost 10X that amount for an afternoon or an evening’s worth of entertainment now????
May 18th, 2026 at 7:21 pm
$246.20 can buy a LOT of beer and wings at Hooters, which also has a/c last time I checked. Let me ponder this one.
May 18th, 2026 at 7:49 pm
Sunday ticket for the whole year is cheaper and my whole family can watch. (Education pricing). This is wild.
May 18th, 2026 at 7:57 pm
I pay $10 to watch some real football
The Lakeland Dreadnaughts
May 18th, 2026 at 7:59 pm
Maybe they can pay for their own stadium renovations
May 18th, 2026 at 8:01 pm
PickGrin. I dont know about sports, but in the old pre download music era, Groups/bands toured to sell Albums. Thats how they got paid. Today everybody has a digital studio and records music to release digitally on spotify etc for pennies and NEED to tour to make Money$$$.. Different business model today for music. Studio engineers don’t make what they did back then either. Live show touring engineers much better payi g gig.
May 18th, 2026 at 8:01 pm
My 1987 Season Tickets North Endzone row 16: $8 per game Including tax.
May 18th, 2026 at 8:04 pm
I wouldn’t pay 2013 (or before then) prices to watch This IBS abomination BUCS live!
No matter the opponent, These Bucs got a higher chance of losing than winning any given Sunday!
May 18th, 2026 at 8:04 pm
Back in the mid/ late 90’s for a couple Seasons they had the Buck 50 zone. Season tickets were $150 including preseason games ($15 game) but on the ticket it was listed at $30. Would buy 4 and sell the other 3 for $30 or close for each game.
May 18th, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Gas prices are completely self-inflicted. Good job, voters.
As for dynamic pricing – you can thank our tech overlords and our constant pursuit of hyper capitalism above all else at all times.
The future is gonna be lit!
May 18th, 2026 at 8:12 pm
300.00 for a sunburn and sweat np
May 18th, 2026 at 8:21 pm
50% Attendance at Best.
Every game will be better attended by the visitors. Don’t believe it? Ask the Bucs players. Read the report card.
Tampa has had the worst home fans in the NFL for decades. I still don’t understand how you have a team.
Move to San Antonio.
May 18th, 2026 at 8:32 pm
I remember 99 cent gallon for gas
May 18th, 2026 at 8:33 pm
Back in 78, 79 we use to take a bus from the mouse trap lounge in cocoabeach to the game. 30 dollars. Included game ticket, transportation, and all you could drink! Now Joe, those were truly the good old days!
May 18th, 2026 at 8:49 pm
$250 to be absolutely sun fried, dehydrated, and a $14 Coors.
Plus parking. You may get hungry.
Or you can buy NFL Sunday Ticket for close to the same price.
Something seriously has to change. Raymond James just isn’t a desirable place to watch a game unless you’re in the club seats, which are like $800.
May 18th, 2026 at 8:54 pm
The question is when will Blue Dot Flu hit the NFL.
The number of concerts being cancelled at major venues recently because of unsold tickets has been gaining headlines calling it Blue Dot Flu. If too much of the seating chart is still showing in blue because the seats are still unsold, they cancel the concert.
Since NFL game broadcasting and streaming rights have been sold six ways to Sunday, they can’t cancel those even if every seat is empty.
Yes, live sporting events are great fun. Head out for some high school football or minor league baseball. Crowds are even more into a good high school baseball game. And, a lot of minor league baseball facilities are pretty decent.
My grandkids still get a kick out of going to Tiger Town in Lakeland and chasing baseballs fouled off into the stands under the porch around home plate.
Snagging a couple of foul balls is a real delight for them. And, if it is a cloudy day, I can take the out to the mound behind the low wall in left field and let them join the stampede trying to grab a HR (or long foul) ball.
May 18th, 2026 at 9:01 pm
Nope. I’m done with going to NFL games
May 18th, 2026 at 9:48 pm
Complete disconnect with reality. Sad times to be a fan
May 18th, 2026 at 9:49 pm
The ti**y bars have gotten too expensive too!
May 18th, 2026 at 9:56 pm
I dont go to anything anymore unless its free….dont even plan for paying for something. I live in a downtown area and we have events all the time with free music. But if you want to buy any drinks or food, they get you. This past “Artisphere” a few weeks ago, it was 5 for a tea, 4 for water, 12 for a grilled cheese sandwich, 7 for a small smash burger…and a few years ago there were lines. This time there werent. Hardly anyone was buying food or tea. So why price it so high you cant sell it? I bought two beers while walking around, 6 bucks each for the cheap stuff. Just cant hardly do anything anymore unless you’re rich.
May 18th, 2026 at 10:23 pm
This is the exact reason tax payers shouldn’t be paying for stadiums. Let the owners foot these bills.
May 18th, 2026 at 11:11 pm
SlyPirate Says:
May 18th, 2026 at 8:21 pm
50% Attendance at Best.
Every game will be better attended by the visitors. Don’t believe it? Ask the Bucs players. Read the report card.
Tampa has had the worst home fans in the NFL for decades. I still don’t understand how you have a team.
Move to San Antonio.
Do you watch more than 3/4 of NFL games? Dallas hosting the Giants? Rams hosting SF? Sixers hosting the Knicks, etc. it’s a stupid argument and point. A bunch of cities in all sports have a lot of visiting fans. Hell Montreal at Buffalo had a ton of visitors. Keep it pumping though.
May 18th, 2026 at 11:16 pm
Great option, do not go if you do not want 2. Gas prices were higher 4 years ago. Everyone can just sit at home if you are able 2. Unless you are cheating the system and want to watch football now a days it’s a lot higher as well. Everyone squeezes you for as much as they can and the population still consumes it. Or, they start to slowly close.
May 18th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Gotta pay for that Bowles extension somehow!
If that’s the price for the ultra high standards of a Swiss cheese defensive scheme, so be it.
Three more years of fruitless efforts coming up.
But don’t worry, Todd will fix it!!!!
May 19th, 2026 at 12:21 am
Unbelievable got it right. Gas prices were that low 3 months ago, lol. They’re upping the economic class that you have to be in to watch dang football game live.
May 19th, 2026 at 12:42 am
That’s why I got rid of my season tickets years ago. The insanity of prices.
You shouldn’t have to spend $500 at a minimum, for cheap seats, a beverage and a popcorn, and parking for a family of four. It’s ridiculous.
I’ll watch at home. And if it all eventually goes to streaming and I have to buy 20 different channels to see games… I’ll stop watching. It’s that simple.
It’s why boxing got destroyed
And somebody, please explain to me why Tampa has some of the highest concession prices in all sports?
Rays, Lightning, Buccaneers… all near the top of their sports in most expensive concession.
The Buccaneers have the third highest price for a beer in the NFL.
May 19th, 2026 at 2:13 am
Mike Evans was right.
Our homes games have no vibe.
Empty seats or more away fans than Bucs fans.
I’m a world traveler. À curious man.
You can’t blame Mike for wanting a new experience.
He’s never played for a sold out home crowd. Ever.
May 19th, 2026 at 6:13 am
I would think the revenue stream from concessions is a pittance compared to tv and merchandise revenue. How can a Beer be half the price in Cincinnati and Cleveland compared to RayJay? So I don’t get it either … as far as dynamic pricing goes, Rays have been doing that for years.
And yes Teacherman – not much vibe at home games….. that’s due in part to the play on the field. Gotta win at home because a 4-4 record is uninspiring- just meh.
May 19th, 2026 at 7:21 am
Wasn’t that long ago I was paying the that same price for 40 yard line CLUB seats. Now it’s nosebleed? That’s why I quit buying season tickets and bought a 70 “ tv. Usually I just record the first half and then watch so I can fast forward through all the commercials.
May 19th, 2026 at 7:33 am
Get used to it-Transference of wealth and elimination of the middle class is the corporate goal.
May 19th, 2026 at 8:27 am
I made the decision long ago to invest about $15,000 to upgrade an upstairs room into a “Man Room” with a Big Beautiful Big Screen, a wonderfully comfortable recliner and sofa with reclining sides, a small fridge so I don’t have to trek “all the way downstairs” to get a $2 24-oz beer, and made sure the chosen room was conveniently right next to my bathroom.
Best $15k I’ve ever spent.
Went to the recent Bucs/Commanders playoff game and paid almost $500 for the best 50-yard line lower level seats I could buy. Horrible experience. I decided to leave mid 2nd quarter to go watch the recorded game at home.
So when I see these nosebleed seats are $250-ish, NFW.
No way.
May 19th, 2026 at 8:33 am
I used to take my oldest son to the Big Sombrero once or twice a year when I lived in Lakeland. I think it was about 45 miles. Just before the game that’s an hour and a half drive so we would leave early and have an easier time finding parking. Then hang out throwing the football with the other fans untill game time. Of coarse, that was 40 years ago. Now I live in Orlando and have a bad hip and congestive heart failure so hanging out in 100 degree pea soup and climbing hundreds of steps is not terribly practical after a 90+ mile drive. 180 mile round trip car safaris aren’t in the cards for me. Take that slightly affordable Chargers ticket at $80, a whole tank of gas at about another $80 and who knows how much for parking and a pleasant kamikaze drive through Malfunction Junction and I think staying at home with my TV and instant replay seems like the way to go. Still a BUCS fan. Just not a rich one.
May 19th, 2026 at 8:42 am
76 and 77…$5 end zone seats! And I was there for every one! The Bucs defense was ferocious and well worth the and price! Only downer was was just getting one W out of those seasons…lol
May 19th, 2026 at 9:00 am
Being a Bucs fan out here in Cali I’ve been to several games when the Bucs on are the West coast. Would LOVE to see a home game but flight, hotel, and ticket not to mention food and drinks for the entire trip is a scary thought. I’ll bite the bullet and get there soon. Hopefully next season depending on how this season goes. GO BUCS!!
May 19th, 2026 at 9:50 am
Come now. Why all the bitterness? The Glazers are pillars of the community. You can be sure the will lower ticket and concession prices after the stadium renovation. Just watch and see.
May 19th, 2026 at 11:24 am
Let’s be honest, the “value” to game day experience has gone the way of the samurai. The stadium is adequate to mid-range at best. It’s a far cry from the upgraded and newly built facilities around the league. The sun/heat is almost lethal. Plus, the concessions will set most folks back a paycheck. All in it can be nearly +$1k a game for a family. For a mediocre team trying to reinvigorate a fan base & bring the next generation aboard, it’s a tough sell.
May 19th, 2026 at 1:19 pm
@Msr76 – Actually, touring has always been more profitable for the band members. Even before streaming, artists make very little from album sales themselves. Most has always gone to record companies.
May 19th, 2026 at 8:34 pm
It’s a TV show with TV revenue. Live fans are not the league’s priority. Vote no on any taxes to improve RayJay. There is no ROI for actual fans.