Furious Jets fans would rather take a bath on their pricey ducats for Sunday’s home game against the Arizona Cardinals than watch another humiliating defeat.
In the wake of Gang Green’s epic collapse to the Patriots on Thanksgiving, resale tickets to the next game are going for just $18 each, according to the latest offerings on Stub Hub.
That’s about 2/3rds of the tickets’ face value.
There are 7,700 tickets on sale now on Stub Hub alone.
The Jets have had the highest average ticket price in the NFL this season at $117.94 – edging out the hated – but much more successful — Patriots by ten cents, according to Team Marketing Report’s Fan Cost Index.
Since the team moved into MetLife Stadium in 2010, Jets games have been filled with thousands of empty seats as fans have been unwilling to deal with jacked-up ticket prices and having to shell out one-time payments of anywhere from $2,500 to $30,000 for “personal seat licenses” that give you the right to buy tickets.
The team regularly buys up the empty seats to avoid games being blacked out on local television.
This season the Jets are 4-7 and tied for last place with the Buffalo Bills in the conference.
In last week’s game, the Patriots trounced the Jets 49-19, including a 52 -second span during which New England scored three touchdowns.
“I think everyone was shaking their heads, thinking, ‘How did that happen?’” cornerback Antonio Cromartie had told the Associated Press.