49ers tickets selling for less than parking passes

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There's no need to wait for Black Friday at Levi's Stadium. 49ers fans are reselling tickets for a bigger discount than you'll find at most stores you plan on visiting this weekend.

As of Wednesday morning you could get an upper deck seat to watch the Niners take on the division-leading Cardinals for $25 on StubHub. That's a discount of about 70 percent off the team's lowest face value of $85. By comparison, parking passes were listed for $57 and up on the resale site.

Photo: StubHub

To put that another way, you could buy ten 49ers tickets for about the price of a single seat at Tuesday's Warrior game. The discounts are also visible in the swankier seats, with Club Level offerings posted under $200 for seats that cost $350 on face value and required a per seat license of $30,000.

Cameron Papp of StubHub says there has been a steady dropoff in ticket value since the opening of Levi's Stadium.

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"The average ticket price sold last season on StubHub was going for a little less than $200. That was propped up by the high demand for the first ever home opener as well as the 'new stadium effect' throughout the season. This season, the average ticket price sold so far has almost cut in half, around $110." said Papp, who noted that the sales volume remains high, even as the prices drop. "The price has steadily decreased throughout the season and now sits around $84 (for all future games)."

That decline is not surprising given the exodus of talent and on-the-field struggles. But the loss of value has led to some serious frustration from fans. Last month owner Jed York was ripped on Twitter after he sent out an offer of free tickets, with one commenter saying "I can't give my seats away either."

Corporate owned blocks of seats and the pricey license fees have changed the dynamics for fans who have followed the team all the way from Kezar Stadium.

"49ers Faithful since 1972, but even that is being tested right now," said a fan who did not want to be identified for fear the team would revoke his seat licenses. "For individual game tickets, we have had to sell up to 50% below face."

Things aren't much better for people looking to unload those pricey seat licenses. As of Wednesday there were 3,612 up for sale on the team's official marketplace. Originally the cheapest license was $2,000. They can now be had for under a grand.

Some fans we talked to said they were willing to hang on to the licenses until the team improved and prices rebound, which sounds faithful indeed.

Needless to say, there's a buy-low opportunity for anyone interested in jumping on the bandwagon.