GREEN BAY – There are a lot of bargains on the Green Bay Packers' schedule, but the season-opening game in Chicago isn't one of them.

Get past that game, which launches the NFL's 100th season with two of its oldest rivals, and prices are surprisingly low, especially for games at Lambeau Field. The four most expensive games on the Packers' schedule this year are all road games: in Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Dallas.

"I would say retail prices for Packers games are the lowest I've seen in awhile," said Bill Wenzel of Green Bay Ticket Service in Ashwaubenon. "Fans have learned (during the last two losing seasons) and they are not going after tickets in the middle and end of the season like they did when the Packers were winning all those years."

Ticket prices for most Packers games have dropped on the secondary market since the schedule was released in April. The notable exceptions were the Bears and Chiefs, which went higher. The average lowest price for the Sept. 5 game in Chicago is $387, while the Kansas City Chiefs game on Oct. 27 comes in at $261, the second most expensive on the schedule.

Secondary market broker StubHub said the Packers-Bears matchup is the most in-demand game of the season, outselling last season's league opening game by 25 percent.

The four least-expensive games include those against Detroit, both at Lambeau and Ford Field, the New York Giants in New Jersey and Washington at Lambeau. The Packers have a four-game losing streak against the Lions, but that so far has not served to ignite the type of rivalry like those with the Bears and Vikings. To Packers fans, win or lose, the Lions are just the Lions, it seems.

The lowest prices for the Detroit and Washington games at Lambeau Field are at less than face value.

The risk and reward being weighed by ticket buyers is that, if the Packers play well, buying those late-season tickets now will have been bargain, but if they have another miserable end of the year, buying them at current prices could hurt.

"That would be a real steal, but what if it isn't?" Wenzel said.

The most expensive games at Lambeau are week two against the Vikings at $177 and week three against the Denver Broncos at $170.

The Philadelphia Eagles game on Sept. 26 has been trending, said Dennis Garrity of EventUSA in Ashwaubenon, probably because it's more affordable than the Vikings or Broncos games and — trigger warning for Packers fans — because Philadelphia fans are willing to travel, even to a Thursday night game.

Sales volume at EventUSA last week was highest for the Eagles, Vikings and Broncos, and even the Lions, which is a Monday night game in mid-October. Wenzel said Vikings, Broncos and Oakland Raiders were selling well at Green Bay Ticket Service.

"If you don't mind going at night locally, you've got to love the Lions game," Wenzel said. "And the weather should be nice."

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The Chiefs game seemed underpriced four months ago, with an average lowest price $148, but that has since corrected.

"Demand for the Chiefs game really spiked up for us in the last month," Garrity said. "A great matchup between quarterbacks, but also generally a very exciting up-and-coming team in Kansas City, and it's a fun place to visit. The Packers only play there once every eight years."

Aaron Rodgers of the Packers and Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs are two of the league's premier quarterbacks.

The Packers' schedule also works against the later games and the Monday night game against the Lions. Green Bay plays three of its first four games at Lambeau Field, and five of its first seven are at home, four of them at noon and all of them in what could be considered good weather.

"When people look at games to come to, they have a lot of choices for early in the year, so why come in and take two days off work?" Wenzel said.

Prices aside, two secondary market brokers place the Packers among the most in-demand teams in the NFL. SeatGeek said the Packers are the fourth most in-demand team, and StubHub said they are the No. 2 top-selling team this year.

StubHub said four of the Top 10 games this season include the Packers, who have been on its top 10 in-demand list every year since 2014. The games against the Bears, Cowboys and Vikings are first, second and third on that list.

For our weekly look at Packers tickets prices, we averaged the lowest ticket prices at eight secondary-market website: Event USA, Green Bay Ticket Service, NFL Ticket Exchange, StubHub, TickPick, Ticket King, SeatGeek and VividSeats. Note that ticket brokers can add fees on top of prices listed here, so actual costs might be higher.

Sept. 5, 7:20 p.m., Chicago Bears, Soldier Field, NBC

Face-price range (not including premium seating): N/A

Average lowest seat: $387

Range of lowest seat: $326-$519

Sept. 15, noon, Minnesota Vikings, Lambeau Field, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $177

Range of lowest seat: $158-$196

Sept. 22, noon, Denver Broncos, Lambeau Field, Fox, (Gold Package)

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $170

Range of lowest seat: $153-$210

Sept. 26, 7:20 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles, Lambeau Field, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $132

Range of lowest seat: $111-$165

Oct. 6, 3:25 p.m., Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): N/A

Average lowest seat: $201

Range of lowest seat: $170-$229

Oct. 14, 7:15 p.m., Detroit Lions, Lambeau Field, ESPN (Monday Night Football)

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $100

Range of lowest seat: $90-$111

Oct. 20, noon, Oakland Raiders, Lambeau Field, CBS, (Gold Package)

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $159

Range of lowest seat: $143-$190

Oct. 27, 7:20 p.m., Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium, NBC (Sunday Night Football)

Face-price range (not including premium seating): N/A

Average lowest seat: $261

Range of lowest seat: $247-$293

Nov. 3, 3:25 p.m. Los Angeles Chargers, Dignity Health Sports Park, CBS

Face-price range (not including premium seating): N/A

Average lowest seat: $251

Range of lowest seat: $227-$289

Nov. 10, noon, Carolina Panthers, Lambeau Field, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $125

Range of lowest seat: $115-$135

Nov. 24, 3:25 p.m., San Francisco 49ers, Levi's Stadium, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $N/A

Average lowest seat: $135

Range of lowest seat: $119-$179

Dec. 1, noon, New York Giants, MetLife Stadium, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $N/A

Average lowest seat: $110

Range of lowest seat: $87-$169

Dec. 8, noon, Washington Redskins, Lambeau Field, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $100

Range of lowest seat: $87-$115

Dec. 15, noon, Chicago Bears, Lambeau Field, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): $111-$142

Average lowest seat: $166

Range of lowest seat: $158-$182

Dec. 23, 7:15 p.m., Minnesota Vikings, U.S. Bank Stadium, ESPN (Monday Night Football)

Face-price range (not including premium seating): N/A

Average lowest seat: $148

Range of lowest seat: $133-$169

Dec. 29, noon, Detroit Lions, Ford Field, Fox

Face-price range (not including premium seating): N/A

Average lowest seat: $72

Range of lowest seat: $57-$119

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