Prices for sports tickets have surged an eye-popping 25.1% between October 2022 and 2023, according to closely watched data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Sports have become the latest events to feel the impact of “funflation.”
Sports prices have surged this fall, according to federal data. That’s made game tickets the latest victim of “funflation,” a term used by economists to explain the increasing price tags of live events as consumers hanker for the experiences they lost during the pandemic.