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Ticket prices climb as Green Bay Packers play three of next four games at Lambeau Field

GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers play three of their next four games at home, for which they should be grateful, given their opponents. It won't be quite as advantageous to ticket-buying fans, however.

Over the next month, the Packers host the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans, travel to Jacksonville, Florida, to play the Jaguars, then host the Detroit Lions. All of those teams won games this weekend except the Lions, who were on a bye. All three won games against teams they could reasonably have been expected to lose to. Including the close loss to the Vikings two weeks ago, the Packers are 33-9 in Lambeau Field under head coach Matt LaFleur. Point being, home field advantage could be huge.

The average get-in price for the three home games all increased, ranging from $189 (Cardinals) to $285 (Lions). The game in Jacksonville is cheaper, despite that team's victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

Quarterback Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals runs for a first-quarter touchdown Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Quarterback Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals runs for a first-quarter touchdown Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

How do we calculate secondary market ticket prices?

For our look at Packers' tickets prices, we average the lowest ticket prices at 11 secondary-market websites: Event USA, GametimeGreen Bay Ticket Service,  SeatGeekStubHubTicketIQTicket KingTicketmasterTickPick, TicketSmarter and Vivid Seats.

Note that ticket brokers can add fees on top of the prices listed here, so actual costs might be higher.

The following are secondary market ticket prices as of Monday and our guesses as to why they are where they are.

Note: Green package ticket holders have six home games this year. Gold package ticket holders, many of whom are from the Milwaukee area and southern Wisconsin, have all three NFC North games at Lambeau Field this season.

Oct. 13, Noon, Arizona Cardinals, Lambeau Field, FOX

  • Face-price range: $132-$175

  • Average lowest-cost seat: $189

  • Average lowest-cost seat last week: $188

  • Range of lowest-cost seats: $149-$276

  • Cardinals last week: Cardinals 24, San Francisco 49ers 23

What is special about this game? Green package ticket holders return to Lambeau Field for the first time in a month. The Packers are winning games — three out of the last four — and any game in mid-October holds the prospect for excellent football weather. So at $189, the average get-in price is the highest it's been this season.

This game might have been more expensive, except that this time of year, Wisconsin residents traditionally head to Arizona, not the other way round. The Cardinals have been very inconsistent this year, which discourages fans from spending money to travel to far away places.

The Cardinals' Kyler Murray is the kind of running quarterback the Packers traditionally have the most trouble with. He passed for 195 yards on Sunday and ran for 85 more. The Packers played two quarterbacks like that this year in Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts and Indianapolis Colts' Anthony Richardson. They held them both in check, but at the cost of constraining their pass rush. They had two sacks against the Eagles and one against the Colts.

The Packers lost three of the last four games against the Cardinals, including the last time Arizona was at Lambeau Field in 2018. The Cardinals won 20-17, Mike McCarthy was fired after the game, and Matt LaFleur was hired before the 2019 season. The Cardinals are 2-3, one game behind the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC West.

Packers lead the series 46-26-4.

Oct. 20, noon, Houston Texans, Lambeau Field, CBS

  • Face-price range: $132-$175

  • Average lowest-cost seat: $233

  • Average lowest-cost seat last week: $226

  • Range of lowest-cost seats: $188-$290

  • Texans last week: Texans 23, Buffalo Bills 20

What is special about this game?  Another October noon game for the Green package ticket holders against one of the best quarterbacks in the league in C.J. Stroud. The Texans lead the AFC South with a 4-1 record, although their victories have been close, by two, six, four and three points, and their loss was a blowout to the Minnesota Vikings.

The Packers won the last three games against the Texans, all before Stroud, who does not run often or far.

Packers lead the series 4-1-0.

Oct. 27, noon, Jacksonville Jaguars, EverBank Stadium, Fox

  • Face-price range: $132-$175

  • Average lowest-cost seat: $103

  • Average lowest-cost seat last week: $113

  • Range of lowest-cost seats: $75-$169

  • Jaguars last week: Jaguars 37, Indianapolis Colts 34

What is special about this game? Jacksonville won its first game on Sunday, against the Indianapolis Colts. Jacksonville led 34-20 in the fourth quarter and ended up winning the game on a field goal with 17 seconds left. It is understandable why even Jacksonville fans aren't driving up prices to this game. This might be one of those games where Packers fans fill a significant portion of the stadium.

Packers lead the series 5-2-0, winning the last three games.

Nov. 3, 3:25 p.m., Detroit Lions, Lambeau Field, Fox

  • Face-price range: $132-$175

  • Average lowest-cost seat: $285

  • Average lowest-cost seat on Sept. 2: $261

  • Range of lowest-cost seats: $236-$320

  • Lions last week: Bye week

What is special about this game?  Until the Minnesota Vikings discovered they have a quarterback, it was expected the Packers would battle the 3-1 Lions for the NFC North title. The Lions probably are still the team to beat, and having lost to the Vikings already, the Packers cannot afford many more division losses. Even the Chicago Bears, with one of the weakest schedules in the league (at least as of the start of the season), a good defense, and a two-game winning streak, can't be overlooked.

So, interest in this game is high with both Lions and Packers fans. The September game at Lambeau Field last season, which Detroit won 34-20, is notorious among Packers fans for the number of Lions fans in attendance. Green package ticket holders blame Gold package holders for being too ready to sell their tickets. It should be noted, that was a Thursday night game, which is usually a problem for Gold package fans. Or at least a major annoyance.

The Packers defeated Detroit at Ford Field on Thanksgiving Day, which signaled the Packers were a better team than their 4-6 record going into the game indicated. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs the next week and finished the season 9-8 and earned a playoff berth.

This being a Sunday afternoon game, Gold package fans are likely not as ready to sell, although Lions fans are just as ready to buy, which sends prices higher, up $24 since the start of the season. Expect this to be the NFL's hottest game in Week 9.

Packers lead the series 106-76-7.

Contact Richard Ryman at rryman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @RichRymanPG, on Instagram at @rrymanPG or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardRymanPG

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