Playoff Tickets

The other three significant leagues use playoff series (i.e., best out of five or seven games) to determine which team makes it to the next round (and eventually the championship). In the corollary, teams that make the playoffs are seeded to play each other based on how they performed during their respective regular seasons.

Due to demand, playoff tickets in each sport are more expensive than regular season tickets. Also, NFL playoff ticket prices can climb exponentially in later rounds, depending on the matchup. It’s important to remember that there will always be four (and as many as seven) championship-round games in both the NBA and NHL, but only one NFL Super Bowl each year.

• Warning: There can be instances of sticker shock. Playoff ticket purchasers may think, “This is the price for one game?” For better or for worse, this will always be the case, and prices will continue to rise as the years pass.