Inter Miami season ticket prices skyrocket for 2024

Messi may be can’t-miss entertainment, but getting in the door is gonna cost you

Going to see Lionel Messi and Inter Miami next year isn’t going to be cheap.

Miami began supplying season ticket holders with price information and renewal forms for the 2024 season on Thursday, and prices for to see Messi, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, and the rest of the Herons have risen dramatically.

The cheapest 2023 season ticket bought when the team’s biggest names were Josef Martínez and Leo Campana cost just $485 per the Miami Herald. In 2024, that exact same ticket will cost $884, a rise of $399 (or 82%). The least-expensive option in 2024, now on the south end of DRV PNK Stadium rather than the supporters’ section behind the north goal, will run you $867. Those tickets were $592 in 2023, meaning they have increased in price by 46%.

Prices are up across the board, and these are not modest hikes. The smallest increase by percentage comes in section 121 and a portion of section 128, which went from $745 to $1,020 (a change of $275, or 37%).

Want something near midfield? How about access to club seating? Next year those seats will be $7,650, which is 112% above 2023’s price point of $3,609. “Loge” box seats start at $42,840, though at least there you get food and some drinks (not liquor, though, let’s be reasonable!). Buying a season package in those spots also comes with a parking pass and a VIP entrance, which is to say a possibly shorter line to go watch the same game everyone else is going to.

The Miami Herald’s report noted that season ticket packages come with access to open training sessions, watch parties, and discounts when spending more money on other things at the stadium via concession stands and the team store.

Fans frustrated over Inter Miami ticket prices

On one hand, it’s hardly a surprise to see Miami, now featuring a more compelling product for sale, increasing prices. It’s Messi, everyone wants to see him do his thing.

However, the reality for a run-of-the-mill fan of the club is that they’ve been coming to DRV PNK Stadium (a temporary venue that is actually in Ft. Lauderdale) to watch a team that has piled up a -44 goal difference across its MLS regular season life (overall record in those games: 42W-19D-59L) suddenly ask for far more money than ever before, all while the Herons still seem less than likely to go to the playoffs.

The average cheapest seat at a Premier League ground, by comparison, runs you around $640.

That’s only 74% of the cost for Miami’s cheapest seat, and again: that’s the Premier League, the most talent-rich league in the history of the sport. MLS is very fun, and Messi is Messi, but what’s on display is not exactly Manchester City vs. Arsenal.

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