Your Ultimate Game Plan: How to Buy NFL Tickets

It’s good! Celebrate an easy win by securing your NFL tickets with Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the NFL. Whether you’re scoring seats for the first time or making last-minute plans, Ticketmaster offers a variety of options to get football fans across the goal line easily, quickly and securely with 100% verified tickets.

Make the right read on your gameday plans and check out everything you need to know about buying NFL tickets below.

How to Buy NFL Tickets

1. What You Need Before You Buy

• Sign in to your Ticketmaster Account using a browser and verify your profile details, including your first and last name, email address, phone number, location preference and zip code.
• Update your billing information and select your preferred payment method.
• Review your Sign In and Security information and add a passkey for faster, easier and more secure sign-ins.

2. Choose Your Game & Seats

• Find your NFL team via Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com/nfl.
• Select the game date and location that best fits your schedule.
• Open the seat map and compare options using the view from seat feature to find your favorite seat.
• Adjust your search by filtering for price, quantity, Verified Resale tickets and accessibility.

3. Check the Details & Total Price

• Hover over or tap on seats to find a seat description with notes such as admission type, restricted views or section details.
• Select seats and review the All In Pricing total, then click Next.

With All In Prices, you’ll be able to find NFL tickets within your budget right away, with no surprises at checkout. You’ll see the cost of your NFL ticket—including fees, before taxes—from the moment you start shopping.

4. Sign In & Pay

• If you haven’t already, sign in to your Ticketmaster Account.
• Select your payment method. You can use a stored payment method, add a credit card or use a payment platform like PayPal, Venmo or Klarna.
• Review your final order, read and agree to the Terms of Use and Standard Purchase Policy and select Place Order to secure your NFL tickets.

You can also apply a promo code or gift card if applicable.

As an optional service, ticket insurance via Allianz offers a full reimbursement in the event of select, covered emergencies and circumstances.

5. Delivery, Transfers & Game Day

Once you buy NFL tickets, find your tickets by navigating to your account. Your tickets will show under My Tickets in the Ticketmaster App under “Upcoming.”

Download the Ticketmaster App for iPhone or Android.

How to Access NFL Tickets on Ticketmaster.com or in the Ticketmaster App

Before arriving at the stadium, view your NFL tickets in the Ticketmaster App. Getting familiar with the App will pay off during gameday arrival, which features contactless, mobile entry. Here’s how to view your NFL tickets:

• Sign in to your Ticketmaster Account.
• Find your order in My Tickets.

Note: If your tickets appear with a blue banner that says “view tickets in partner app,” tap the Go To App button. You’ll be taken directly to the team or venue app, where you can access your tickets. If you don’t have the app downloaded, you’ll be taken to the App Store or Play Store.

You can also access the team’s Account Manager site to sign in to your account. Find your team or venue’s website by using the Account Manager Site Search.

Finally, get inside and enjoy the game!

How to Add NFL Tickets to Your Wallet

Save yourself from WiFi or service disruptions and other last-minute delays at the gate by adding your tickets to your phone’s Apple Wallet or Google Wallet:

• In your Ticketmaster Account, tap on My Tickets to locate your event.
• Tap your event to view tickets or navigate to the team’s app.
• Tap the Add to Apple Wallet or Save to Google Wallet button.

Got seats for the whole crew? Share tickets by clicking on your order and selecting the tickets you’d like to transfer.

• Sign in to your Ticketmaster Account and find your order in My Tickets, then select Transfer.
• If transfer isn’t available for your event, the button will be grayed out in the Ticketmaster App; if using a browser, a pop-up will let you know it’s unavailable.
• You’ll receive a text with a one-time code to verify your identity. Type in the code and select Confirm.
• Select the tickets you’d like to transfer, click or tap Transfer To, and enter your recipient’s information, including their phone number or email address.
• Select Transfer Ticket. The recipient will then receive a transfer link sent from Ticketmaster via email or text.

How to Transfer NFL Tickets on Team- or Venue-Branded Site or App

• Sign in to your team or venue’s site or app. You can locate your team or venue’s website by using the Account Manager Site Search. Team and venue apps can be downloaded in the App Store or Play Store.
• Go to your events, select the event you’re transferring tickets for, then click Transfer. If you receive a message that the Event Organizer hasn’t activated transfer, your tickets aren’t eligible for transfer.
• You’ll receive a text with a one-time code to verify your identity. Type in that code and select Confirm.
• Select the tickets you’d like to transfer.
• Enter your recipient’s information, including their phone number or email address.
• Tap Transfer. The recipient will then receive a transfer link sent from Ticketmaster via email or text.

6. Add Your NFL Team To Favorites

The best way to be sure you don’t miss any events is to add your team to your Favorites. Follow these steps:

• Sign in to your account in the Ticketmaster App.
• Select the For You tab and click the blue + button.
• Alternatively, tap the Account tab, then tap My Favorites and use the Add + button in the upper right corner or blue button below to see the available options or search.
• Tap the heart next to your favorite teams or venues.

You can also add a team to your Favorites by tapping the 💜 (heart) located on the team’s Ticketmaster page—you’ll see it on the image at the top. Once you tap the heart, the team will be automatically added to your Favorites, and you’ll get personalized notifications around upcoming events.

What to Know about NFL Tickets

Primary vs. Secondary NFL Ticket Market

As the Official Ticket Marketplace of the NFL, Ticketmaster ensures 100% verified seats in both primary and secondary markets. For NFL tickets purchased via Ticketmaster, the decision between buying direct versus resale tickets comes down to fans’ preferences and seat availability. All tickets will be 100% verified from the most trusted ticket marketplace for fans.

What is the NFL Ticket Exchange?

NFL Ticket Exchange is Ticketmaster’s official fan-to-fan resale marketplace. Using NFL Ticket Exchange, fans can receive 100% Verified Resale tickets that have been authenticated by Ticketmaster and sent securely with a new, unique barcode.

Single Game Tickets vs. Multi-Game Packages

Each season, Ticketmaster offers a variety of single and multi-game packages to meet every level of NFL fandom. Season Ticket programs vary by organization, so visit your favorite NFL team’s official website to find details on their multi-game packages.

To access tickets from a purchased Season Ticket or multi-game package, the Account Manager will need to visit the team or venue’s website. To login, first locate the correct partner site via Ticketmaster’s Account Manager Site Search.

Ticketmaster vs. Other Vendors

For football fans looking for NFL tickets, Ticketmaster has all the right coverage. Along with the widest selection of ticket options across the league, Ticketmaster provides a smooth and secure shopping experience for seats and resale tickets.

How to Spot and Avoid Counterfeit NFL Tickets

Protect your ticket-buying experience by following general security practices such as:

• Confirm your Ticketmaster account security information—including your unique and strong password—is up to date.
• Purchase NFL tickets directly from the event’s official partner.
• Avoid speculative tickets by waiting until schedule release, when game tickets officially go on sale.
• Make sure your password is unique to your Ticketmaster Account.

For more ticket-buying security tips, learn how to spot ticketing scams.

When Is the Best Time to Buy NFL Tickets?

The best time to buy NFL tickets is when the league releases the regular season schedule and tickets officially go on sale via Ticketmaster. Typically, the NFL regular season schedule is revealed in mid-May. NFL tickets for the 2026-27 season are expected to go on sale in May 2026. This timing will ensure you don’t miss out!

The price of an NFL ticket can vary based on a particular game’s matchup, city, date or time, the seat location and more. Additionally, a ticket’s purchase date and time can affect the total. Ticket prices are not guaranteed to go down as the event approaches. Rather, the final cost depends on a number of factors including intense rivalry games, headlining matchups and rematches, broader league and conference stakes, recent high-performing teams and players and more.

When it comes to last-minute tickets, fans can score seats as late as one hour after kickoff thanks to Ticketmaster’s instant mobile delivery. Additional tickets may also become available between the general sale and gameday, so keep checking your team’s page for more opportunities.

How Much Are NFL Tickets?

Ticket prices for NFL games depend on a variety of factors, including date and time, city, matchup, seat location, and when the tickets are purchased. The average primary ticket for a regular season NFL game can cost anywhere between $145-$430.

Although fans can find great deals no matter the time of season, prices may start to fluctuate once the regular season kicks off; therefore, the safest time to secure NFL tickets will be the moment tickets go on sale after schedule release.

Where To Buy Tickets to the NFL Playoffs

Tickets for the NFL Playoffs will be available via Ticketmaster.

In general, postseason NFL tickets are released in the second-half of the regular season, typically in December. When a team qualifies for the playoffs, tickets go on sale to all potential games on their path to the Super Bowl, from the wild card to conference finals. Refunds will be issued for any games not played with tickets purchased via Ticketmaster.

Where To Buy Tickets to the Super Bowl

Tickets for Super Bowl LXI in 2027 will be available via Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the NFL. As the playoffs approach, fans looking for seats can visit the NFL Ticket Exchange by Ticketmaster for 100% verified resale tickets. The 2027 Super Bowl will take place on February 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Where To Buy Tickets for NFL Preseason Events

Tickets to NFL preseason games and activities are available for purchase via Ticketmaster. Preseason game tickets often go on sale when the NFL regular season schedule is released in May. Additionally, select NFL teams open up training camp to spectators or host preseason events, so be sure to follow your favorite team for schedule announcements.