Best Of The Lions On 97.1 The Ticket: Lions Tickets Are Too Expensive, Schedule Reactions, and More!

The Valenti Show

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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On this week's Best of Lions, Costa & Jansen discuss the high prices of Lions tickets at Ford Field this season. Plus, Karsch & Anderson try to make sense of the ticket prices as well, Valenti & Rico react to the Lions' schedule release, and much more!

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0:16.8	Touchdown Detroit Lions! You're listening to the best of the Lions.
0:21.2	Oh, baby, how beautiful is that?
0:23.9	A weekly mix of 97.1, the ticket's best NFL talk to get you ready for game day.
0:31.3	Lions season tickets.
0:33.5	Big to do.
0:34.5	Prices went up.
0:35.5	People were priced out.
0:37.0	How about single game tickets?
0:40.1	They went on sale just as soon as the schedule was released.
0:43.4	People have been posting a screenshot of what these tickets are going for.
0:46.6	And I'm seeing standing room north of 300.
0:50.0	I saw one guy, 390 for a standing room only ticket to go to Ford Field and watch the Lions.
0:55.9	I understand wanting to experience a Lions home game.
1:02.4	I just don't understand.
1:04.1	And I guess I've never understood the standing room only unless it's standing room for a Super Bowl or an NFC championship game.
1:12.4	Or it's dirt cheap and you just say, get me in the venue.
1:15.2	Right.
1:15.7	But nearly $400 and you're forced to stand for three and a half hours?
1:21.5	Like I wouldn't be mad if you're like, hey, Tiger's got a playoff game and every seat's
1:26.0	sold, but you can get in the ballpark dirt cheap
1:28.3	just to stand and be there and be part of the crowd.
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