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The Valenti Show

HOUR 2: How Can Normal People Afford To Go To Lions Games?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico spent the second hour discussing how expensive Lions tickets are, asking the people if this is ruining their relationship with the team, and any others where they can't afford to go to their games.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Three o'clock, great to have you with us.

0:02.6

Gorgeous.

0:03.6

Thursday afternoon, I do apologize.

0:06.0

I am under the weather, so I'm sorry if I sound a little off.

0:10.3

I want to talk about the Lions home opener, but in a different moment.

0:14.2

We're going to get to all the football tomorrow, and it's all going to lead us to the same path.

0:18.1

Beat the bears or your garbage.

0:19.9

Simple.

0:20.9

But when Rico and I were talking about this before the show, guys, I just want to understand,

0:28.3

you know, from a fan's perspective, I don't view going to an NFL game as a right,

0:37.4

but I do view it as an option.

0:41.1

So, like, for me growing up, I couldn't go to Giants games.

0:45.7

They had a waiting list, and the best we could do is we get to go to a preseason game,

0:50.7

and that's what we got to do.

0:52.3

We didn't have money.

0:53.4

So believe me, I understand

0:55.1

it's not a right. What I'm saying is the option would have been there, had tickets been more

1:02.4

available. We didn't have things like stubb hum, you know, back in the 1860s, basically I'm old.

1:07.5

But when I look at what it costs to go to the game this weekend, I was shocked.

1:12.9

And I want to hear from you guys. We want to hear from you guys. The standing room only is north of $300.

1:21.8

You know, reasonably decent seats. Forget about premium stuff.

1:28.3

Reasonably decent seats are 7, 800 apiece.

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