Where are concert tickets cheapest in the US?

Tampa has the cheapest concert tickets of the 19 US cities with enough shows to measure: the typical concert there lists from $49.83. Las Vegas is the dearest, at $120, 141% more.

New York is among the dearest: 18th of 19, at $89.05. Next most expensive is New York, at $89.05. Across all 1,963 priced upcoming US concerts, the typical cheapest ticket is $77, and 14% have one at $50 or less.

Typical cheapest ticket, by city

Median of each upcoming concert's cheapest listed price. Cheapest city first.

  1. Tampa $49.83
  2. Austin $59.17
  3. Houston $61.44
  4. Dallas $62.85
  5. Detroit $64.32
  6. Atlanta $66.19
  7. Philadelphia $67.38
  8. Washington $69.12
  9. Orlando $71
  10. Boston $71.42
  11. Inglewood $72.40
  12. Brooklyn $76.19
  13. Los Angeles $79.68
  14. San Diego $81
  15. Seattle $83.06
  16. Chicago $83.39
  17. San Francisco $86.57
  18. New York $89.05
  19. Las Vegas $120

The figures

City Median ≤ $50 Shows
1.Tampa $49.83 52% 31
2.Austin $59.17 22% 37
3.Houston $61.44 22% 63
4.Dallas $62.85 27% 30
5.Detroit $64.32 11% 27
6.Atlanta $66.19 15% 52
7.Philadelphia $67.38 14% 42
8.Washington $69.12 4.8% 42
9.Orlando $71 15% 47
10.Boston $71.42 21% 81
11.Inglewood $72.40 18% 85
12.Brooklyn $76.19 21% 150
13.Los Angeles $79.68 18% 87
14.San Diego $81 21% 29
15.Seattle $83.06 11% 47
16.Chicago $83.39 8.1% 74
17.San Francisco $86.57 5.6% 36
18.New York $89.05 12% 68
19.Las Vegas $120 2.6% 309
All US concerts $77 14% 1,963

How we measured this

  • The data is StubHub resale listings only: the cheapest ticket listed for each show when we last checked it (we check prices every hour). It is not face value, and not what tickets sold for.
  • Every upcoming concert at a US venue with a listed price, for shows from 30 October 2026 to 21 November 2027. Each show counts once.
  • A city's figure is the median of its shows' cheapest prices: half list for less, half for more. A city appears once it has 25 priced shows, and the ranking is published once 8 cities have.
  • City is the venue's city as the listing gives it.
  • Prices are in US dollars. A show we track in pounds is converted at that event's own catalogue exchange rate; a show with no usable rate is left out rather than guessed.
  • Prices are per ticket, before StubHub's booking fees. Updated 30 October 2026.

Source and download

Source: NeedATicket, "Where concert tickets are cheapest in the US", https://needaticket.net/data/concert-prices-by-city, updated 30 October 2026.

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