{
  "name": "NeedATicket US Resale Price Index",
  "description": "Daily figures on US ticket resale prices from NeedATicket: the median cheapest listed price of upcoming concerts, sports and theater events we track, how it changed over 7 and 30 days, how prices move in the weeks before a show, and breakdowns by city and category.",
  "page": "https://needaticket.net/resale-price-index",
  "citation": "Source: NeedATicket US Resale Price Index, needaticket.net/resale-price-index",
  "currency": "USD",
  "dataAsOf": "2026-10-07T03:45:39.734Z",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-07T04:21:13.749Z",
  "definitions": {
    "cheapestPrice": "The cheapest listed resale price for an event when we last recorded it.",
    "change": "Percentage change in an event’s cheapest price; positive means dearer now. Moves larger than 4x either way are treated as data faults and left out.",
    "unchanged": "A move smaller than 1% either way.",
    "countdown": "For shows that have already happened: the cheapest price we held at the end of the given day before the show, against the last price we held on show day.",
    "restrictions": "Football matches whose tickets may not legally be resold are excluded."
  },
  "minimumSample": {
    "headlineEvents": 100,
    "changeEvents": 30,
    "groupEvents": 30,
    "groupChangeEvents": 10,
    "countdownEvents": 30
  },
  "headline": {
    "trackedEvents": 8639,
    "medianCheapestPrice": 79.38,
    "change7d": {
      "medianPct": 0,
      "eventsWithBaseline": 8186,
      "fell": 3093,
      "rose": 1951,
      "unchanged": 3142
    },
    "change30d": null
  },
  "byCity": [
    {
      "name": "New York",
      "trackedEvents": 2014,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 142.14,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 1810
    },
    {
      "name": "Las Vegas",
      "trackedEvents": 1031,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 122.32,
      "medianChange7dPct": -1.1,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 1010
    },
    {
      "name": "Boston",
      "trackedEvents": 283,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 76.8,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 217
    },
    {
      "name": "Los Angeles",
      "trackedEvents": 255,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 73.28,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 247
    },
    {
      "name": "Chicago",
      "trackedEvents": 217,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 61.16,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 205
    },
    {
      "name": "Brooklyn",
      "trackedEvents": 193,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 62.4,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 182
    },
    {
      "name": "Orlando",
      "trackedEvents": 159,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 28.52,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 157
    },
    {
      "name": "Houston",
      "trackedEvents": 157,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 48.97,
      "medianChange7dPct": -2.1,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 149
    },
    {
      "name": "Philadelphia",
      "trackedEvents": 154,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 60.59,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 149
    },
    {
      "name": "Inglewood",
      "trackedEvents": 152,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 65.22,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 146
    }
  ],
  "byCategory": [
    {
      "name": "Sports",
      "trackedEvents": 3633,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 44.5,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 3590
    },
    {
      "name": "Theater",
      "trackedEvents": 2972,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 124.8,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 2686
    },
    {
      "name": "Concerts",
      "trackedEvents": 2029,
      "medianCheapestPrice": 76.8,
      "medianChange7dPct": 0,
      "eventsWith7dBaseline": 1906
    }
  ],
  "countdown": {
    "finishedShows": 1392,
    "lookbackDays": 120,
    "points": [
      {
        "daysBeforeShow": 14,
        "events": 367,
        "medianPrice": 80.18,
        "medianFinalPrice": 71,
        "medianVsFinalPct": 12
      },
      {
        "daysBeforeShow": 7,
        "events": 874,
        "medianPrice": 70,
        "medianFinalPrice": 61.05,
        "medianVsFinalPct": 7.1
      },
      {
        "daysBeforeShow": 1,
        "events": 1368,
        "medianPrice": 57.43,
        "medianFinalPrice": 55.11,
        "medianVsFinalPct": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}