A ticket to Augusta National for the Masters is one of the most coveted and exclusive in all sports.
Tickets aren’t just difficult to acquire, they’re also expensive. If you don’t know someone, then you must take your chances via the Masters ticket lottery or the overpriced second-hand market. Either way, you’ll have to pay handsomely just to step foot on the property.
Unless there’s a pandemic, of course.
Thanks to growing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, your dream drive down Magnlolia Lane can be a reality for cheaper than you might think. A one-day badge for Thursday’s opening round is going for $1,163 on SeatGeek, half of what it would normally cost. Friday’s second round will cost you just over $1,000, with Saturday and Sunday going for around $900.
According to Yahoo! Sports, the average price of a Thursday badge was $3,616 in 2016, $3,211 in 2017 and upwards of $4,475 in 2018. Compared to the SeatGeek prices above, StubHub also shows a significant drop compared to years past.
“With fears growing about the coronavirus, and the plummeting stock market, get-in prices for the tournament are down 30 percent and at a five-year low,” said Jesse Lawrence, the founder of TicketIQ.
Monday and Tuesday practice round tickets are both under $500, with Wednesday’s pricing out at $661.
