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‘That’s a rip off’ – Worst team in NFL with 7 losing seasons in row raises ticket prices for 2025 causing fan outrage
The 2023 team proved so unpopular with fans that ticket prices dropped under a DOLLAR for a game
FUMING Carolina Panthers fans are going to have to pay more to see one of the worst teams in the NFL.
Billionaire David Tepper's 5-12 franchise are raising their average season-ticket price ahead of the 2025 season.
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It comes after the Panthers' resale ticket prices plummeted during the dismal 2024 and 2023 campaigns.
According to a spokesperson, the Cardiac Cats are increasing their overall blended average ticket price by just over 6 percent.
The Charlotte-based franchise, however, will not increase prices in the upper level.
The most affordable package price remains the same from 2024 to 2025 at $510.
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The lower-level seating at Bank of America Stadium will see the most significant impact, but prices have not been disclosed.
While premium tickets, which includes club seats and suites, will increase based on the terms in their contracts.
The Panthers raised their tickets before last season, too, by an average of just over 4 per cent.
The team have not been to the playoffs since the 2017-2018 season - and they've not had a winning season since then, either.
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Naturally, fans are objecting to the ticket increase.
One wrote: "That's an absolute rip off! 😡"
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A second said: "If anything tickets should be discounted to watch that on the field."
A third sarcastically added: "The second richest owner in the NFL cares more about profits than winning. I'm shocked!"
Another replied: How do they have the nerve to raise prices after seven s*** season and no first round pick!"
Another replied: "It's just not worth it anymore".
The Panthers are one of 24 teams that have announced plans to raise prices for at least some of their tickets for the 2025 season.
Additionally, the Panthers said they’re “in the bottom half of pricing increases.”
NFL important dates 2025 season
March 12 - Free Agency begins
April 24-26 - NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin
September 4 - 2025 season opener (TBC vs Eagles)
November 27 - Thanksgiving Day triple header
January 4, 2026 - End of regular-season
February 8, 2026 - Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California
Despite such a miserable run, Tepper has extended star cornerback Jaycee Horn's deal to $25million-per-year.
That made Horn the second-highest paid cornerback in the NFL(behind Derek Stingley) after he made the 2024 Pro Bowl.
So there are signs that the Panthers can improve next season after finishing 10th in the record standings last term.
Tepper has sacked three head coaches - Matt Rhule in 2022, and Frank Reich in 2023 - since their last play-off run seven years ago.
The 2023 team proved so unpopular with fans that ticket prices dropped under a DOLLAR in for the team's win over the visiting Atlanta Falcons in Charlotte.
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However, a big factor in tickets dropping as low as 45 cents that night was the monsoon that swept through Carolina in 2023.
Still, even with that increase, the Panthers averaged 70,612 in tickets distributed in 2024 — 13th in the NFL, according to ESPN.
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