Tickets for the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins game in Frankfurt, Germany, at Deutsche Bank Park went on sale at 5 a.m. CT on Tuesday, June 27 (or noon in Germany), but they didn’t last for long.
Within 15 minutes, tickets sold out for the Week 9 game, which takes place on Sunday, Nov. 5. Fans had to register in advance to even have a chance to buy tickets, but some reported that when they went to log in to purchase tickets on Ticketmaster, they were placed in a queue with over one million people ahead of them just minutes after tickets went on sale.
Tickets for #Chiefs vs #Dolphins in Frankfurt, Germany went on sale at noon local time today. It took just 15 minutes for it to sell out.
Fans received a message showing that more than 1 million people (!!) were ahead of them in the queue.
Wild demand to see the NFL in Germany. pic.twitter.com/daV8nd7f8j
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 27, 2023
Renowned Chiefs fan and Olympic Gold medalist Samantha Quek ran into this problem and shared her story on Twitter.
Last month my fella promised me a weekend in Germany to watch the @Chiefs in Frankfurt…
…only to join the ticketing queue online this morning and find himself with more than 1.4 MILLION people in-front of him 😂 @NFLDeutschland @NFLUK pic.twitter.com/u2G15QRozL
— Sam Quek (@SamanthaQuek) June 27, 2023
The tickets, which cost $82 to $245 retail, have begun to pop up on resale marketplaces. They’re seeing exorbitant price increases that are more in line with the average cost of attending a Chiefs game at resale.
The capacity at Deutsche Bank Park is just 42,200, which already limited the number of tickets out there. The demand for these tickets is sure to be another indicator to the NFL that their expanded slate of international games was the right idea.
