The New Orleans Saints have a proud fanbase, but they have a strange way of expressing appreciation for it. Season ticket renewal invoices went out this week, and prices are going up — fresh off the team’s worst record in two decades. On top of that, the Saints will play fewer home games at the Caesars Superdome in 2025 (eight of them) than they did in 2024 (nine). The 17-game schedule has AFC and NFC teams trade off an extra home game each year.
So it’s safe to say Gayle Benson didn’t invest so much money in improving the Superdome out of charity. She’s going to get that back by raising costs for fans to keep their seats.
Depending on the number of tickets and where their seats are located, season ticket holders I’ve spoken with report increases of $28 to $260 per seat for the 2025 season. Those reflect increases of between 5% and 15%. It’s not immediately clear how that compares to other teams around the league, but few franchises are coming off their worst performance in as many years as New Orleans. Before 2024, the last time the Saints won five games or fewer was the Hurricane Katrina-impacted 2005 campaign. The Saints aren’t exactly reading the room here.
But they are running a business. And so long as fans remain devoted and willing to pay those prices, that’s what the ticket office will charge. You just have to wonder where the tipping point lies. If they can’t end this four-year playoff drought soon, it’ll be tough to make sense of rising costs for a subpart product.