{"id":69524,"date":"2025-08-15T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/69524\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:00:13","slug":"tickets-to-the-afl-grand-final-to-cost-more-than-before-after-price-freeze-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/69524\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickets to the AFL Grand Final to cost more than before after price-freeze ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/afl\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"AFL\">AFL<\/a> fans will have to pay at least $10 more for a ticket to this year&#8217;s Grand Final, \ufeffafter the AFL announced it was breaking a six-year price freeze.<\/p>\n<p>The cheapest reserved seat at this year&#8217;s grand final will set fans back $195 each.<\/p>\n<p>Entry-level ticket prices will remain frozen for matches in the first three weeks of the Finals Series, but all other categories will incur an average four per cent increase.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/415d7f30-cdb9-4bf8-bef7-aef2fc98cdcf.png\"   alt=\"About 35,000 tickets will be split evenly between club members of the two teams that make the Grand Final.\"\/>About 35,000 tickets will be split evenly between club members of the two teams that make the Grand Final. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>Fans can purchase entry-level tickets for $25 in weeks one and two \ufeffof the finals and $65 for the third week of finals.<\/p>\n<p>AFL Executive General Manager of Customer and Commercial Bec Haagsma said the pricing restructure was arranged &#8220;to combat rising costs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We remain committed to keeping the finals ticket prices as an affordable option in recognition of the members and fans who support their clubs in record numbers,&#8221; Haagsma said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/65a28c79-a6b2-4611-84fd-76b8dea58a13.png\"   alt=\"Some 75,000 tickets to the sell-out sporting event will be split between AFL members, MCC members and club members of the two competing teams.\"\/>Some 75,000 tickets to the sell-out sporting event will be split between AFL members, MCC members and club members of the two competing teams. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A 10-year price freeze on weeks one to three continues to be unrivalled in Australian sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The most expensive Toyota AFL Grand Final ticket in 2025 will be $515, compared to $493 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Some 75,000 tickets to the sell-out sporting event will be split between AFL members, MCC members and club members of the two competing teams.<\/p>\n<p>About 35,000 of those tickets will be split evenly between club members of the two teams that make the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/0e0ef236-fb4d-40a8-be88-fc692a9460c4.jpeg\"   alt=\"MCG\"\/>The 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final will be held at the MCG on Saturday, 27 September at 2.30pm. (AFL Photos via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The remaining tickets will be allocated to MCC, AFL and Medallion Club members, as well as corporate and club stakeholders, broadcast partners and premium hospitality experiences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Toyota AFL Grand Final is among the biggest and best sporting events in the world, and the reality is we could sell out the 100,000-seat MCG four times over,&#8221; Haagsma said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When tickets are released in September, our priority will be the members of the two competing clubs, who will continue to receive the largest share of available tickets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final will be held at the MCG on Saturday, 27 September at 2.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFL fans will have to pay at least $10 more for a ticket to this year&#8217;s Grand Final,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-69524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}