Sporting events price inflation, 2017→2025

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Prices for Sporting Events, 2017-2025 ($100)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for admission to sporting events are 35.13% higher in 2025 versus 2017 (a $35.13 difference in value).

Between 2017 and 2025: Sporting events experienced an average inflation rate of 3.83% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, sporting events costing $100 in the year 2017 would cost $135.13 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.34% during this same period, inflation for sporting events was higher.

In the year 2017: Pricing changed by 2.15%, which is below the average yearly change for sporting events during the 2017-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2017 (2.13%), inflation for sporting events was higher.

Price Inflation for Admission to sporting events since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2025 (14.36%), 2024 (9.69%), and 2023 (8.27%).

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Buying power of $100.00 since 2017

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Sporting events, over time, for $100 beginning in 2017. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2017	$100.00	2.15%
2018	$101.83	1.83%
2019	$103.89	2.02%
2020	$108.36	4.30%
2021	$101.97	-5.89%
2022	$99.49	-2.43%
2023	$107.72	8.27%
2024	$118.16	9.69%
2025	$135.13	14.36%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Admission to sporting events:

Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
CPI	100.000	103.915	110.208	116.677	124.485	129.869	132.262	138.415	147.000	152.477	160.091	168.840	172.918	176.606	176.383	182.174	186.948	192.527	206.268	213.219	217.809	221.803	226.291	236.013	222.100	216.699	234.616	257.355	294.321

Adjust sporting events prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2017 * 2017 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Admission to sporting events was 217.809 in the year 2017 and 294.321 in 2025:

294.321 / 217.809 * $100 = $135.13

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $100 in 2017 has the same "purchasing power" as $135.13 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Admission to sporting events).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Admission to sporting events in 1997. In addition to sporting events, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.