The Cheapest NFL Away Game Cities in 2026: All-In Trip Cost for All 32 Markets
Cleveland is the cheapest NFL away trip at about $456; Philadelphia tops out near $1,102. All 32 cities ranked by ticket plus two hotel nights.
A Cleveland away weekend costs about $456. A Philadelphia away weekend costs $1,102. That $646 gap has almost nothing to do with the quality of the game and almost everything to do with where you sleep.
We combined our 2026 NFL ticket price estimates with hotel median pricing for all 32 markets to build a single derived cost for every NFL city: average ticket plus two nights of lodging. The pattern is not geographic, and it is not really about cheap tickets either. It is about which cities pair a low ticket with a hotel market that has not run away from it. The league's three cheapest tickets belong to the Jets, the Browns, and the Titans. Two of those trips top the value list. The third is one of the most expensive weekends in football.
The full 32-city cost ranking: ticket price plus two hotel nights, sorted cheapest to most expensive
The formula: estimated average ticket plus two times the median nightly hotel rate for each market. Every team's home city is ranked on that number.
| Rank | City | Team | Avg Ticket | Hotel/Night | Derived Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland | Browns | $166 | $145 | $456 |
| 2 | Jacksonville | Jaguars | $238 | $126 | $490 |
| 3 | Phoenix | Cardinals | $256 | $150 | $556 |
| 4 | Atlanta | Falcons | $256 | $156 | $568 |
| 5 | Tennessee | Titans | $199 | $190 | $579 |
| 6 | New Orleans | Saints | $217 | $182 | $581 |
| 7 | Indianapolis | Colts | $262 | $165 | $592 |
| 8 | Houston | Texans | $328 | $150 | $628 |
| 9 | Dallas | Cowboys | $340 | $150 | $640 |
| 10 | Miami | Dolphins | $262 | $189 | $640 |
| 11 | Charlotte | Panthers | $283 | $179 | $641 |
| 12 | Tampa | Buccaneers | $291 | $176 | $643 |
| 13 | Green Bay | Packers | $401 | $127 | $655 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | Bengals | $333 | $164 | $661 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | Steelers | $386 | $150 | $686 |
| 16 | Washington | Commanders | $320 | $197 | $714 |
| 17 | Buffalo | Bills | $421 | $155 | $731 |
| 18 | Las Vegas | Raiders | $478 | $135 | $748 |
| 19 | Denver | Broncos | $399 | $185 | $769 |
| 20 | Baltimore | Ravens | $294 | $242 | $778 |
| 21 | Los Angeles | Chargers | $206 | $287 | $780 |
| 22 | Seattle | Seahawks | $333 | $225 | $783 |
| 23 | San Francisco | 49ers | $303 | $249 | $801 |
| 24 | Minnesota | Vikings | $367 | $237 | $841 |
| 25 | Los Angeles | Rams | $284 | $287 | $858 |
| 26 | Kansas City | Chiefs | $422 | $244 | $910 |
| 27 | New York | Jets | $127 | $396 | $919 |
| 28 | Chicago | Bears | $472 | $275 | $1,022 |
| 29 | Detroit | Lions | $500 | $276 | $1,052 |
| 30 | New York | Giants | $272 | $396 | $1,064 |
| 31 | New England | Patriots | $340 | $367 | $1,074 |
| 32 | Philadelphia | Eagles | $530 | $286 | $1,102 |
The five best-value cities: cheap tickets that meet a reasonable hotel
Cleveland, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Atlanta, and Tennessee sit at the top because both cost inputs point the same direction at once. Most cities get one or the other. These five get both.
Cleveland is the floor. Browns tickets average $166, the second-cheapest in the league, and Cleveland's hotel market is one of the more affordable in the NFL at roughly $145 per night. Two nights runs $290, and the whole weekend lands around $456. That is less than the average ticket alone in more than a dozen NFL cities.
Jacksonville is right behind. Jaguars tickets average $238 and Jacksonville hotels median $126 per night, the lowest figure of any NFL market. At $490 derived, this is the obvious pick for any fan whose team travels to Florida.
Phoenix and Atlanta round out the value tier through cheap-ish tickets paired with mid-tier hotels. Cardinals tickets ($256) and Falcons tickets ($256) are both in the lower third of the league on price, and their hotel markets sit near $150 per night. Both weekends come in under $570.
Tennessee earns the fifth slot the same way Cleveland earns the first: a genuinely cheap ticket. Titans tickets average $199, third-cheapest in the league, and while Nashville hotels run higher than Cleveland's at roughly $190 per night, the cheap ticket keeps the trip at about $579. Nashville is a more expensive hotel market than its NFL peers, but not nearly expensive enough to undo a sub-$200 ticket.
The cheap-ticket trap: why the Jets' $127 ticket still costs you $919
The New York Jets have the cheapest average ticket in the NFL. A Jets away weekend is the 27th most expensive trip in the league. Same cheap-ticket tier as Cleveland and Tennessee, opposite result.
| City | Team | Avg Ticket | Hotel/Night | Derived Total | Ticket Rank | Trip Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | Browns | $166 | $145 | $456 | 2nd cheapest | 1st cheapest |
| Tennessee | Titans | $199 | $190 | $579 | 3rd cheapest | 5th cheapest |
| New York | Jets | $127 | $396 | $919 | Cheapest | 27th cheapest |
New York hotels median $396 per night. Two nights of lodging runs $792 before a single ticket is purchased. The cheapest ticket in the league cannot offset a hotel market that costs more per night than an entire Browns weekend. The Browns and the Titans share the Jets' bargain-ticket tier and still finish near the top of the value list, because their hotel markets never left earth. New York's did.
The decision rule this produces: before you book based on what tickets cost, check what two nights of hotels costs. That number will move your derived total more than the ticket price in more than half of the 32 markets.
How hotel costs swing the ranking by $270 a night
Jacksonville at $126 per night and New York at $396 per night represent a $270 nightly gap. Over two nights, that is $540 in additional cost before team or ticket enters the equation. That single variable explains most of the distance between the top and bottom of this ranking.
The $270 spread between the cheapest and most expensive NFL hotel markets produces more trip-cost difference than any other single variable in this ranking. It rivals the $403 spread between the cheapest and most expensive average ticket.
Every city in the top 10 by derived total has a hotel median under $200 per night. The bottom of the table is dominated by $250-plus hotel markets, with one exception: Philadelphia's Eagles charge $530 for the average ticket and still carry $286 hotels, which is how a trip ends up at $1,102 on ticket price alone.
Green Bay shows the lever working in the other direction. Packers tickets are expensive at $401, which on a ticket-only list drops the city near the bottom of the affordable tier. But Green Bay hotels median $127 per night, the second-lowest figure for any NFL market after Jacksonville. The weekend total is $655, good for 13th in the league. The hotel saves a trip that the ticket price would have written off.
Las Vegas inverts the same math. Raiders tickets at $478 are fifth-most expensive in the league. Vegas hotels at $135 per night are among the cheapest large-market rates in the country. The $748 derived total ranks Las Vegas 18th (expensive, but not where a $478 ticket would normally send it).
The hotel rate is not a secondary consideration. It is the primary sort key for roughly half the league.
Where these numbers come from and when they were last updated
Ticket prices are SportCation's 2026 NFL estimates based on 2024-2025 team averages from The Action Network, Ticketmaster, and Statista, adjusted forward by 3%. These are estimates, labeled as such (not live secondary-market listings or face-value guarantees). Hotel figures are median nightly rates for each market and are estimates, not booking quotes; actual game-weekend rates vary with demand. The derived total formula is: average ticket plus (hotel median multiplied by 2 nights). Flight costs are not included; that variable is trip-specific.
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