{"id":690301,"date":"2026-01-20T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690301\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T04:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:00:20","slug":"ticketmaster-blocking-patriots-fans-in-new-england-from-buying-afc-championship-tickets-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690301\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticketmaster blocking Patriots fans in New England from buying AFC Championship tickets in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patriots fans looking to make the journey out west for the team\u2019s first AFC Championship Game appearance may have a more difficult time than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Seats for the conference championship showdown at Empower Field at Mile High on Ticketmaster are only being sold to residents of the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota and Western Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>A message on the event page for the game reads that the decision was made due to \u201climited availability\u201d of tickets.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3477d7f83771e6b27b0a0b21f357d518.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If Patriots fans want to make the journey to Mile High, they\u2019ll have to search third-party ticket sellers like StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots will befacing off against Denver\u2019s backup QB and former Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham after Denver\u2019s starting QB Bo Nix fractured his ankle in the game\u2019s closing moments.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Pats traveled to Denver for an AFC Championship game was in 2016\u2014when Peyton Manning and the Broncos beat Brady and the Pats. New England fans are hoping for a different outcome this time around, when the game kicks off at 3 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Boston 25 News has reached out to Ticketmaster for a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE Boston 25 News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch Boston 25 News NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patriots fans looking to make the journey out west for the team\u2019s first AFC Championship Game appearance may&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[423,925,1364,232,12650,231,7,3872,55168,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,16099,91706,8083,16548],"class_list":["post-690301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-afc-championship-game","tag-bo-nix","tag-brady","tag-broncos","tag-conference-championship","tag-denver","tag-football","tag-jarrett-stidham","tag-mile-high","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots","tag-patriots-fans","tag-patriots-quarterback","tag-peyton-manning","tag-ticketmaster"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}