Sports writing (EFE).- The owner of the New York Jets, Woody Johnson, affirmed this Tuesday that with the hiring of the ‘quarterback’ Aaron Rodgers the ticket sales campaign to see his team in the NFL season, the professional football league has seen an astonishing 400 percent increase.
“The team office season ticket campaign has gone crazy in recent days,” said the executive through a video in which he reported that ticket sales grew 400 percent compared to last season.
Aaron Rodgers, who spent 18 years with the Green Bay Packers, signed to lead the Jets’ offense in late April after extensive speculation about whether he would retire from the NFL, stay with the Packers or switch teams.
Ticket sales for Jets games in 2023 have skyrocketed 250 percent since Rodgers announced his intention to play in New York on March 15 of this year, and hit 400 percent after March 24. April in which the signing of the 39-year-old veteran was finalized.
The New York Jets play at MetLife Stadium, located in the Meadowlands suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey, a stadium with a capacity of 82,500 spectators.
Excitement for Rodgers splashes into Jets articles
The commercial impact caused by the arrival of the champion, with the Packers, of Super Bowl XLV, also reached the commercialization of Jets articles.
According to the report, sales through the team’s website increased by more than $1.2 million in the first 49 hours after the announcement of the arrival of the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player of the Season (MVP) and He projects that they will reach three million dollars in the next few days.
With the arrival of the future Hall of Famer, the Jets could go on to occupy prime television times up to six times during the weekend games of the 2023 campaign, a significant increase compared to last season; in which they only appeared in one.
The signing of Rodgers has caused television networks to have the New York team as a priority for their television commercials.
Unlike recurring offseason absences in his final years with the Packers, Aaron Rodgers showed up Monday for the start of voluntary workouts with his new team.