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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SS62032

Admission to sporting events

Prices for admission to sporting events rose 2.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.4% in the month.

12 months+2.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+3.4%seasonally adjusted
Index250.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-20%0%20%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2002503002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026250.4−0.4%+2.4%
July 2026251.3−2.0%+2.1%
June 2026256.5+3.3%+6.2%
May 2026248.3+2.8%+1.3%
April 2026241.5−3.4%−10.0%
March 2026250.0−10.1%−18.2%
February 2026278.1+6.5%−6.9%
January 2026261.2+5.4%−6.3%
December 2025247.8—−7.3%
September 2025253.5+3.7%−6.9%
August 2025244.4−0.7%−0.5%
July 2025246.2+1.9%−1.1%
June 2025241.6−1.5%−2.9%
May 2025245.2−8.6%−1.6%
April 2025268.3−12.2%+9.3%
March 2025305.6+2.3%+25.8%
February 2025298.7+7.2%+12.0%
January 2025278.7+4.3%+6.5%
December 2024267.3+0.5%+1.3%
November 2024266.0−2.7%+4.0%
October 2024273.4+0.4%+6.9%
September 2024272.3+10.9%+10.3%
August 2024245.6−1.3%+7.2%
July 2024248.8+0.0%+8.8%
June 2024248.8−0.2%+15.1%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SS62032 and CUSR0000SS62032). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.