Supporting an NFL team takes more than time on Sundays. Fans spend money on tickets and travel, and they trust the franchise to give them something worth following.
That commitment becomes harder to defend when the losses keep piling up. A rebuilding team like the Miami Dolphins can ask for patience, but that patience has limits.
Dolphins Raise Ticket Prices After 0-5 Start
The Dolphins are raising all season-ticket prices for the 2027 season after opening their 2026 campaign with five straight losses. Most tickets will rise by 3%, while some shaded seats along the home sideline will see larger increases, according to reports on the renewal notices sent to members.
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reported on X that the Dolphins kept prices unchanged or lowered them for the 2026 season, then raised them across the board for 2027. The reason is an additional regular-season home game next year.
The Dolphins, who lowered or kept prices the same for all season tickets this season, are raising all season ticket prices for next season, to account for an extra regular season home game in 2027. (Total number of home games remains 10, including preseason, but 9 will be regular season next year). Price increase is 3 % for most. A couple sections in shade on home sideline rose a bit more than 3%. Renewals went out today.
— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) October 21, 2026
The total remains 10 home games, including preseason. The package will include nine regular-season games and one preseason game instead of eight regular-season games and two preseason games.
That scheduling change gives Miami a clear reason to charge more. A regular-season game generally carries more value than a preseason contest, so the increase does not mean fans are paying more for an identical package.
Still, the timing is difficult for a team that has yet to win a game and is already working through a major roster rebuild.
Dolphins Fans Face Higher Costs While Results Remain Poor
The impact will be greater for some season-ticket holders than the 3% figure suggests. Dan Muchnick, a ticket holder since the franchise’s inaugural 1966 season, saw the price of each shaded seat in Section 144 climb from $3,430 to $3,795.
That is a $365 increase per seat, or about 10.6%, according to reporting by The Miami Herald.
Attendance gives the Dolphins another reason to pay attention to the value fans receive. Miami averaged 58,719 spectators across its first two home games, ranking 31st in the NFL at the time of the report.
The team averaged 65,687 across eight home games at Hard Rock Stadium in 2025, before its ninth home game was played in Madrid.
There is a reasonable argument for adjusting prices when the season-ticket package includes another regular-season game. Miami also held or reduced prices for the current season, rather than raising them immediately after the previous campaign.
It is not completely true that the team is raising prices without giving fans anything back. Still, the Dolphins are asking fans for more money even though they have not won any games yet and the team is still struggling to get better.
An extra game increases the price. But fans are mad about how the team plays. Miami needs to show that the games are worth the money. If the team plays better, the price hike will make more sense.
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