{
  "id": 12133198,
  "title": "Ticket prices are making sports fans surly this midterm season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/ticket-prices-are-making-sports-fans-surly-this-midterm-season",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/newsletters/keeping-score/6126651-ticket-prices-are-making-sports-fans-surly-this-midterm-season/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The sports world is getting hit by the affordability crisis, as fans find it increasingly costly to attend games or to even watch them on television. A confluence of factors is pricing many Americans out of the market, economists and sports business experts say. Inflation has made it harder to afford nonessential items and services,...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}