The New Orleans Saints are raising ticket prices for the first time in two years, ranging from $3 to $65 per game, depending on the seat location, Michael Stanfield, vice president of ticket and suite sales for the team confirmed on Friday.

About half the seats in the Superdome increased by $5 or less, and two-thirds of the stadium went up by $10 or less. But there were some hefty increases in club-level seating and the loge corner section.

Season ticket packages -- which go out next week -- will have one less ticket this year because the Oct. 26 home game against the San Diego Chargers has been moved to London.

The nine-ticket package includes two preseason and seven regular-season home games.

Tickets won't be available to the general public anytime soon. The season-ticket waiting list is up to about 35,000 people, Saints officials said.

Saints ticket prices are still slightly below the NFL average, and the cheapest seats, at $18 per game, are among the lowest in the league, Stanfield said.

Neither the Saints nor the NFL release their average ticket price. But according to figures from other teams and various independent sources, the league average was somewhere between $67 and $72 per ticket last year.

The Saints had the fifth-lowest average ticket price in the NFL last year at $56.42, according to the Houston Texans' Web site. The Saints don't release information on the number of tickets available in each pricing section, so it's impossible to determine the exact average ticket price.

The Saints restructured their pricing scale when the Superdome reopened two years ago, creating 18 different pricing zones.

The $18 seats are in the upper terrace end zone. The most expensive seat is $240 per game in the club level between the 20-yard lines.

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