HOUSTON — Looking for a ticket to the Super Bowl 51? Don’t buy it now if you want to get the best price.

The average price is already down 9 percent from last year’s game, according to ticket reseller StubHub. And it’s expected to drop more in the days leading to the game.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the average ticket price drops another $500-600 as the week goes,” said Glenn Lehrman, StubHub’s global head of communications.

The average price for a ticket at StubHub on Friday was $4,945 with the cheapest ticket going for $2,499 and the most expensive one sold going for $15,432.

Prices at Vivid Seats, another ticket reseller, were similar with an average price of $4,510 and the least expensive ticket going for $2,795. TicketCity had an average price of $4,375.

When tickets first hit the market they were much more expensive because many thought the Dallas Cowboys would be playing.

Things changed quickly when they were eliminated by the Green Bay Packers, dropping prices by close to a third.

Fans in Texas have bought 38 percent of the tickets at StubHub, and not surprisingly, fans from Georgia (14 percent) and Massachusetts (13 percent) are second and third.

DEVONTA FREEMAN and Malcolm Butler are opening competition before they even meet in the Super Bowl. The Falcons’ 1,000-yard running back and Patriots’ cornerback whose interception clinched the 2015 Super Bowl victory are trying to outdo each other in a custom cleat faceoff.

After fans design the cleats, the players will choose their favorite and cleat artist Marcus Rivero will create the look. Each player will wear his special footwear in the warmup for the Super Bowl.

RAIDERS: The team proposes to pay $1 a year in rent to play at a $1.9 billion domed stadium if it goes to Las Vegas.

Officials on both sides characterized a lease and use agreement presented to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority as a starting point for negotiations with the public entity that will own the facility.

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