
In a high-stakes Week 18 showdown, the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings will face the 14-2 Detroit Lions on Sunday night. The winner of this critical matchup will secure the NFC’s No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, while the losing team will fall to the No. 5 seed, potentially missing out on hosting any postseason games. With everything on the line, both teams are searching for any advantage they can get. The game will be held at Ford Field in Detroit, although a large contingent of Vikings fans are expected to attend. In preparation, Minnesota revealed on Saturday that they purchased 1,900 secondary-market tickets located behind the visitors’ bench. These tickets, which cost about $1,000 each, will be resold to team affiliates, such as staff, family members, season ticket holders, and business partners, at a discounted rate of $200-300. The Vikings’ total expenditure on these tickets came to just under $2 million. “Given the significance of this game, we wanted to give our stakeholders an opportunity to be there,” the team stated in an announcement.