NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The NFL season has reached its conference championship round, and ticket prices have fallen considerably for both games in comparison with last year's AFC and NFC showdowns. All four remaining teams have been Super Bowl participants during the last five seasons, which may have influenced prices in the secondary ticket market this year. The New England Patriots are set to host the Indianapolis Colts at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., in the AFC title game, the fourth consecutive year the Patriots have played this far into January, though the team hasn't won a Super Bowl during that period. Must Read: 10 IPOs for 2015 -- Because Silicon Valley Needs More Billionaires The average price for AFC Championship Game tickets on TiqIQ is $413.12, which is the least expensive price the game has seen during the last five seasons and 44.1% cheaper than last year's average of $740.13 in the game between the Patriots and Broncos in Denver. Since 2010, the AFC title game has owned an average price above the $500 plateau on the secondary market. The prices for Sunday's game start at $191. Tickets will be more expensive for NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle earlier in the afternoon, but they are much cheaper than 2014's battle between the Seahawks and 49ers. NFC Championship Game tickets now average at $624.84, which is 51.2% higher than the AFC game but 21% below last season's NFC Championship Game average of $791.40. Fans still searching for tickets will find Sunday's cheapest seat listed at $267. Although secondary prices have dropped for both games since last year, prices for Super Bowl tickets on TiqIQ have risen substantially. 2014's matchup between the Seahawks and Broncos had an average price of $3,375.88 on the secondary market. Two weeks from this year's game in Glendale, Ariz., the average secondary price is $4,072, a 20.6% jump from last year's Super Bowl. Must Read: 5 Cities That Don't Need the NFL It's not certain whether this year will be New England quarterback Tom Brady's final shot at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. As he enters the twilight of his career, the 37-year-old has chased his elusive fourth ring for 10 years now, coming up just shy in 2007 and 2012. He'll need to take down Andrew Luck and the Colts at home first before he books his ticket to Arizona. The Colts eliminated Peyton Manning and the Broncos in Denver last week, proving Luck's worth on the road. A strong secondary led by Darrelle Revis has odds favoring the Patriots in Sunday's showdown. Out west, quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers will battle to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Rodgers will hobble into the title game, hoping to lead his Packers past a surging Seahawks team that's won its last six games. Rodgers injured his calf during the last game of the regular season. On the other side of the ball, the Legion of Boom -- the nickname for the Seahawks' secondary -- looks to make a second consecutive trip to the Super Bowl. Sunday's NFC matchup has every chance to be a modern classic if Rodgers can hold up over four quarters. Must Read: Investing Lessons From the NFL
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