This ticket, for section B Row 15, Seat 29, sold for $2.25 in 1932. Adjusted for inflation, that is the equivalent of approximately $49 in 2022 - the 90th Anniversary of the historic game. For comparison, ticket prices for the Lions v. Jaguars game of 4 December 2022, played in Detroit, ranged from $56.00 to $550.00.

Spartan tickets were expensive and cost prohibitive for many local residents. This contributed to poor ticket sales and the team's eventual departure. To what degree ticket costs contributed to the disappointing receipts, however, is difficult to determine. Back in early December 1932, at the time of the Iron Man Game, Portsmouth, like the rest of the United States, found itself in the depths of the Great Depression. National unemployment is estimated to have reached 23.6% and would top out at 24.9% in December of 1933.