You couldn't be more incorrect.
In Pittsburgh, 96% of all seat are owned by individuals with a waiting list that is 10 of thousands long.
I had season tix for almost 40 years and rarely missed a game. Bought my first set in 1966 at Pitt stadium for my wife and me, and for seven games the total cost was $42 {$21 for each of us, for those in Rio Linda, that was $3/game}.
If the players and goodell continue with the current nonsense there may be loads of empty seats, even though they have been sold.
What’s the cost for a family of four to attend a Steeler’s game? - add to that one food item and one drink for each? - multiply that by the number of home games?? What kind of money are we talking about?
The NY Giants used to have a waiting list for season tickets that had tens of thousands of names on it when they played at Giants Stadium. People would put their names on it in the hopes that their grandchildren might someday become season ticket holders. The waiting list disappeared completely when they moved into the new MetLife Stadium, with many life-long season ticket holders refusing to pay $5,000 to $20,000 for a PSL at the new stadium. The Giants' PSL exchange was even showing an average PSL selling for a loss of about $200 in 2012 -- after they had won the Super Bowl.
I'm sure it varies by stadium. No doubt the likes of Pittsburg or Green Bay have a stadium full of true middle class fans. Not so in Dallas. I couldn't afford to step foot into that place. But they do have LOTS of corporate ticket holders.