Suppose tickets for a regular seat at Super Bowl XXXVII cost just $500 when bought at face value (the cost at the box office).

Suppose tickets for a regular seat at Super Bowl XXXVII cost just $500 when bought at face value (the cost at the box office). Scalpers (people who buy tickets at face value and sell them at higher prices), however, sell tickets for $2,000 or more. The opportunity cost of attending the Super Bowl with a regular ticket is: 

Select the correct answer:

a) None of the other choices is correct. 

b) the monetary price paid to obtain the ticket.

c) $2,000.

d) $1,500 

e) 2,500.