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Crimsonbleeder "If Trent doesn't go pro this year I will eat my car tires"

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*** Fwiw ... Better plan on driving if you don't have a flight yet . They are gone .. Pretty
much the same with hotels .

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PhilBlake said...

I spent the better part of the last couple of days with folks at our ticket office and
Sun Life stadium . Ticket prices will start to rise significantly in the next two weeks
in my opinion . This is what I found out ..

The majority of both teams seats were upper decks . This is why you see all of the
" 400 " level tickets for sale on the bama side . The same holds true for ND .

Bama pretty much received tickets from Section 113 to the end zone. .. ND received sections
127 to the other end zone . This is not exact , but it is pretty damn close . There is very little availability in either the " true bama or nd " section . Ninety percent of all the seats available are in " blended sections ". Discovery held a lot . They saved some for public sale . A lot
of South Florida residents , every NCAA school is allocated a certain amount . I am basing
this directly off of stub hub . Bama - ND sections . Very little supply . Blended sections is
where all of the avialability is coming from .

As in most every stadium , lower is better than higher . I was offered some tickets on Row 1.
Fearing not being able to see I called sun life stadium and they guaranteed me via email
that not one low seat would be obstructed . I didn't believe them until I got the email . I was
really a little shocked .

The lower , better quality seats have held up price wise quite nicely . Section 113 for
example still does not any seats available for less than 2k ... In fact , as of this writing ,
there are only eight seats available on stub hub . This is good because it tells me the
better bama seats are being used and not sold .. The same holds true for nd .. The
upper deck seats have pretty much found a home in the $1300 range .

I then called AAATIX , the largest ticket brokers in Alabama and this was their exact words
to me . " It is just a matter of math . When bama was in the rose bowl , there were 113,000
seats available . We could walk up at kick off and buy tickets for a hundred bucks each .

The super dome only held about 75,000 fans .. Tickets were $1500 at kick off . In Arizona ,
another 75,000 seat stadium , Oregon traveled well due to the short distance . You couldn't buy tickets at any price .." *** I looked at the al.com archives and this was absolutely true .

Now . Sun Life stadium holds about 75,000 also .. I think if you were one of the lucky ones
that bought good seats during the initial drop, you made a wise move. More power to you . In a week I think you will see those $1200 tickets become 2k tickets and I think the prime seats will see close to 4k . I don't think you will be able to even buy a seat outside the stadium . This is perhaps the biggest football game in my life time . I am 57 .

If you want my unsolicited advice , I would go ahead and pick up any bargains you can get ,
because numbers don't lie .. Same size stadiums . 75,000 ... Order request for over 100k
seats from each team . I would get any bargains you can get Now , because I don't see any
way for prices to do anything go but up substantially from here ..

You have to simply ask yourself and use common sense . Is the game bigger than Bama -
LSU ? Is it bigger than AU - Oregon ? Numbers just don't lie .

Just my opinion . ** Full disclosure . I got my 8 tide pride seats and purchased six more from
a ticket broker . I need to get about thirty total for friends , family , customers , etc .. I am
both Buying , Selling , Bartering as I do every year . If you see one of my ad's I didn't want
someome to think I was saying one thing and doing another ... RTR

*** Fwiw ... Better plan on driving if you don't have a flight yet . They are gone .. Pretty
much the same with hotels .

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PhilBlake said...

I spent the better part of the last couple of days with folks at our ticket office and Sun Life stadium . Ticket prices will start to rise significantly in the next two weeks in my opinion . This is what I found out ..

The majority of both teams seats were upper decks . This is why you see all of the " 400 " level tickets for sale on the bama side . The same holds true for ND .

Bama pretty much received tickets from Section 113 to the end zone. .. ND received sections 127 to the other end zone . This is not exact , but it is pretty damn close . There is very little availability in either the " true bama or nd " section . Ninety percent of all the seats available are in " blended sections ". Discovery held a lot . They saved some for public sale . A lot of South Florida residents , every NCAA school is allocated a certain amount . I am basing this directly off of stub hub . Bama - ND sections . Very little supply . Blended sections is where all of the avialability is coming from .

As in most every stadium , lower is better than higher . I was offered some tickets on Row 1. Fearing not being able to see I called sun life stadium and they guaranteed me via email that not one low seat would be obstructed . I didn't believe them until I got the email . I was really a little shocked .

The lower , better quality seats have held up price wise quite nicely . Section 113 for example still does not any seats available for less than 2k ... In fact , as of this writing , there are only eight seats available on stub hub . This is good because it tells me the better bama seats are being used and not sold .. The same holds true for nd .. The upper deck seats have pretty much found a home in the $1300 range .

I then called AAATIX , the largest ticket brokers in Alabama and this was their exact words to me . " It is just a matter of math . When bama was in the rose bowl , there were 113,000 seats available . We could walk up at kick off and buy tickets for a hundred bucks each .

The super dome only held about 75,000 fans .. Tickets were $1500 at kick off . In Arizona , another 75,000 seat stadium , Oregon traveled well due to the short distance . You couldn't buy tickets at any price .." *** I looked at the al.com archives and this was absolutely true .

Now . Sun Life stadium holds about 75,000 also .. I think if you were one of the lucky ones that bought good seats during the initial drop, you made a wise move. More power to you . In a week I think you will see those $1200 tickets become 2k tickets and I think the prime seats will see close to 4k . I don't think you will be able to even buy a seat outside the stadium . This is perhaps the biggest football game in my life time . I am 57 .

If you want my unsolicited advice , I would go ahead and pick up any bargains you can get , because numbers don't lie .. Same size stadiums . 75,000 ... Order request for over 100k seats from each team . I would get any bargains you can get Now , because I don't see any way for prices to do anything go but up substantially from here ..

You have to simply ask yourself and use common sense . Is the game bigger than Bama - LSU ? Is it bigger than AU - Oregon ? Numbers just don't lie .

Just my opinion . ** Full disclosure . I got my 8 tide pride seats and purchased six more from a ticket broker . I need to get about thirty total for friends , family , customers , etc .. I am both Buying , Selling , Bartering as I do every year . If you see one of my ad's I didn't want someome to think I was saying one thing and doing another ... RTR

*** Fwiw ... Better plan on driving if you don't have a flight yet . They are gone .. Pretty much the same with hotels .

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DEHIII said...

My experience which is less then yours says that prices will drop a little between now and January 1. Then the amount of tickets will drop and prices will spike

If I were going i would look to buy now and not post 1/1/13.

And yes I know compared to last year you had 2 fan bases that could drive to the game.

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