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Ticket prices to nat'l title game

  • I understand that ticket prices to championship games are going to be higher than face value but it is getting ridiculous when ticket prices go above $1,000 dollars. The avg. fan cannot go to a freaking game because it costs to much. If you have a family of 4 it gets to be expensive when you are looking at spending around at least $4500 to $5000 dollars to get inside the stadium. This does not count what hotel and other travel expenses cost. So you are probably looking at an easy $7000 after that. I understand it is a big game but to take advantage of people like this is crazy. Anyone else get a little frustrated thinking about it?

    d45o4

  • I knew it would be this way with where the game is this year and the proximity of both Alabama fans and LSU fans. Pasadena was much different because it was on the west coast.

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  • I too can't afford to go, but I am also a supporter of capitalism! I'll catch it in a bar in NOLA.

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  • d45o4 said...

    I understand that ticket prices to championship games are going to be higher than face value but it is getting ridiculous when ticket prices go above $1,000 dollars. The avg. fan cannot go to a freaking game because it costs to much. If you have a family of 4 it gets to be expensive when you are looking at spending around at least $4500 to $5000 dollars to get inside the stadium. This does not count what hotel and other travel expenses cost. So you are probably looking at an easy $7000 after that. I understand it is a big game but to take advantage of people like this is crazy. Anyone else get a little frustrated thinking about it?

    This issue has been hashed out so many times on this board. Cliffnotes of those threads: 1) lots of people want to go to the game, 2) there are only 70k seats, 3) the ticket face value is $300, so given the demand and lack of seats it's not unreasonable or out of the ordinary to see a 4-6x mutliplier of face value, and 4) you are not being taken advantage of by any particular person if you pay fair market value for a ticket - you demanding someone to sell you tickets at less than what the market will pay is the exact same thing as you demanding a gift of the difference in price.

    But don't let the logic stop you from being mad at "them" because you can't afford to go. News flash: a lot of people who live very comfortably don't have the cash to go to this game, including myself.

    This post was edited by BSEan on 12/6/2011 at 2:08 AM

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  • The tickets are listed at face value from 300-350, but the reservations ran anywhere from 600-1000. This is where the high prices come from.

    Ivory tusks

  • Ivory tusks said...

    The tickets are listed at face value from 300-350, but the reservations ran anywhere from 600-1000. This is where the high prices come from.

    It depends on how late you waited for reservations. Samp21 and I got our reservations back in February for the Club level sideline at $200 per. So it will be $550 total for each ticket which is fair for a game of this type. And no we are not selling cyclops

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  • It is the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! Of course the ticket price is high. If you can't go without worrying about the price then you probably shouldn't go anyway. And I am not some rich snob, I will be watching it on tv from my home. I just get tired of the constant bitching about ticket prices.

    CrimsonPride931

  • Makarov42 said...

    It depends on how late you waited for reservations. Samp21 and I got our reservations back in February for the Club level sideline at $200 per. So it will be $550 total for each ticket which is fair for a game of this type. And no we are not selling

    So if the team you select doesn't make it...do you lose your "deposit" or is that refunded?

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  • Actually there's some self righteous misinformation in this thread. Yes, there is a lot of demand for the thickets due to the proximity of the two teams.

    But the ABSOLUTE OVERWHELMING reason why ticket prices for the title game are through the roof is because the allotment to the universities after media, sponsors, friends of the program is microscopic.

    It's sad. But like everything else in college football, money sets the rules.

    I think the schools last year both got fewer than 10k tickets each. You guys can get on your high horse about "fair market" value you and "capitalism." But at the end of the day, the fair market value is exponentially affected because of the fact that those assholes have decided to give the actual fans so few tickets.

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  • jebtide02 said...

    So if the team you select doesn't make it...do you lose your "deposit" or is that refunded?

    No, you lose it. that is why i try to get in on it as soon as it opens when they do this becuase if Bama goes undefeated, it is about as low as they get. That, and you have to objectivley look at the team each year and ask yourself, does this team have what it takes to get there? that is another good mental tool to use to make up your mind as to if you want to put the money down. theer were also different tiers of tickets to get reservations for.

    At the time the club Level seats were $200 per reservation
    Lower level was $125 per reservation
    and upper level was $75 per reservation

    so if you wanted to gamble the least for say 4, it would have been $300 for upper reservations, then 1200 for tickets in upper if your team goes for a total of $1500 instead of the $4000 that you have to pay on Stubhub for 4 tickets.

    I also know a couple of guys that buy an extra reservation or two so that they can sell them to pay for the rest of the trip.

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  • I never said anywhere in my post that I cannot afford the tickets. I will be there. I just think these ticket prices are getting a little high.

    d45o4

  • I don't have a family of 4. All I need is two tix.

    d45o4

  • That is why I did the team ticket reservation last February...yes, last February. Everyone had the opportunity to reserve tickets at face value. I picked up two more reservations in June to fund my trip down.

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  • This has little to do with teams or placement. I looked into going to Pasadena when we played Texas with my wife since we live on the West Coast. $1200 a ticket. Although I agree with you that the price is outrageous, it is no different this year than any other in recent memory.

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