Alabama vs. LSU is the Hottest Ticket in College Football
by kleph on Oct 18, 2011 3:40 PM CDT
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The Alabama vs. LSU tilt on Nov. 5 is currently the hottest ticket of the 2011 football season. According to FanSnap, a search engine that collects data from various online ticket resale websites, the average price for the game in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Nov. 5 is now $694. That's up from $675 earlier this week and about $425 at the end of September. All for a ticket that has a $70 face value.
Last year's LSU vs Bama contest in Baton Rouge had an average price of $385.
The next hottest ticket for 2011 is, unsurprisingly, the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State tilt on Dec. 3. FanSnap says the average price for the game in Stillwater is currently $629. Obviously the ticket prices for both of these games are expected to increase as kickoff gets closer.
Michael Janes, the CEO of FanSnap, told Roll Bama Roll the demand for tickets this season is unusually high.
"It is not typical to see six college football games in a season with $400+ average ticket market prices," he said.
After the jump, you'll find the list of the Top 20 average ticket resale prices for college football games this season through Oct. 17 as tallied by FanSnap.
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i would pity those who bought tickets for ND vs MI
but they got a pretty good show. worth $475? maybe for the die-hard fans.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. - George S. Patton
Right now I have a single ticket for sale for
$900. Don’ t hate on me. It is just the free market at work.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
I'll sell one for $1500.
Note: I don’t actually have a ticket, but I figure $1500 is enough to get one and re-sell it. *Excludes dealer fees and optional equipment.
God bless our Dark Lord.
If you managed to sell your non-existent ticket i'd sell you mine for $900
that should make up for mark ups!
by RollTideYall on Oct 20, 2011 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions
How much I paid for any given ticket depends on how you value blood, sweat, and tears.
I’d say I overpay for the Kent States, GA Southerns, and the likes, but probably made out like a bandit on a lot of other games (BCSNCG comes to mind).
Dave Robertson is growing up to be the new Mariano Rivera. My two universes of fandom can finally unite!
by SoGladILeftTheACC on Oct 18, 2011 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
And you get the spiffy duds to wear to the game.
And you’re the only ones they allow into BDS with an artificial noise maker! (Note that this perk is not relevant when visiting Starkville.)
God bless our Dark Lord.
I actually paid the least in years for that game, but I have connections with gators.
We pay through the nose for games in t-town since dad gave up our season tickets. (STILL ANGRY AT HIM!)
by ApothecaryMark on Oct 18, 2011 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
It's going to be a pricey one.
What is the deal with student tickets these days? Do they have the ability to convert them to regular seats for a fee and sell them, like back in the later 90’s early 2000’s?
after a little google
the answer is yes, they can convert tickets to guest ticket for $80.
http://www.rolltide.com/tickets/m-footbl-student-tickets.html
I’m guessing the value of a GA seat to the student section would be worth about $400-$500. Turning down, $300-$400 would be tough for a lot of students, even if it is the biggest home game ever.
Yes.
Except now you accumulate points, which works against you in the future. Since the tickets are electronic, they now know if you’re a no show or if you transfer it to someone or if you convert it and points accumulation can negatively impact your ability to buy tickets in the future.
...which is why we keep ending up with a couple thousand empty seats in the student section for every home game.
@$%&!!! The University needs to fix that.
God bless our Dark Lord.
The problem of people swiping their cards and then leaving so that the university wouldn't penalize them
for not showing up to games? I don’t remember ever seeing large sections of mostly empty seats in the student section until the last couple of games. With paper tickets, the students would just re-sell them.
I guess the University found a way to reduce student demand (and thus reduce the size of the required student section and widen the distribution of students who actually had access to tickets) by making the re-sell of tickets more difficult (by penalizing those that re-sell too many tickets). I just don’t think having 2000+ empty seats for each home game has been a good trade-off for those goals.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Yeah, the top part has been noticably empty. I'd say if that continues this year,
then give them to Tide Pride or the Alumni who will actually sit there.
Of course, I can’t fathom stupid kids who won’t go to an Alabama game. They should have their head examined.
The only games I skipped in college were the 3rd tier games in Legion Field. I HATED Birmingham games.
But for kids who live in T-Town, there’s no damn excuse.
by Durdens Wrath on Oct 19, 2011 7:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Ah, I was making sure the frat seats weren't in the upper deck.
by Durdens Wrath on Oct 19, 2011 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions
No.
I think the frat girls have their seats in the end zone. They are usually empty at halftime. Pathetic.
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I've been...
…to Kent State, North Texas, and Vandy games this year, and those seats only emptied at one of those games, so I’m not sure what you mean by “usually” here.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Oct 19, 2011 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
They were pretty full in the first half vs Vandy,
but about half empty by the start of the fourth quarter. I thought they did OK, but not great. Not exactly performing to a standard, but not terrible.
God bless our Dark Lord.
In fairness
I don’t go to every game (can’t afford it) so maybe they keep it packed for every game that I’m not there, so I will correct myself. I apparently made a broad assumption based on my observations. My apologies.
Sooo…… At every game that I have attended, the frat section in the end zone is usually empty right after half time.
Sorry for the confusion.
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No sweat...
…and I’m not trying to rush to their defense…just stating what I’ve witnessed this year.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Oct 19, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
That's good actually
Maybe someone has gotten into them about leaving early. I hope so. Otherwise, they are gonna (hopefully) look back one day at their college years and wonder why they don’t remember much about the championship years when they attended.
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I'd have given BOTH my arms
for championship seasons when I was a student…
instead I got the very end of Stallings (which I loved) and then Dubose & Fran….
by RollTideYall on Oct 20, 2011 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions
So then you were there for the '99 championship.
We never won a championship in my time there. And I was there for 5 years. :(
God bless our Dark Lord.
Actually
I had moved to So FL by then… so I got to rub it in my UF friends’ faces that we beat them twice that year :)
by RollTideYall on Oct 20, 2011 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions
In that case you may have seen me driving around West Palm
with my Bama flag flying the week after the SEC CG. :)
God bless our Dark Lord.
You probably saw me then too
Lake Worth had never seen such a crazy Bama fan as I was that week
by RollTideYall on Oct 20, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Same here.
I was here for the
13 men on the field for Arky, and then the wondering in the desert years.
by Durdens Wrath on Oct 20, 2011 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
We did a lot of wondering in the desert...
and we also wandered ;-)
by RollTideYall on Oct 20, 2011 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Find your way back!
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Oct 20, 2011 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I can feel your pain…
I entered UA in 2002, Fran’s last year. We were on probation, lost to the boogs “somehow.”
(Side note on 2002 Iron Bowl)
I was fortunate in where I lived, there were a few players living in adjacent apartments. You may find it hard to believe but I remember an O-lineman talking about how they were running plays that hadn’t been practiced in weeks and the gameplan was screwy. He convinced me that Fran “threw” the game in a sense. Could be sour grapes but it was convincing and believable considering he had already committed to A&M.
Then I get Shula, and God bless him, I wanted him to be the guy more than anyone, but GOOD LORD!!, when your girlfriend is questioning his play calling…you’re in trouble.
Being on the Tommy Boy College Plan, I was able to be around for the Dark Lord’s first year in 2007.
All in all, I was there 6 years and I’m not sure there has been a worse 6 year stretch in Bama football history. Never “didn’t lose” to Auburn, but did beat UT a couple times though.
I think te students, kinda like the rest of us sometimes are SPOILED!! I would have killed to be this solid while I was in school. My dad and grandfather each experienced 2 NCs while in school. My great grandfather used to watch them play on the quad. Me, I got Shula aka Danny Tanner from Full House.
by callmedeaconblues on Oct 26, 2011 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
It was much worse...
…from 1953 to 1958, when the Tide went 6-3-3, 4-5-2, 0-10, 2-7-1, 2-7-1, and 5-4-1. FWIW, we did beat Auburn that first season. And, just like the six-year span you mentioned, the period ended with the hiring of the best coach in the country, so both have that going for them.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Oct 29, 2011 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions
It's gotten better.
They’ve started staying a lot more. And, really, I probably would’ve left the Kent State game if I could’ve. It was boring, early enough on Saturday in a 3 day weekend to make an attempt at going home, and there was a tropical storm headed straight for us.
Dave Robertson is growing up to be the new Mariano Rivera. My two universes of fandom can finally unite!
by SoGladILeftTheACC on Oct 20, 2011 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
There's no excuse for a student that has tickets
To not attend a game. None. You’re in Tuscaloosa already.
Those who leave the upper deck empty should be stripped of their tickets.
by Durdens Wrath on Oct 20, 2011 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Being a student here I can attest to this
You can upgrade your student ticket to a regular ticket for $80, and you have to go by Coleman Coliseum by Thursday the week of the game. If you are looking for tickets, getting them from students is the way to go. Trust me, plenty of students will give you a ticket for a whole lot less than $694.
Can't wait!
It sure pays off to have a sister at ua. I started working for 4 student tickets before the season started because I knew these tickets would get ridiculous…got em for $180 each (including the transfer fee). RTR!
getusome sucka!
by getusome on Oct 18, 2011 4:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't be too sure on the price increasing
And, for that matter, this is how much tickets are being listed for, not how much they are actually going for. I’m sure the listed price may increase in the next week before it falls back down the week of the event. Ya never know though.
I have a hard time imagining just shy of $700...
…is what people are actually getting. I’d love to know that number, but that’s one they’ll never reveal.
You can check on stubhub
if you pretend like you have some to sell. About 20 sets of lower level seats sold today, ranging from $510-$850. Nine sets of upper end zone seats sold today from $250-$420.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
It depends what they mean by "average" ticket price
I’m sure there are some suite seats out there for $2k that is driving up the average price.
Case in point, according to this chart the average LSU-Oregon ticket sold for $355. 6 days before the game I bought 4 tickets for $175 each off of stub hub. Granted I probably bought some of the cheapest seats on the secondary market there were because I was checking the websites hourly, but there were plenty of seats in the $250 range.
Hell at $700 I’m starting to think about selling my Bama-LSU tix.
2011 LSU Accolades:
"I really like corndogs" -Sparky
"Imperial Intergalactic Overlord Barkevious Mingo" -Andy Staples
"If Alabama's defense is a boa constrictor, slowly sucking the life out of opposing offenses, LSU's is more like a goon that throws the offense into a burlap sack and starts beating it with a stick." -Matt Hinton
"Oregon’s Chip Kelly is generally considered a coaching mastermind. Miles toyed with him here Saturday night." -Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports
"I don’t want to say that I think Mo Claiborne is faster than Patrick Peterson…..but I think Mo Claiborne is faster than Patrick Peterson." -Les Miles
Again
if you have an account on stubhub, all you have to do is begin the process of posting your tickets to see exactly what people got in various sections. It actually tells you the price of each individual sale. I don’t even have tickets to that game, but I went on there as if I had two GA seats so I could see it.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
JT
Are you an internet junky? Your knowledge is impressive… or your ability to find stuff is.
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
I bought some Cleveland Cavs season tickets
for the purpose of reselling them at a profit in LeBron’s last season before Taking His Talents to South Beach®. I had the tickets listed simultaneously in a few places, so I learned a lot about the process.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
The Process ©
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Oct 19, 2011 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
and another huge factor here
is the large number of lower priced tickets keeping that figure down. i’ve had a number of people tell me this number is clearly bogus because they found a ticket for [X amount $200 less].
and yes, this is what people are asking but, remember, it’s also what people who want to go at this point have to pay. if you are selling tickets you want somebody to buy them. yes, there are some pie-in-the-sky numbers being posted but it’s reasonable to conclude the prices are at least reflective of the secondary market.
and that’s actually the point here. is the “average” price exactly that amount? prolly not but i do think it’s a reasonable number to guage the interest in attending this game versus the other big contests this season. which is the whole reason this was posted in the first place.
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the other thing that's pretty clear from these numbers
people are shelling out some bucks to see nebraska’s inaugural tour through the B1G.
Remember the Rose Bowl: The Story of the Alabama Crimson Tide & the Grandaddy of Them All
I've been to two of the top 20 (UF and PSU).
But my total expenditure for those two was less than half what’s shown above.
God bless our Dark Lord.
I agree
I had pretty decent seats for both, but I also spent about half for both. I expect to pay about $300-$400 for LSU, so that will be about right.
Think of the starving children in India!
One of y’all kick a ticket or two over that way. I don’t have an extra or I probably would.
Holy cow....
600×3=1800
That’s more than what I paid for season tix.
Hard to not consider it….nah, I’m going!
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
by Tokeisch on Oct 18, 2011 4:47 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
or one night with an exclusive Honolulu call girl
Which are, scout’s honor, the hottest escorts on the planet.
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 18, 2011 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Even better
than the Dominican “Business trip” packages?
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
YAIS
This some serious Spock material we’re talking…shorties of indeterminate ethnicity, etc.
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 18, 2011 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
You couldn't afford it.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
How much are we talking?
I could put off a big screen TV purchase.
by Durdens Wrath on Oct 19, 2011 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions
$1000/hr.
$5-7K overnight “dates”.
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 19, 2011 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Shoot, I've spent nearly TWICE that on my dates before!
BTW, what does that ‘k’ mean after your $7?
God bless our Dark Lord.
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 19, 2011 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
This doesnt tell you anything about game day markets at stadium
Only suckerrs by tix n stubhub or the like, not to but you neversay it will necc be cheap or easy to come by but you never really know till you get out there.
I sense a new RBR Meme...
not to but you neversay! AKA N2BUN
by RollTideYall on Oct 20, 2011 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Anyone know
what time kickoff will be for this game (AL/Lsu)?
if cbs can take the night game they will
i forget how that works, but at minimum it’ll be the 330 CBS game
over by the roadhouse, with them rusted engine blocks...
by JunctionCrimson on Oct 18, 2011 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I think they only get one double header
it will almost assuredly be at 2:30
2 per year, I do believe.
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
Now that I think about it, you're right
but I think they usually use the second one for the last weekend when they air Army/Navy and the SEC Championship game
It is two per year
If the cocks beat UT on 10.29, then this will be a night game on CBS b/c they play Arkansas that day too. Of course, now that Lattimore is gone, they may fall apart.
by ApothecaryMark on Oct 18, 2011 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
i'm on eastern time
weird that y’all aren’t (this throws me off often)
/eastcoastbias’d
over by the roadhouse, with them rusted engine blocks...
by JunctionCrimson on Oct 18, 2011 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Off topic question...
Does anyone know what time the team will leave the Hotel Saturday, if kickoff is at 615pm? I want to have my three nephews there as they walk out.
Thanks in advance.
Roll Tide!!!
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
I believe the walk is 2 hrs before the game.
by ApothecaryMark on Oct 18, 2011 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Much obliged, AM...
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
I've never been so glad to be a student
Where they’re running only 250 a pop. I’ll enjoy it while i can.
Ticket scalpers=evil.
Not the individual guy who sells his seat for a few bucks. No, I mean the organized Stub Hubs of the world. Hate em with a white hot intensity. Especially for gouging music fans with inflated concert ticket prices. Theys just bastard people.
Proud mini-Saban.
how do you think the individual guy
selling his seats for a few bucks is able to do it these days? evil or not, the make the market semi-transparent by their nature. we’re just looking at the numbers they provide.
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Yea, selling a concert ticket for twice its face value is great free market capitalism, isnt it?
A disproportionate number of concert goers are young and usually strapped for cash. Stub Hub dominates the intital auction, then lfips their tix for crazy profit. You understand this no doubt and apparently support it. I do not.
Proud mini-Saban.
by Tidee Whitee on Oct 19, 2011 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't like that people do it
but what you just described is TEXT BOOK example of free market capitalism. The price of any good, especially a rare good like a concert ticket, is determined by demand. If people are willing to buy tickets at twice face value, then people will sell them at twice face value.
"If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood." -- Paul "Bear" Bryant
by GeauxCrimson on Oct 19, 2011 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions
What are you talking about?
Stubhub is nothing more than an online marketplace.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
good point
next time i’m just going to stand on the corner and try to sell them so i can stay all morally pure about the transaction.
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Please post the address here if you do....
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Oct 19, 2011 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Easier than posting an address
Just post them for sale online, that way people from anywhere could buy them. They could probably send you money via PayPal too!
"If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood." -- Paul "Bear" Bryant
by GeauxCrimson on Oct 19, 2011 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
So what you're saying...
is that you find it deeply, deeply disturbing?
Not to but you neversay!
Thirteen.
This makes me want to sell my tix...
I’ve already been invited to three Bama/Corndog “mixed company” parties… I could get just as loud & just as hoarse at a house for $900!!
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