Alabama vs. LSU Ticket Prices Fall But Remain Ridiculous

by kleph on Nov 1, 2011 10:34 AM CDT in Football

The price for tickets to Saturday's tilt between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the LSU Tigers is easily the most expensive of the year but have leveled off a bit from a peak last week.

SB Nation's ticket partner TiqIQ put the top figure at $740.23 on Oct. 22. FanSnap, a search engine service that collects data from various online ticket resale websites, prices peaked last Wednesday at $804. FanSnap says they tallied a total of about 3,000 online offers to derive their figure, TiqIQ reports using about half that.

(Also, friend of RBR Wayne Grayson penned a great story on this over the weekend for The Tuscaloosa News.)

Officials with both TiqIQ and Fansnap say they expect prices to continue trending downward until gametime. The tickets have a $70 face value. Last year's LSU vs Bama contest in Baton Rouge had an average price of $385.

While the two ticket services vary on what 2010 regular season contest last season demanded the highest prices, they concur Saturday's game in Bryant-Denny Stadium has blown it out of the water.

FanSnap says the priciest ticket last year was the Army vs. Notre Dame tilt in the new Yankee Stadium that demanded an average price of $583 at one point. TiqIQ reported that the $423 average price for the Ohio State vs Michigan contest was the most expensive game of the 2010 season.

Two weeks ago we used the FanSnap numbers to list the the Top 20 average ticket resale prices for college football games this season. You'll find that same list current through Oct. 31 after the jump.

Top 20 Average Ticket Resale Prices in College Football as of 10/31/11

Date	Game	Price	Prev	Stadium	City	Attnd
Nov. 5	LSU vs Alabama	$770	$694	Bryant-Denny Stadium	Tuscaloosa, AL	n/a
Dec. 3	Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State	$606	$629	Boon Pickens Stadium	Stillwater, OK	n/a
Nov. 24	Texas vs Texas A&M	$578	not listed	Kyle Field	College Station, TX	n/a
Sept. 10	Notre Dame vs Michigan	$475	n/a	Michigan Stadium	Ann Arbor, MI	111,106
Oct. 8	Oklahoma vs Texas	$456	n/a	The Cotton Bowl	Dallas, TX	96,009
Oct. 1	Nebraska vs Wisconsin	$440	n/a	Camp Randall Stadium	Madison, WI	81,384
Oct. 8	Ohio State vs Nebraska	$425	n/a	Memorial Stadium	Lincoln, NE	85,426
Sept. 10	Alabama vs Penn State	$385	n/a	Beaver Stadium	University Park, PA	107,846
Nov. 12	Oregon vs. Stanford	$381	not listed	Autzen Stadium	Eugene, OR	n/a
Nov. 26	Alabama vs Auburn	$380	$382	Jordan-Hare Stadium	Auburn, AL	n/a
Oct. 22	USC vs Notre Dame	$357	$357	Notre Dame Stadium	Notre Dame, IN	80,795
Sept. 3	LSU vs Oregon	$355	n/a	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington, TX	87,711
Nov. 26	Ohio State @ Michigan	$345	n/a	Michigan Stadium	Ann Arbor, MI	n/a
Nov. 25	Iowa vs Nebraska	$334	$330	Memorial Stadium	Lincoln, NE	n/a
Dec. 10	Navy vs Army	$288	$318	FedEx Field	Washington, DC	n/a
Oct. 1	Alabama vs Florida	$288	n/a	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	Gainesville, FL	90,888
Oct. 22	Auburn vs LSU	$275	$275	Tiger Stadium	Baton Rouge, LA	90,398
Nov. 12	Auburn vs Georgia	$266	$253	Sanford Stadium	Athens, GA	n/a
Nov. 26	Florida State vs Florida	$248	$243	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	Gainesville, FL	n/a
Nov. 12	Nebraska vs Penn State	$220	$248	Beaver Stadium	University Park, PA	n/a

Games listed in italics have already been played. Info provided by FanSnap.

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All I know is I'm kicking myself for not buying a pair

I knew I couldn’t make it but damn, I coulda paid for my season tickets.

nemo me impune lacessit

by LSUJOSHUA on Nov 1, 2011 10:38 AM CDT reply actions

Penn State averaged $385?

I bought mine from the university for face value about a week before the game.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell

by TexaninNYC on Nov 1, 2011 10:42 AM CDT reply actions

I paid a little over 500 a piece

for last years Penn State game. I was going to go to this one and the ticket prices were not the real issue. Finding a hotel room in Tuscaloosa would be the real problem. I don’t want to drive into the stadium and find parking and really liked the shuttles that would just drop you off. I would easily pay $1,000 for decent seats if I had a hotel and a group to tailgate with.

Roll Tide!

by mobilematt12 on Nov 1, 2011 11:36 AM CDT reply actions

Sold my entire TP package this year...

for $1200 because we have a newborn. Timing, mine is poor.

Never truss a big butt and a smile.

by R-Train on Nov 1, 2011 11:41 AM CDT reply actions

As an update,

the BCS NCG reservation system that you posted about back in the spring currently has Bama reservations going from $420 to $1590 each. Those prices will either skyrocket or plummet after Saturday.

God bless our Dark Lord.

by CarrotTop4 on Nov 1, 2011 1:41 PM CDT reply actions

I'm about to go pay $200 for an unconverted student ticket for my dad.

I will then pay $80 to convert it so he can actually use it. Yep. Big fun.

Dave Robertson is growing up to be the new Mariano Rivera. My two universes of fandom can finally unite!

by SoGladILeftTheACC on Nov 1, 2011 2:04 PM CDT reply actions

Worth it!

You’re a good kid!

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world.

by gorjus on Nov 1, 2011 6:31 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions

I could sell mine and pay for the whole season tix package

orrrrrrrrrr go to the greatest game of the century…..real tough decision.

I was over-served.

by BamaLewie on Nov 1, 2011 2:13 PM CDT reply actions

My sister is trying to unload two tickets.

Holla at me if you’re interested.

jth309@yahoo.com

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

by Slice of Life on Nov 1, 2011 2:35 PM CDT reply actions

we'd appreciate it

if folks didn’t use RBR to exchange tickets. it’s the kind of thing that could quickly lead to a host of problems for us.

Remember the Rose Bowl: The Story of the Alabama Crimson Tide & the Grandaddy of Them All

by kleph on Nov 1, 2011 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I got you.

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

by Slice of Life on Nov 1, 2011 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Talk about kickin yourself...

I graduated from Huntsville High and went on to T-Town from there. Most of my close friends went to Auburn. I travelled to Lee County on many occasions to party with my old gang. On one of these weekends, it was the first ever Alabama/Auburn game being played at Jordan Hare. I don’t remember the sequence of events that led to the decision that we were not attending the game, but, it was about 40 minutes to kickoff when my buddies finally got across the message that time was running out for me to sell my ticket. We hurried to the stadium and I took the first offer of $60.00. The proceeds went to a keg and the party continued. The ticket came with my student pack and was an oversized commemorative one. I wonder what it would be worth now if I still had the original intact ticket.

by Brad Bowen on Nov 1, 2011 7:22 PM CDT reply actions

Sellers seeking big money for Alabama-LSU tickets | al.com

StubHub, which has a partnership with the University of Alabama, says it has more than 2,000 tickets available, with prices starting at $345 in one end zone and going to $6,000 for a single seat in the Ivory Club.

I never knew StubHub does business directly with the University. What does that mean? Do they get an allotment of tickets? Do they take extra tickets? I wouldn’t think either of those would be true.

God bless our Dark Lord.

by CarrotTop4 on Nov 2, 2011 10:54 AM CDT reply actions

I believe...

…it means they pay the University to allow them to promote their site through the school. Every season ticket holder receives a StubHub promotional flyer with the UA logo with their ticket package.

"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban

by NiceLittleSaturday on Nov 2, 2011 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions