How I lost $40,000 today

[newguy]

it's not his fault that you're buying a ticket at the last minute
I'm pretty sure you can find good (not overpriced) tickets/seats ahead of time

Try to get a bears game ticket from a source other than ticket broker or friend. Not all teams are easy to get tix too no matter how early you buy.

[Russian Rocket]

Try to get a bears game ticket from a source other than ticket broker or friend. Not all teams are easy to get tix too no matter how early you buy.

if you a have a company that allows people to scoop up almost all tickets ahead of time, than you gotta blame them for that...not the guy who knows how to legally make money off of a simple demand

[InTheDrink]

im with rocket

id be willing to bet that teams and venues sell to themselves and resell under other names because it would look bad for them to jack prices up...but theres a lot more demand for some teams/events than what they can charge

why are some tickets never available but they end up getting scalped?

[El Nino]

dude don't tell me that if you wanted to buy a season pass, it would be an incredibly hard thing to do
if anything, he gives an opportunity for different fans to score good seats and yes you have to pay the price for that

8 home games in the NFL. There are Packers fans that sign up their kids for season tickets and their kids' great grandchildren may have a shot at them. Go to a big college and tuition paying students have to camp out for a weekend to get student tickets. Not everything is easy no matter how much time you have.

[Russian Rocket]

8 home games in the NFL. There are Packers fans that sign up their kids for season tickets and their kids' great grandchildren may have a shot at them. Go to a big college and tuition paying students have to camp out for a weekend to get student tickets. Not everything is easy no matter how much time you have.

and who created this problem? definitely not the guy who created this thread

[swordsandtequila]

What's even worse is teams raising the prices for "select" games that feature marquee teams, i.e. teams from New York, Boston, Chicago, etc. You see this sh*t in baseball and hockey. Because of all the transplants scattered around the country teams know they can command a higher price. F*kers sure don't lower prices when the Marlins are in town.

[El Nino]

and who created this problem? definitely not the guy who created this thread

Part of the problem, just on a smaller scale...buying tickets for the sole purpose to resell for profit.

[Russian Rocket]

Part of the problem, just on a smaller scale...buying tickets for the sole purpose to resell for profit.

Nino you're trying to treat a symptom, but you're not gonna kill the virus like that

[El Nino]

Nino you're trying to treat a symptom, but you're not gonna kill the virus like that

Agree to disagree. Too bad the guey cancelled his bets. I'd have doubled 'em.

[Russian Rocket]

Agree to disagree. Too bad the guey cancelled his bets. I'd have doubled 'em.

[jjgold]

There is a growing trend in sports of seats being empty and you're going to see it rise

Many people/fans are fed up with the rising costs and rather stay home and watch all sorts of games now

[Mitchell88]

There is a growing trend in sports of seats being empty and you're going to see it rise

Many people/fans are fed up with the rising costs and rather stay home and watch all sorts of games now

yea and it really sucks. All these kids that wont get to see games at the stadium. I have a ton of memories going to Fenway as a kid, back then you could just decide on a whim go to the park and watch a game not to much money. Now if a Dad wants to bring his wife and his two kids and one of their friends it costs a fortune. Also with all the hi-def TV's and how comfortable you can make your house it nice to be comfortable but going to a game is about the experience.

[unluckysob]

what was total cost of 60 season tickets?---I am guessing $30,000.

[Sdotbold]

Rocket, it's free market. Doesn't mean I'm going to feel sorry for the guey. However, a more appropriate analogy would be saying that a bunch of guys went out and bought 70% of the groceries in the grocery store, then sold them outside for a mark up.

Then go to another super market. whole point of a free market.....

[jjgold]

yea and it really sucks. All these kids that wont get to see games at the stadium. I have a ton of memories going to Fenway as a kid, back then you could just decide on a whim go to the park and watch a game not to much money. Now if a Dad wants to bring his wife and his two kids and one of their friends it costs a fortune. Also with all the hi-def TV's and how comfortable you can make your house it nice to be comfortable but going to a game is about the experience.

Corporate ruined sports

cant see sports like baseball lasting

Soccer although on the rise in USA

[Mitchell88]

Corporate ruined sports

cant see sports like baseball lasting

Soccer although on the rise in USA

I have never been a huge soccer fan but I went to Gillette to watch the NE revolution play only because a friend won tickets on the radio. I will tell you what I had an awesome time the game was great.

Dead on about the corporate comment, 2 years ago I got to sit in the EMC club at Fenway(a friends mom is big wig at some oil company so Gulf has season tix) Best seats TV's everywhere so we could watch Celtics at same time. I swear only the group that I was with was even watching. Everyone else was just sitting in the restaurant part eating lobsters they could care less what was on the field. its sad

[Smoke]

Watch the games at home

Everything you need there

[tony_come]

Watch the games at home

Everything you need there

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