Ticket Mania Week 2

Friday, Sep 10, 2010

West Virginia at Marshall Football Tickets

Section 229 | Row 17

Price: $90.00 per ticket

Saturday, Sep 11, 2010

Presbyterian at Clemson

Section Top Deck Sideline TDF Row T

Seats: 10, 12

$20.00 per ticket

Georgia Tech at Kansas

Section Corner 1Row 23

Seats: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Price: $21.00 per ticket

New Hampshire at Pittsburgh Football Tickets

Section Upper Level 523 Row S

Price: $3.00 per ticket

Southern Illinois at Illinois Football Tickets

Section Horseshoe 122 Row 21

Price: $19.59 per ticket

Miami at Ohio State Football Tickets

Section Deck 14 C Row 25

Seats: 28, 29

Price: $150.00 per ticket

UNLV at Utah Football Tickets

Section Redzone N 22 Row 39

Seats: 11, 12

Price: $15.00 per ticket

Colorado at Cal Football Tickets

Section Young Alumni QQ | Row 63

Seats: 7, 8

Price: $34.00 per ticket

LSU at Vanderbilt Football Tickets

Section Sideline A | Row 47

Price: $33.00 per ticket

Looking Ahead

SEC Championship Football Game Tickets Saturday, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (EST)

Section Upper End Zone 330 Row 19

Seats: 19, 20, 21, 22

Price: $349.00 per ticket

ACC Football Championship Game Tickets

Saturday, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (EST)

Section Upper Premium 543 Row 18

$51.00 per ticket

Big 12 Football Championship Tickets

Saturday, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (CST)

Section Upper Reserved 428 | Row 3

Price: $275.21 per ticket

A Record Low

Saturday, Sep 18, 2010

Northern Illinois at Illinois Football Tickets

Section Horseshoe 112 Row 43

Seats: 20

Quantity: 1

Price: $0.95 per ticket

Plus Fed Ex Delivery Charge $16.95

Ticket Mania 1

Thursday, Sep 2, 2010
Pittsburgh at Utah
Section Redzone N 28 Row 44
$45.00 per ticket

Towson at Indiana
Section Lower Sideline 3 Row 25
$4.00 per ticket

Saturday, Sep 4, 2010
Sam Houston State at Baylor
Section Sideline Q Row 33
$2.94 per ticket

Coastal Carolina at West Virginia Football
Lower Level Green Zone 134 Row 34
$43.00 per ticket

Purdue at Notre Dame
Section Upper Level Corner 106 Row 22
$90.00 per ticket

Washington at BYU
Section Upper End Zone 123 Row 32
$40.00 per ticket

Sacramento State at Stanford
Section Upper Corner 207 Row H
$6.00 per ticket

San Jose State at Alabama
Section NN 4 Row 27
$56.00 per ticket

Connecticut at Michigan
Section End Zone 11R Row 75
$55.00 per ticket

Sunday Sep 5, 2010
Tulsa at East Carolina
Section Upper Sideline 219 Row K
$30.00 per ticket

Monday, Sep 6, 2010
Boise State vs. Virginia Tech
Section Upper 437 Row 23
$35.00 per ticket

Cheer and Win

Traditions... rituals are key to any brand. The trick is to establish the tradition. The NFL has had the Pro Bowl for ever and while the NFL brand is wildly popular the Pro Bowl has never take off. For 2010 the game was cleverly slotted in the pre-Super Bowl dead time and the ratings improved dramatically whether this will build the Pro Bowl as a real brand. Sometimes, however, a brand does not having the strength to stand on its own.

Florida International University is still in the process of building a football brand, a football tradition. Think of why you went to a you football game as a freshman. It was the thing to do. The group in the dorm was going and going along was the thing to do. Now imagine that there was no group carrying you along getting you in the habit; no tradition.

FIU has therefore come up with a plan of priming the pump of tradition by offering $500 scholarships to student attending games this fall. While this is an interesting incentive there is more to creating a college football fan tradition than just getting bodies in the stands.

Bowling for BCS Tickets 2009-10

2010 BCS National Championship Game Tickets (Alabama vs Texas)
Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
1582 ticket listings
Upper End 13 - Rows 56-77 76 2 $575.00 each

2010 Fiesta Bowl Tickets (Boise State vs TCU)
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ
1206 ticket listings
Terrace Level Corner 436 13 Up to 4 $36.00 each


2010 Orange Bowl Tickets (Georgia Tech vs Iowa)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 8:00 PM at Land Shark Stadium in Miami, FL
665 ticket listings
Upper End Zone 455 14 Up to 4 $66.00 each

2010 Rose Bowl Tickets (Ohio State vs Oregon)
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
777 ticket listings
Corner 14 74 2 $216.00 each

2010 Sugar Bowl Tickets (Florida vs Cincinnati)
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM at Superdome in New Orleans, LA
959 ticket listings
Terrace End Zone 604 17 2 $50.00 each

Ticket Bonanza Week #8

Florida State at North Carolina Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 8:00 PM
at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC
Upper Sideline 219 I 2 $35.00 each

Oklahoma at Kansas at Memorial Stadium (Kansas) in Lawrence, KS
Family Zone GA GA 2 $64.00 each

Louisville at Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH
Upper Corner 215 4 Up to 6 $82.99 each

llinois at Purdue at Ross Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN
End Zone 130 18 2 $19.00 each

Boston College at Notre Dame at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN
Upper Level Corner 132 26 2 $107.99 each

UCLA at Arizona at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ
Lower Sideline 19 2. 2 $10.00 each

Auburn at LSU at Tiger Stadium - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA
East Upper 638 BB 2 $99.00 each

Bowl Game Preview
Texas Bowl Tickets
Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 2:30 PM at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX
Gridiron Endzone 621 K 2 $43.00 each

Ticket Bonanza Opening Weekend Preview

Ticket Bonanza Opening Weekend Preview

Survey of the cheapest tickets listed at StubHub.com (8/9/09)

Games to be played on 9/5/09 unless otherwise noted.

Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Virginia Tech vs. Alabama

Upper End Zone 307 Up to 7 $162.00 each

597 ticket listings

Speculators betting on a big pay day. This will need some follow up.

Miami at Florida State

Monday, September 7, 2009

Lower Level End Zone 118 Up to 4 $186.00 each

118 ticket listings

Jacksonville State the following week much better seats for less the $20.

Cincinnati at Rutgers

Monday, September 7, 2009

Lower End Zone 116 Up to 4 $45.00 each

125 ticket listings

Are the Yankees playing the Red Sox?

Minnesota at Syracuse

Upper End Zone 330 Up to 4 $38.00 each

22 ticket listings are displayed in the map

In two weekweeks you can see Northwestern for just $14

Navy at Ohio State

Deck 6 C 28 $143.00 each

122 ticket listings

No tickets for the Buckeyes are currently listed below the century mark.

BYU vs. Oklahoma at Dallas Cowboys New Stadium in Arlington, TX

Upper Reserved 401 2 $81.99 each

346 ticket listings

Worth the money just to see the 8th Wonder of the World.

Georgia at Oklahoma State

129 ticket listings

Lower Corner 101 2 $129.00 each

There are muliple listings for seats in section 101 which are in the "Fun Zone" and cost $336 per seat for the eight home games. This prices are well beyond those for the rest of the season and may be a result of the Bulldog Effect.

Louisiana Tech at Auburn

Upper Deck Sideline 48 Up to 4 $29.99 each

191 ticket listings

And this is about the best home SEC game of the week.

Utah State at Utah

Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Redzone N 27 Up to 4 $22.00 each

60 ticket listings

Coming off a historic season and only $22?

Early Rivalry Game Ticket Prices 8/8/09

The third in a series looking at ticket prices at three marque rivalry games. Surprisingly two of the three games show a firming. Prices for the Ohio State at Michigan have fallen dramatically dropping $80 between March and August.

Update of Early Rivalry Game Ticket Prices from 3/14/09

Ohio State at Michigan Football Tickets Saturday, November 21, 2009

Section Row Qty. Price

3/14/09

End Zone 35R 97 2 $250.00 each

End Zone 11R 96 2 $258.00 each

End Zone 36R 94 2 $259.00 each

5/30/09

End Zone 34R 97 Up to 4 $214.99 each

End Zone 33R 36 2 $215.00 each

End Zone 34R 98 Up to 4 $215.00 each

End Zone 34R 40 2 $220.00 each

8/8/09

End Zone 33R19 2 $169.99 each

Corner 40 86 Up to 4 $171.00 each

End Zone 15R 21 2 $175.00 each

Another $45 drop in price with 2346 tickets available form $170 to $1245 (there is one $4000 end zone ticket listed).

Oklahoma vs. Texas Football Tickets Saturday, October 17, 2009

Section Row Qty. Price

3/14/09

Upper End Zone 115 29 Up to 6 $258.00 each

Upper End Zone 116 TBD Up to 12 $265.00 each

Upper End Zone 115 30 Up to 6 $278.00 each

5/30/09

Upper End Zone 116 21 2 $234.00 each

Upper End Zone 115 24 2 $234.00 each

Upper End Zone 115 23 Up to 4 $234.00 each

Upper End Zone 116 14 Up to 5 $241.00 each

8/8/09

Upper End Zone 116 21 2 $262.00 each

Upper End Zone 118 29 Up to 8 $265.00 each

Upper End Zone 115 18 Up to 4 $269.00 each

An increase of $28 with 943 tickets available form $262 to $1398.

USC at Notre Dame Football Tickets at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN

Section Row Qty. Price

3/14/09

Lower Level End Zone 18 TBD 2 $335.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 18 TBD 2 $335.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 19 TBD 2 $335.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 17 TBD 2 $335.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 1 TBD 2 $335.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 19 TBD 2 $335.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 17 45 2 $336.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 18 45 2 $336.00 each

5/31/09

Upper Level End Zone 118 23 2 $277.00 each

Upper Level End Zone 101 24 2 $277.00 each

Upper Level End Zone 118 23 2 $278.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 19 25 2 $284.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 17 TBD 2 $286.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 19 46 2 $286.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 18 TBD 2 $286.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 1 TBD 2 $286.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 2 TBD 2 $286.00 each

8/8/09

Lower Level End Zone 17 54 Up to 4 $280.00 each

Lower Level Corner 23 10, 11 2 $300.00 each

Lower Level End Zone 19 56 2 $301.00 each

An increase of $3 in price with 698 tickets available on StubHub from $280 to $1148 (a set of tickets set at $3500)

No Beer For You

Students who get drunk and rowdy at a University of Minnesota football game may be asked to make a special stop — at a breath-test machine — before entering the next time.

So maybe the bars near TCF Bank Stadium won't need extra capacity as students that attend the game and act inappropriately will be flagged and made to take a little test. Would anyone be willing to have the same rule apply to all the fans. Drunk stupid behavior is not only the limited to just students.

Implanting RFID chips would save alot of time and might be able to provide real time blood alcohol reports.

Playing on Empty

Construction Cam



Roll over to pick your seat

Ever been to a shopping mall that is struggling? The empty stores tell the even the casual consumer that the business is struggling. In the current economic difficulties, decisions made more than two years ago seem silly and poorly thought out. Truth is, way back in 2007 the personal wealth created by the real estate boom was the drug that allowed the populace to look at the future with beer goggle. Fans can keep spending because home price never go down.

(I do have contempt for that part of American society that over consumed. Using the equity in real estate as a personal piggy bank is reckless and shortsighted. Given the wide spread practice of this the entire economy has been put in peril by lack of personal fiscal prudence. Washington and Wall Street played a role but the consumer made the final poor choices.)

Today the Baltimore Sun reported on the poor progress of selling luxury suites at the University of Maryland--UM looking for suite buyers at Byrd. In 2007 adding 64 luxury boxes the Byrd Stadium made sense, beer goggle sense. Now as the grand opening approaches 24 (37.5%) remain unsold. The announcement was noted in this blog HERE .

From that prior post:

"The first phase of expansion - scheduled to be completed by August 2010 - includes 64 swanky suites with flat-screen televisions, food services, and indoor and outdoor seating. Maryland can't move forward with its other plans, though, until at least 50 of the luxury suites have been sold...Ten suites have already been sold..."

Help me with the math here but they could not move forward until 50 had been sold...but only 40 have been sold.

"The cost for phase one of the project is $50.8 million, to be paid entirely by the athletic department. Maryland sold the naming rights of the field to Chevy Chase Bank for $20 million last year, and borrowed $35 million from the University System of Maryland."

And given the lack of sales will there be any problems with paying back the loan?

As other sports have found the luxury box is not a sure thing and the revenue does not always justify the cost.

Please buy a box!

Would winning even sell these boxes?

Dumping Cupcakes

How sold are the fans? The truest measure of demand for tickets is in the discount placed on the, "Can miss" game. The person buying a set of season tickets will make their money on the rivalry game and will feel the need just to move (dump) the cupcake game. Below are teams with a comparison bet ween the an FCS game and a conference or OOC BCS team within a week or two of each other.

Forida State

Jacklonsville State at Florida State Football Tickets
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sideline 28 83 Up to 4 $31.00 each

South Florida at Florida State Football Tickets
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sideline 28 83Up to 4 $157.00 each

USF is 5 times more popular?


Penn State

Eastern Illinois at Penn State Football Tickets
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Lower Level End Zone NG 39 2 $90.00 each

Minnesota at Penn State Football Tickets
Saturday, October 17, 2009
ower Level End Zone NG 39 2 $185.00 each

A bargain trip to the center of PA for the weekend of October 10th.

Kansas

Northern Colorado
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Family Zone GA G/A Up to 4 $19.50 each

Duke
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Family Zone GA G/A Up to 8 $19.50 each

And if this were basketball? It is football and there is no demand for Blue Devils in the heartland.

Wisconsin



Northern Illinois
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 53 Up to 4 $52.00 each

Fresno State
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 53 Up to 4 $59.00 each

Wofford
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 53Up to 4$45.00 each

Michigan State
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Lower Deck Corner A 49 Up to 8 $93.00 each
Lower Deck End Zone Y 3 54 Up to 6 $149.00 each

The Badgers are home the first four weekends of the season

Florida

Vanderbilt at Football Tickets
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Upper Corner 47 TBD Up to 5 $129.00 each

Florida International
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Upper Corner 47 TBD Up to 4 $95.00 each

Love and respect for Vandy?

Tickets Galore #8

U.S.S. Hornet CV8--Heros
Wake Forest at Maryland Byrd Stadium in College Park, MD
Lower Sideline 7 $30.00
Very nice seats at about the 30. Later season tickets are even cheaper.

Baylor at Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium at Lewis Field in Stillwater, OK
Lower Sideline 119 $167.00
Row 5 on the visitors sideline...maybe get a great view of the Balor bench. Very few tickets on sale.

Syracuse at South Florida Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL
Lower Level End Zone 125 $65.00
This price is too high an these seats will most likely stay empty.

Indiana at Illinois Memorial Stadium (Illinois) in Champaign, IL
Horseshoe 114 $29.00
A far price to see the battle of the middle v. the bottom. And this is the featuring game on BTN at 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD
End Zone F $69.00 each
Great venue for football and worth the price. And the students behave.

Air Force at UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV
End Zone 116 $29.00
Only three sets tickets on the market.

Mississippi State at Tennessee Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, TN
Upper Level Corner GG $15.00
Vote of no confidence in Mr. Fulmer?

Stanford at UCLA Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Bruin Reserved 15 $6.00
Sell it as, "Surprise Stanford team playing in the Rose Bowl!"

Look Out for Pirates

Which ACC Bowl game should East Carolina go to? Should a 13-0 record put them in the Orange Bowl? Can they do a worse than the ACC teams in recent memory? Or let’s imagine that ECU goes 11-2 losing in the C-USA Championship game, but winning their three games against Virginia Tech, Virginia, and NC State. Is it fair that the Pirates will go to the GMAC Bowl while a lesser team from the Atlantic Coast Conference goes to the Chick-fil-A, Gator, or Champ Bowl by virtue of the conference membership?

Much has been made of the “BCS Busters” where a deserving team from a lesser non-BCS conference gets the dream of a life time and is allowed to sit at the big money table. That’s nice and makes good PR but this still leaves the Mountain West, WAC, and C-USA thin on their slate of bowl games. With the current bowl ties the casting director for the bowl games hands are tie to what they have already signed up for.
Keeping with ECU (but there may be several other teams that could fit this bill) might a match up of the Pirates and Alabama (using the projections from Scouts.com) make for a more interesting Chick-fil-A Bowl that a 8-4 Boston College?

As stated before on this blog bowl game are all about bring people to your city to fill hotel and restaurant during the slow holiday season. Organizers are then keen on lock in the best chance of bring people to town for the game and not particularly interesting in the most intriguing games at the end of the season.

Maybe we need a second tier bowl to become a free agent and be willing to gamble on presenting the fans with a interesting game rather than the current locked slate of “if there is nothing else on” games.

Note: When thinking of a tile for this post I remembered a book that I read in 2nd or 3rd grade and putting the title into Google found that you (and maybe me) can buy at copy from Amazon. At $48 cherished memeories are getting expensive.

Bread for Football Redux

On the eve of the kickoff of the college football season here is a review of the top ten teams (as of early July and an update on ticket prices). This is an update of a post from July 7, 2008. The new prices are in bold.

So how much will it cost to buy a ticket to see a top 10 team? While there are many issues that influence the secondary market for tickets and these price are the "asked for" this gives a view of the level of fan support/interest.

1 Ohio State
v. Ohio
Corner 30 $114.00 each
Sideline 17 D $100.00 each

v. Michigan
End Zone 34 B $439.00 each
Corner 30 C $421.00
Other corner endzone.

Season Ticket $1699
No season tickets available

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2 Southern Cal
v. Washington
Upper End Zone $53.00 each
Upper End Zone 16 $60.00
Exact location TBD

v. Ohio State
Upper End Zone $298.00 each
Upper Corner 12 $313.00
Sunny California, bring your sunscreen.

Season Ticket: $799
$850

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3 Florida
v. Hawaii
Sunshine End Zone 324 $86.00 each
Upper Corner 51 $30.00
SPF 40 or better for this opening game.

v. LSU
Upper Corner 47 $251.00 each
Upper End Zone 55 $200.00
Sunshine not included in this endzone.

Season Ticket: $1225
No season tickets available

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4t Georgia
v. Central Michigan
Upper Level Sideline 611 $86.00 each
Upper Level End Zone 320 $69.00

Not in the endzone but you may suffer a nose bleed.

v. Alabama
Upper Level Sideline 601 $208.00 each
Upper Level Sideline 602 $200.00
At the other goal line from sec. 611

Season Ticket: $990.00
$1,398.00

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4t Oklahoma
v. UT Chattanooga
Lower Level End Zone 15 $48.00 each
Upper Level Sideline 226 $36.00
Is the rodeo in town?


v. Nebraska
Lower Level End Zone 15 $124.00 each
Upper Level Sideline 226 $133.99
If the Huskers get on a roll this could go higher.

Season Ticket: $500
No Change

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6 Missouri
v. Southeast Missouri
Corner 5 $42.00 each
Sideline CC $27.50
But this is rivalry game?

v. Colorado
Corner 5 $101.00 each
Sideline BB $101.00 each
End Zone 8 $77.50
Your choice of cheap seats

Season Ticket: None Listed
No Change

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7 Clemson
v. The Citadel
Upper Sideline T $35.00 each
Upper Sideline Q $8.00

v. South Carolina State
Upper Sideline T $35.00 each
Upper Sideline I $18.00
Cupcakes are cheap.

South Carolina
Upper Sideline T $225.00 each
Upper Sideline B $189.00
Probably the same seats as above and now is the time to cash in.

Season Ticket: $669
No season tickets available

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8 West Virginia
v. Cincinnati
Lower Level Green Zone $71.00 each
Upper Level Gold Zone 203 $75.00 each
Another ticket that may go up in value.

v. Auburn
Upper Level Orange Zone $148.00
Lower Level Green Zone $188.95
Upper deck, corner.

Season Ticket: $760
No season tickets available

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9 Louisiana State

v. Troy (2nd appearance)
South 420 $50.00 each
West Upper 619 $43.00
v. North Texas
South 420 $50.00 each
East Upper 639 $40.00
South Belt teams do not sell tickets.

.v Georgia
West Upper 611 $255.00 each
East Upper 637 $230.00
Thought the price would be higher.

Note: Appalachian State at LSU Football $74. Is this an opening day premium or respect?
Now $57.00

Season Ticket: $600
No season tickets available

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10 Texas
v. Florida Atlantic
Upper Level Sideline 102 $57.00 each
Upper End Zone 114 $19.00
Again South Belt teams do not sell tickets.

v. Oklahoma
Lower Level End Zone 31 $284.00 each
Upper Endzone Texas $259.99
Far and away the most expensive ticket for the Longhorns.

Season Ticket: $599
No season tickets available

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**Prices from StubHub.com 7/8/08
Updated 8/26/08

Conclusion: In most cases waiting will bring more supply and lower prices.

How can you say no?

Newberry College has a video on YouTube inviting you to buy season tickets.



Here's the link to place your order.

Tickets Galore Week #1

And some say there is nothing on TV.

Week #1 of Tickets Galore 2008, where BCF looks at the StubHub.com prices for select games. Listed is the lowest price for tickets with the requirement that there be at least two at that price. Also auctions will not be listed although they do give the best

Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 6:00 PM at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, AL
Upper Deck Sideline sec. 59 $23.00 each
Corner endzone. Expected a higher price

Fresno State at Rutgers Football Tickets
Monday, September 1, 2008 at 4:30 PM at Rutgers Stadium - NJ in Piscataway, NJ
Upper Deck Sideline 218 $45.00 each
What would be the price have been five years ago?

Utah at Michigan Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, MI
End Zone 8 82 2 $43.00 each
ESPN will be all over this one but the Wolverine faithful?

USC at Virginia Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:30 PM at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA
Upper Corner 527 $55.00 each
Plenty of good seats for the UVA Richmond game the following Saturdaystarting at $1.99

Wake Forest at Baylor Football Tickets
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, TX
Sideline sec. H $20.00 each
Look like pretty good seats to one of the more interesting opening weekend games

Northern Illinois at Minnesota Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 6:00 PM at Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN
Upper End Zone 219 $6.99 each

Northern Iowa at BYU Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 4:00 PM at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT
Sec 127 $14.00 each
And two weeks later seats in section 128 will cost you $58.00

Stephen F Austin at TCU Football Tickets
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM at Amon G Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, TX
Lower Sideline sec. A $24.00 each
Firm price for a non-BCS school v. a 1AA school.

Virginia Tech vs East Carolina Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Upper End Zone 527 21 2 $32.23 each
Note this game is being played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC

Tennessee at UCLA Football Tickets
Monday, September 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Bruin Reserved 13 $25.00 each
Seats in row 77; may be the rim of the bowl.

Georgia Southern at Georgia Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA
Upper Level Sideline 326 $109.00 each
The new Uga is frothing at the mouth for the season to start.

Youngstown State at Ohio State Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH
End Zone 14 $149.99 each
Why yes the game will be on BTN.

Coastal Carolina at Penn State Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA
Upper Level End Zone NHU $35.00 each
If it is a nice day, why not take in the game.

San Diego State at Notre Dame Football Tickets
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 3:30 PM at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN
Upper Level Corner 133 $100.00 each
See ND on the way the being 1/3 the team they were last year. SDU is a D1 school but may not be much better than YSU

Appalachian State at LSU Football Tickets
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM at Tiger Stadium - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA
West Upper 619 $85.00 each
Lighting never strike the same place twice.

Kentucky at Louisville Football Tickets
Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 3:30 PM at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, KY
Upper End Zone 219 $123.75 each
For two teams of which little is expected much is asked for a ticket.

All that Glitters

Jacksonville State $15
Mississippi State $26
Duke $19
Gardner-Webb $10
Virginia $27
Florida State $54
Miami $54

Total $201
Cost $150

Gross Margin $49

http://www.stubhub.com/georgia-tech-football-tickets/

Does the impact of a economic slowdown or recession (technically speaking requires two quarters of negative GDP) translate into lower attendance at college football games?

Several of Atlanta's pro teams, including the Falcons and Braves, also have cited the slow economy as a challenge in sales. One team not impacted: the Georgia Bulldogs, who have sold out of football season tickets and rejected orders for new seats from customers with less than $10,651 in lifetime contributions to the athletics program.

If you have a product worth buying the answer is no…simply no a slowdown in the economy hurts those that are offering a weak product; like the Atlanta Falcons.

Georgia Tech while pacing behind last year according to the AJC article is actually doing well considering having had two teams with fanatical fans, Georgia and Clemson, last season that would tend to push up ticket sales. New coach Paul Johnson brings the new factor to the sales equation and perhaps attracts some new fans wanting to take a gamble on getting in on the ground floor. Still the cheap seat gross margin is slim and gets slimmer considering the total cost of the transactions.

Despite a good football tradition the Yellow Jackets are a fringe big time team with the additional problem of needing to compete with a full set of local pro teams and the big Dawg for the fan’s dollars.

An interesting point in the article is the recruiting of local fans without ties to the university. Traditionally there are two ways to get fans: loyal alumni and winning. As most college teams lack the marketing muscle of a NFL, MLB, NBA or even NHL organization, the success of Coach Johnson is the best hope of selling more seats.

Note the $150 seats are sold out.

One more question: Give the expense of a television ad, will GT getting enough incremental sales to make it pay?

No, it's Iowa

Searching for news on college football season tickets and came across:

Wartburg College Sports Releases
Contact: Mark Adkins, Sports Information Director
E-mail: mark.adkins@wartburg.edu


2008 reserved season tickets available

Aug. 06, 2008
A limited amount of reserved seating is available at Walston-Hoover Stadium for Wartburg College’s 2008 football season.


The cost for the five-game home campaign is $50 per season ticket for the general public. For parents, college faculty and staff and athletic boosters, it’s $30 per season ticket. Seating will be available in the middle two sections (D/E) starting from the press box area down on a first-come, first-serve basis.


All other stadium seating will be general admission. Some general admission seats may be available in D/E sections. Gates open an hour-and-a-half before kickoff, and a reserved ticket guarantees fans a seat.


Last year’s reserved ticket holders have until Monday, Aug. 18, to purchase their same seats. To reserve seats, send a note identifying how many tickets will be purchased and a check for $50 (general public) or $30 (college faculty and staff and athletic boosters) per ticket to: Wartburg Football Reserved Tickets, c/o Wartburg Athletics, P.O. Box 1003, Waverly, IA 50677. After the deadline passes, all seating will be open to the general public.


Tickets will be available to pick up at the booth on the west side of Walston-Hoover Stadium Saturday, Sept. 6, prior to kickoff against St. Norbert’s College of De Pere, Wis. Further questions can be directed to the Wartburg athletic office at 319-352-8309.

Be sure to give the stadium a look and listen to the voices of the students.

Buffalo Bulls

Positioning themselves to fill the void if and when the Bills move on UB can now boast the all their games will be on television for the upcoming season. Yes, they are moving up in the world of college football but given that they last had a winning season during Nixon's first term there is still lots of room for improvement.

And Now You Know....

...the rest of the story

You'd better sit down: Price of SEC football seats soars is a good article with a look at the price of seeing games at SEC schools. Apparently, the author does not go in for the way to find a bargain that has recently hit the food page where you learn that you can shop smarter and save money.

For instance, Florida charges only $224 for season tickets because purchasing them requires a $4,200 minimum donation. That means Florida fans are paying at least $632 per game, tops in the SEC and a 183 percent increase from 1998.

The reaction, “They get how much to see a season of games?” In theory you could donate $4200 and buy one ticket or if you read the Florida 2008 Season Ticket brochure (in .pdf form) you will see that a $4200 donation allows you to purchase up to four season tickets. Quick math tells us then at the minimum season ticket is $1274 or $182 per game. Reading further into the season ticket order form you find that there are numerous donation levels from the big time donor to the struggling new graduate. The true cost is far too complex to put into a newspaper article but, Jon Solomon is at the least guilt of ignorance or more likely sensationalizing. Also notice the upcoming price increase schedule for 2010. Stubhub.com Florida Tickets Link Here.

The lesson of this article is the old adage about pricing. Charge as much as you can get away with. A simple idea with the tricky problem of where the maximum price is that does not piss off your customers.

A piece of advice for anyone that really wants to see their SEC team play; hope they are on Vanderbilt home schedule and then plan a road trip to that game. Birmingham, Alabama to Nashville, Tennessee is about 200 miles (400 miles round trip) Auburn tickets are $28. This might just be worth the trip.

2007 Video Vanderbilt at Auburn



On the other hand, is $3 too much to pay for seats at the Duke v. Vanderbilt game?

Bread For Football

2008 Preseason Consensus 7/8/08
http://preseason.stassen.com/consensus/2008.html

So how much will it cost to buy a ticket to see a top 10 team? While their are many issues that influence the secondary market for tickets and these price are the "asked for" this gives a view of the level of fan support/interest.

1 Ohio State
v. Ohio
Corner 30 $114.00 each
Corner endzone.

v. Michigan
End Zone 34 B $439.00 each
Other corner endzone.

Season Ticket $1699

2 Southern Cal
v. Washington
Upper End Zone $53.00 each
Exact location TBD

v. Ohio State
Upper End Zone $298.00 each
Sunny California, bring your sunscreen.

Season Ticket: $799

3 Florida
v. Hawaii
Sunshine End Zone 324 $86.00 each
SPF 40 or better for this opening game.

v. LSU
Upper Corner 47 $251.00 each
Sunshine not included in this endzone.

Season Ticket: $1225

4t Georgia
v. Central Michigan
Upper Level Sideline 611 $86.00 each
Not in the endzone but you may suffer a nose bleed.

v. Alabama
Upper Level Sideline 601 $208.00 each
At the other goal line from sec. 611

Season Ticket: $990.00




4t Oklahoma
v. UT Chattanooga
Lower Level End Zone 15 $48.00 each
Is the rodeo in town?

v. Nebraska
Lower Level End Zone 15 $124.00 each
If the Huskers get on a roll this could go higher.

Season Ticket: $500

6 Missouri
v. Southeast Missouri
Corner 5 $42.00 each
But this is rivalry game?

v. Colorado
Corner 5 $101.00 each
Sideline BB $101.00 each
Your choice of cheap seats

Season Ticket: None Listed

7 Clemson
v. The Citadel
Upper Sideline T $35.00 each
v. South Carolina State
Upper Sideline T $35.00 each
Cupcakes are cheap.

South Carolina
Upper Sideline T $225.00 each
Probably the same seats as above and now is the time to cash in.

Season Ticket: $669

8 West Virginia
v. Cincinnati
Lower Level Green Zone $71.00 each
Another ticket that may go up in value.

v. Auburn
Upper Level Orange Zone $148.00
Upper deck, corner.

Season Ticket: $760

9 Louisiana State

v. Troy (2nd appearance)
South 420 $50.00 each
v. North Texas
South 420 $50.00 each
South Belt teams do not sell tickets.

.v Georgia
West Upper 611 $255.00 each
Thought the price would be higher.

Note: Appalachian State at LSU Football $74. Is this an opening day premium or respect?

Season Ticket: $600

10 Texas
v. Florida Atlantic
Upper Level Sideline 102 $57.00 each
Again South Belt teams do not sell tickets.

v. Oklahoma
Lower Level End Zone 31 $284.00 each
Far and away the most expensive ticket for the Longhorns.

Season Ticket: $599

Question to think about with the secondary market for college football tickets: Does the big must see game depress the price of other games on the schedule?

**Prices from StubHub.com 7/8/08