Skins sell ticket straight to scalpers

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

I get my tickets from Marion Barry at a discount.

Crack rocks for tickets? Sounds like a deal to me.

[BrunellMVP?]

I really feel like this robs the season ticket holders of the stadium experience. this never happened in RFK. Now I understand why there always seems to be an army of opposing team supporters. very frustrating.

I'm also annoyed by the terrible menu options associated with the Tailgate Club. Why does it feel like the skins are always trying to fleece the fan?

[saden1]

Simply don't go to the games. Problem solved. No need to thank me.

[redsk1]

I've been to RFK and Fed Ex.

We've talked about the problem w/ the ticket brokers since the Steeler game, although the post did magnify the problem of it which included some Skins salesmen.

Maybe i'm a little older and a little more frugal now, but I just think the expense and time of going to a game is too much for me. I used to go to one game a year now I'd like to but don't always. I typically have to buy from a broker if i can't get it by other means.

At Fed Ex, the best time for me is tailgating. I'd love to go to tailgate, bring a HD w/ satellite, sit in the parking lot and watch the game. Once it ends, i'm out, and can be at home in 2 hrs or so.

If I go, it's $300+ (if my wife doesn't go) and i don't get home til 830 or 9pm for a 1pm game. That's a 13 hour trip.

RFK was more of an experience. Almost all skins fans. Cheaper. Different time. More of a "skins family" type feel that you don't always get at FE.

[skinsfan69]

[quote=redsk1;583221]I've been to RFK and Fed Ex.

We've talked about the problem w/ the ticket brokers since the Steeler game, although the post did magnify the problem of it which included some Skins salesmen.

Maybe i'm a little older and a little more frugal now, but I just think the expense and time of going to a game is too much for me. I used to go to one game a year now I'd like to but don't always. I typically have to buy from a broker if i can't get it by other means.

At Fed Ex, the best time for me is tailgating. I'd love to go to tailgate, bring a HD w/ satellite, sit in the parking lot and watch the game. Once it ends, i'm out, and can be at home in 2 hrs or so.

If I go, it's $300+ (if my wife doesn't go) and i don't get home til 830 or 9pm for a 1pm game. That's a 13 hour trip.

RFK was more of an experience. Almost all skins fans. Cheaper. Different time. More of a "skins family" type feel that you don't always get at FE.[/quote]

Exactly

[skinsfan69]

Who cares? If the fans aren't buying them then they can sell them to whom ever they want. This is what happens when you have a 90,000 + seat stadium. At RFK this would never have happened. I'd rather be stabbed in the eyeballs then go over to Fed Ex Field.

[sandtrapjack]

Here's a hypthetical question, that really happens.

What about those Season Ticket holders, that sell off a portion of thier season tickets in order to finance the purchase of the following years season tickets?

Tons of people will buy season tickets, go to 4 or 5 games, and sell the remaining tickets at a marked up price and use the profit to pay for next years seeason tickets.

How do we classify those fans? They literally pay for season tickets for one year, and then all subsequent years are paid for with "house money".

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

Here's a hypthetical question, that really happens.

What about those Season Ticket holders, that sell off a portion of thier season tickets in order to finance the purchase of the following years season tickets?

Tons of people will buy season tickets, go to 4 or 5 games, and sell the remaining tickets at a marked up price and use the profit to pay for next years seeason tickets.

How do we classify those fans? They literally pay for season tickets for one year, and then all subsequent years are paid for with "house money".

Ugh...not so much. Unless you have some of the coveted $99 seats then there's zero chance you're selling the other tickets for enough to pay for next season's tickets. They simply don't fetch all that much. You can get maybe face for the upper bowls in decent games, possibly a little more than face for the really popular games and less than face for about half of the games total. If you break even on the ones you've sold you have performed a minor capitalistic miracle.

For the more expensive tickets you're lucky to get face at all for any games. Just because Stub Hub has tickets listed for $200-$300 doesn't mean they sell.

[JPPT1974]

Really the scalpers in return will sell them at outrageous prices I am afraid!

[WaldSkins]

Speaking about tickets: I was offered season tickets for this year in section 221 for $1400. Does anyone know if this is a good deal or not?

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by WaldSkins

Speaking about tickets: I was offered season tickets for this year in section 221 for $1400. Does anyone know if this is a good deal or not?

A piece? No. Or at least I highly doubt it. 221 shouldn't be more than $79 or $99 I think. So face on those would be 790-990. Might be wrong though

[WaldSkins]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

A piece? No. Or at least I highly doubt it. 221 shouldn't be more than $79 or $99 I don't think. So face on those would be 790-990. Might be wrong though

For the season and with two seats. I always sit in the lower level when i go and really do not know much about the club level. Im just fishing for feedback before i shell out $1400 for seats.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by WaldSkins

For the season and with two seats. I always sit in the lower level when i go and really do not know much about the club level. Im just fishing for feedback before i shell out $1400 for seats.

221 is good section..right on the 50 it looks like. Not sure what those run but 1400 seems pretty good for two seats. Check to make sure they aren't obstructed.

[WaldSkins]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

221 is good section..right on the 50 it looks like. Not sure what those run but 1400 seems pretty good for two seats. Check to make sure they aren't obstructed.

Too me it seems like you get more blue collar football fans in the lower level then you would in the club seating. I'll probaly buy them if i can't find anything in the lowers. Thanks for the help.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

221 is good section..right on the 50 it looks like. Not sure what those run but 1400 seems pretty good for two seats. Check to make sure they aren't obstructed.

I'm not entirely sure but I think any seats beyond row 12-14 of the 200 level might be obstructed because of the beams supporting the upper deck. If it's not that it's something similar.