College football week 14 thread: ATLiens

Ah yes, the one thing that can make me root for the College Football Playoff Committee.

 

You won't encounter much of that at AT&T ... it's against the law to sell tickets at any price in Arlington's "entertainment district", and they enforce that rather scrupulously.

 

Outside of the playoff games, buying from the school usually insures the worst seats at the biggest markup.

 

It's all about technique.

 

We went to Game 3 of the 2010 Series and the two tickets I bought from a licensed ticket broker weren't valid. The broker made it right and we got in, but not without some angst. My son and I had to take the $$$ that had been refunded and meet the broker's "guy" for an on-the-down-low transaction right outside one of the Ballpark's main entrances. All ended well, but whoo boy was that a nerve-wracking experience.

 

Will be interesting to see how many Ducks opt out.

 

Has this sort of thing ended with the designation of official secondary market brokers?

 

Full Mizzou package —airfare, hotel, ticket, etc. — is about $2,400. For a seat in the 400s sections. So I’m going to stay home and watch on my 65-inch TV, which will save me $2,300-plus. I’m all for experiences, but, come on.

 

I think it's more that secondary brokers, official or not, are now merely a smartphone tap away. I bought our tickets for Saturday from Stubhub, but ultimately we had to access 'em via SeatGeek, which is the official broker for AT&T.

 

But enough about USC . . .

I paid that for a 40-yard line seat to the 1999 National Championship game (1998 season).
And promptly sold it for $500.

 

Kaliakmanis just entered the portal. Good day for the Gophers. That guy was awful.

Looks like half of Georgia's team is entering the portal.

 

How do they scalp tickets now that everything has gone to digital ticketing? Is there a guy with a trenchcoat full of burner phones working the corner?