College football week 14 thread: ATLiens

[Baron Scicluna]

He is ON IT!

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

 

[doctorquant]

If it didn't affect your daughter I'd say roll the dice and buy tickets from a desperate scalper fifteen minutes before kickoff.

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.

 

[dixiehack]

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

 

[Songbird]

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.

It's all about technique.

 

[doctorquant]

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.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Liberty is undefeated against the worst schedule in D1. Oregon is gonna truck them.

Will be interesting to see how many Ducks opt out.

 

[tapintoamerica]

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.

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

 

[swingline]

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.

 

[doctorquant]

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

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.

 

[BTExpress]

every year teams who were ranked high in all that stuff wind up ranked twenty or below

But enough about USC . . .

I can get an in-the-door price for about $150 a ticket. I can stomach that. shirtty seats, but it's about the experience.

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

 

[micropolitan guy]

I'm a Gopher fan and alum and even I probably won't watch the Quick Lane Bowl, so I certainly understand how some bowl games become objects of derision. But I have never really understood the spittle-flecked rage some go into about the proliferation of bowls. Last I checked we do not live in a police state where anybody is forced at gunpoint to watch a lousy bowl game.

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.

 

[Batman]

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?