Ticker prices outside of stadium?
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eveningnewsteam
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Guy next to me got a pair for 20 bucks
imported_ankle23
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went out with no tickets for the game - i got three nice ones on the iowa side half way up 10-20 yard line for $100 per. could have got them for less, but didn't want to haggle, etc. just took their price. i had an offer for 2 for 1 on endzone seats, but needed three togther and didn't want to sit in the endzone. if i wanted to spend more time looking for tickets, certainly could have found many similar or better deals.
Floridahawkeye1
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$10 at ,one hour before game time - st Pete's bowl
One free ticket later then sold it for 15$
Outback bowl ,2 end zone seats 20$ each but sat in seats on 40/yard line 36 rows up.sponsors tickets and seats open everywhere. Tennessee had huge following
Rose bowl had 96000 folks I heard..not full house..crazy prices early. Then collapse of market.
Might go next year if Hawks are playing.
One free ticket later then sold it for 15$
Outback bowl ,2 end zone seats 20$ each but sat in seats on 40/yard line 36 rows up.sponsors tickets and seats open everywhere. Tennessee had huge following
Rose bowl had 96000 folks I heard..not full house..crazy prices early. Then collapse of market.
Might go next year if Hawks are playing.
imported_ankle23
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the rose bowl was full. the market didn't 'collapse', rather, always 'irrational exuberance'.....people who couldn't sell had to take them out there - how many people went to the rose bowl without tickets. therein lies how you can get a great deal out there.
Floridahawkeye1
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Tickets are market.. Just as Wall St...stocks..up/down...bowl game tickets have an initial stock offering price..then bids and asks take place ..buyers and sellers make deals..hawks got sucked into buying high and lost their shirts by later selling low... Overpriced tickets and packages collapsed ..by game day, tickets plummeted ..same can happen when folks get suckered into stocks and brokers pocket the grease..some folks never learn..ponzie schemes everywhere.. Then to really feel cheated, the team was slaughtered by end of first half. Yuk..depressed fans everywhere felt gutted out. Yep - a market. Beware consumers. Slick guys with forked tongues.
NeilDiamond
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It's a good lesson to all: never pay more than face for bowl tickets and in most cases you can pay way under. I learned the hard way years ago with expensive Final 4 tickets, then saw them going for 25 bucks outside; 2010 Orange Bowl tickets I bought from Iowa that I literally could not give away. This RB was biggest joke ever on those early tickets. Bowls are hard sells, even more so these days.
It is good to hear from folks who bought tickets on the day of the game so that there is "documentation" to use as a point of reference next time. There probably won't ever be a bowl game where demand would be perceived to be higher. Yet, prices plummeted on game day. Good to know.
I would love to hear from more who bought tickets on game day. The more we hear from, the better informed we are for next time.
I would love to hear from more who bought tickets on game day. The more we hear from, the better informed we are for next time.
eveningnewsteam
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Tickets were everywhere. After the parade, there were scalpers with handfuls at the corner of Colorado/orange grove all over people trying to sell
HawkPrdatr40
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The Ticket cost collapsed hard. I remember one guy on site forget his name but he started thread on him paying 1,350 per ticket for 4, sorry but that's insane. You really think a 90,000+ seat stadium for Bowl game isn't going to have tickets to sell?
I bought early and overpaid by hundreds of dollars...made a little back on tickets from U of I that I didn't think I'd get. I'd go again knowing the same outcome, but this will not happen to me again. Lesson learned.
Should have trusted my gut that told me no way those prices hold up. What ultimately caused me to panic was the published demand for tickets through U of I. It seemingly outpaced supply by quite a bit, and I didn't want left out. I've said it before, but I think the university could have done a better job of helping season ticket holders gain a realistic expectation of whether or not they could expect to get tickets from the allotment. Some sort of conservative priority point cut off. We're all adults, but they did us no favors by keeping quiet on that point until so late.
Should have trusted my gut that told me no way those prices hold up. What ultimately caused me to panic was the published demand for tickets through U of I. It seemingly outpaced supply by quite a bit, and I didn't want left out. I've said it before, but I think the university could have done a better job of helping season ticket holders gain a realistic expectation of whether or not they could expect to get tickets from the allotment. Some sort of conservative priority point cut off. We're all adults, but they did us no favors by keeping quiet on that point until so late.
ChosenChildren
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Sold two tickets for fifty dollars apiece outside of the stadium two hours before kickoff. There were plenty of tickets for everyone
