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Would love to have a head count of the Saints fans that will be in attendence. I'd put it at ~4,000-5,000.
The Panthers sold out their playoff game in 3 minutes. Also, while the stadium isn't always packed for every game, especially during bad seasons, the Panthers have sold out every home game but two since they became a NFL franchise in 1996.
I have to think in Green Bay's case it's the weather. The high is currently predicted to be 0 degrees and once the sun goes down it will surely drop quickly. I would love to take my 7 year old sons to a Packers playoff game but I don't think I can pack enough layers on them to keep them warm in that weather. I suspect many others are thinking the same thing, thus the tickets still available.
Living in Raleigh for the past 14 years and took the family to our first Panthers game a couple of weeks back against the Saints. While it did not have the pizzazz and bells and whistles like a lot of other places have, it was a very nice atmosphere, loud and just a good time...
The blackout rules have been in dire need of reform for a decade, and I think this really will bring things to a head. Congressmen and Senators will get involved if their constituents aren't able to watch the home team in the playoffs this weekend. Talk about scoring easy political points.
Aside from the lost ticket revenue, what, if any, is the actual financial cost to a team of having a game blacked out locally?
I would love to witness these fans mixing it up. Philly is notorious but Saints fans don't take a lot of crap these days. Interesting, I imagine the Saints fans will start out jovial, but I can see problems developing in the stands for this one.
Are you responding to my question?
Just went out to the Colts website and you can get a block of 6 nosebleeds for 106 apiece. Could also get 6 together in the 163 range.
Pretty minimal. Team keep parking and concession money, but all ticket revenues go into the pool and are shared equally. The home team gets a stipend to pay for gameday operations. The NFL is the one setting this outrageous ticket prices.
Yeah, sorry, I was responding to you.
I saw someone on Twitter say that the Colts made fans who wanted playoff tickets pay in December for two playoff games, with no promise of a refund.
Not sure. I know many tickets get returned right before game time. Could be faulty news but every channel was saying the same thing. I've been able to but tickets on the site in years past for sold out games the day before the game. In '06 I sat on the 45 in the 2nd row when we beat the Pats. I got lucky.
They only do that to the season ticket holders. They don't offer refunds, they apply unused funds towards next year's season tickets. It's a giant crock!
Was thinking the same thing, although more likely many of our kinder, gentler Saints fans have no idea what they're getting into. I regularly hear stories about how bad our fans were treated on the road (and gosh we're so nice at home to visitors, which we are by the way).
I must have been unlucky then with my trip to New Orleans, although before kickoff the guy next to me warned me about the guy behind me who is a complete #### to visiting fans. And since the tickets I sat in were from ticketmaster, apparently they are usually taken by visiting fans.
thats insane and should be illegal; how can someone love an organization that does this?
Does what?
wow. The way it works in Denver is we were asked to purchase tickets in early December and pay a $50 deposit. The tickets were printed and mailed once Broncos won the division, and the CC was charged for the balance once the Broncos secured the 1st round bye. If Broncos win, my CC will be automatically charged for the championship game.
Yep. Overestimated the potential price on the Supply/Demand curve? I would never pay that for a ticket. Other might, and they only need X number of people to buy tickets. But, factor in food, parking, etc.. and you're looking at more money then most people are willing to pay. As long as enough people ARE willing, I guess they are fine. We'll see. I for one would love enough of a backlash against ticket prices to bring them down into a reasonable level, but I suspect that greed will win out.$225-450 per seat is outrageous!
Id say if you were not going to renew your tickets next year...you probably declined the playoff tickets
Great points. Playoff tickets were like $20 or less 40-50 years ago, I'm only curious what the cost of the ticket is to today's wages. Seems astronomical but maybe others have a better idea of how outrageous it is.Yep. Overestimated the potential price on the Supply/Demand curve? I would never pay that for a ticket. Other might, and they only need X number of people to buy tickets. But, factor in food, parking, etc.. and you're looking at more money then most people are willing to pay. As long as enough people ARE willing, I guess they are fine. We'll see. I for one would love enough of a backlash against ticket prices to bring them down into a reasonable level, but I suspect that greed will win out.
I guess everything is relative. Tickets on the resale market go for that and well beyond if you want to go see a Patriots home game (especially if you want a decent seat). People here would shell that out in a heartbeat to see the Pats. Parking passes for the upcoming game are going for $267 on StubHub.
Huh, surprised but of course there are ######s in every crowd, can't avoid that. By and large we pride ourselves on being cool and welcoming to other fans. Maybe it was the years of losing that taught us to be humble, or maybe it's just because we know we're a tourist town and want people down here and are used to showing them hospitality, don't know, but I'd like to think we have a good rep.
Yeah, people were selling the last Seahawks/Rams game tickets for nearly triple their value. Anyone not interested in using those tickets should at least consider purchasing them for a little side cash.I guess everything is relative. Tickets on the resale market go for that and well beyond if you want to go see a Patriots home game (especially if you want a decent seat). People here would shell that out in a heartbeat to see the Pats. Parking passes for the upcoming game are going for $267 on StubHub.
I think the cost of living in the 2 areas may be a tad different. No?I guess everything is relative. Tickets on the resale market go for that and well beyond if you want to go see a Patriots home game (especially if you want a decent seat). People here would shell that out in a heartbeat to see the Pats. Parking passes for the upcoming game are going for $267 on StubHub.
We used to go to the Colts road game to Jacksonville every year until some doosh tried to talk trash the whole game to my 16 yo son. If it weren't for the other fans speaking up first, it would have ended ugly for 1 or both of us.
