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Bama/USC in Arlington

Posted on 6/1/16 at 10:16 pm
Posted by BamamaninLAland
Prairieville
Member since Nov 2013
15 posts
Posted on 6/1/16 at 10:16 pm
I see tickets being sold via Stubhub and the like, but any way to buy directly yet or does anyone know face value ticket pricing? I hate paying 400-500 a ticket and finding out they were only 75$ each.
Thanks
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72570 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:55 am to
I don't mind sitting in the nose bleed. But better seats will be available for cheaper as the summer drags on. Happened for Wisconsin and Michigan State games. I sat in the endzone at the Cotton Bowl.
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
You'll Never Walk Alone
Member since Jun 2011
38628 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:44 am to
I've already booked my flight. Won't search for tickets until game day in Arlington. I'm a ticket Jedi though
Posted by elposter
Member since Dec 2010
25866 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:49 am to
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400-500 a ticket


Don't pay anywhere near this. I've noticed Alabama tickets for these neutral site and playoff games are getting cheaper and cheaper. You are correct to figure out face value and probably set that as the max you will pay. A lot of people are getting tapped out money-wise or burnt out time-wise on these games. Sellers on the secondary market were have trouble even getting face value for the national championship game last year.

ETA: You could get okay seats to Alabama Wisconsin last year in this game for less than face value. I think the face value ranged from $150 - $300 but you could buy on stubhub the week before the game for less than $100.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 7:58 am
Posted by Bamafan15
Member since Jan 2016
6820 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 8:53 am to
Yeah I guy I know went to the national championship last year and paid like $700 for one seat. He said minutes before kickoff, the seat next to him was selling for like $130
Posted by I Love Bama
Alabama
Member since Nov 2007
37922 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:08 am to
If I have said it once I have said it 1,000 times. If you show up on game day with no ticket and wait till kick off, you can go to ANY game for $100 or less.
Posted by bamabenny
Member since Nov 2009
14832 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 11:35 am to
quote:

If I have said it once I have said it 1,000 times. If you show up on game day with no ticket and wait till kick off, you can go to ANY game for $100 or less.


This. Most I've ever paid to attend a game was $100, and that was for the Bama/OSU playoff.

Actually, maybe I paid 125 for the OU Sugar Bowl suckfest, but those were 45 yard line tickets from a friend, so I didn't mind too much.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

If I have said it once I have said it 1,000 times. If you show up on game day with no ticket and wait till kick off, you can go to ANY game for $100 or less.





This strategy has worked for me every time except twice. First time was the Tennessee game in Knoxville in 96. We didn't see hardly anyone selling tickets before the game, and they all wanted $200+(which was unheard of at the time) There was nobody to be found with an extra right after kickoff, and a lot of people looking.

1999 Tennessee game in Tuscaloosa was the same deal. We gave up by the end of the 1st quarter.
Posted by cjared036
Houston, tx
Member since Dec 2009
9569 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:48 pm to
I paid $400 for 2013 BCS game. but I sold one for $800 so I felt that I got a deal. Ton of ND fans in town for that game.

I went to Wisconsin game last year, paid $20 for 200 level tix.

don't get tix till you get into Dallas at least. day of game is preferable. If you need a big group of tix together then you will get robbed.
Posted by BamamaninLAland
Prairieville
Member since Nov 2013
15 posts
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:56 am to
Thanks folks! I am going to bust up into the Big D and find a ticket Saturday morning! (unless something changes drastically on Stubhub)
Posted by Five0
Member since Dec 2009
11354 posts
Posted on 6/3/16 at 1:32 pm to
quote:

Thanks folks! I am going to bust up into the Big D and find a ticket Saturday morning! (unless something changes drastically on Stubhub)


Hell, even if you don't find a ticket go a nice sports bar, get loose, and enjoy the game anyway. You are still winning.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
27158 posts
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:21 pm to
I went to the MSU game, and some of you have probably been to games in that building, but here's my take.

I sat in the endzone we first scored in, about 10 rows up in the 200 section, looking down our sideline. I enjoyed the seats and would go again, sitting in levels 100 or 200.

I would not sit in the 300 level, and absolutely would not sit in the 400 level. Before the game I went up there and walked out into the arena from the concourse. That mammoth TV screen is staring you right in the face. I don't see how you can keep from watching the screen the whole game. I'm not going out to Dallas to watch the game on TV...even if it's a 50 yard long TV.

Other observations...Traffic in and out was easy...stayed at the Omni and meandered back through residential areas easily wity the help of GPS, no traffic. Never waited at concessions...just walked right up. They have so many. They also have phone charging stations. It was probably the nicest football venue I have been to. Just an amazing building.

Just stay out of the 300 and 400 levels. But maybe that's just me.

Posted by UltimaParadox
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
44301 posts
Posted on 6/14/16 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

Yeah I guy I know went to the national championship last year and paid like $700 for one seat. He said minutes before kickoff, the seat next to him was selling for like $130


I had an extra set of tickets in the uppers on the 50 that I sold for 100 bucks combined! Face value was 450 each.

If you are wanting to buy tickets to this game on Stubhub, there is no reason to buy now. Schools dont even issue the tickets until early August. Plus the school is switching to e-mailed tickets now. You can probably buy them on Stubhub and just get your phone scanned before you walk in.

Posted by CCTider
Member since Dec 2014
24389 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 1:04 am to
quote:


If I have said it once I have said it 1,000 times. If you show up on game day with no ticket and wait till kick off, you can go to ANY game for $100 or less


Shhh!!! Don't tell everyone. Then those us jedis will be left without tickets.


I've done it a million times without a problem. The only time I was left screwed was the blackout game in Athens. People still wanted $200+ for nosebleeds at kickoff. And looking around, it was a sea of fingers in the air.

After a few loud cheers, I ran to the nearest bar. I was glad to find out it was Bama fans making all that noise. But that was a game was perfect storm for overpriced tickets.

If you're particularly patient, and by yourself, I've seen drunk people offering free tickets to big games, because they forgot to try to sell them.
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 1:07 am
Posted by artompkins
Orange Beach, Al
Member since May 2010
5808 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 7:54 am to
quote:

I've already booked my flight. Won't search for tickets until game day in Arlington. I'm a ticket Jedi though


Same here; I will be in the area the previous week for work so I am staying an extra couple of days to see the game. I am banking on getting one the day of.
Posted by Sneaky__Sally
Member since Jul 2015
12364 posts
Posted on 6/16/16 at 7:24 am to
I usually just play stubhub the morning of the game or the day before. I sat 1st row, 25/30 yeard line club level for the Michigan State Game and paid $350 for the pair. Could have easily gone cheaper but it was my first time in Jerry World and I wanted to take it in.

- Stubhub will set up a mobile ticket pick up station so you can purchase them and grab the hard tickets a block away from the stadium as you walk in.
This post was edited on 6/16/16 at 7:26 am
Posted by Xignals
Pits of Hell
Member since Nov 2013
1410 posts
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:59 pm to
I am planing on driving to the game. Going to spend the night in Shreveport then drive in Saturday morning. Question is parking. Are there any shuttles or ways to stay out of all that traffic?

Thanks!
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