You can always get tickets to any sporting event. The question is how much you are willing to pay for them. For example, this week in college football:
Michigan at Ohio State StubHub (the best of the ticket exchange services) can put you right at midfield. Go ahead, take a friend. Seats in section 20A (closer to the 40 on the Michigan side) can be had for only $1829 a ticket.
At the "Whatever" Bowl, Michigan State travels to Beaver Stadium Saturday to play Penn State. $143 for a 35 yard line seat, but we can get you upper level corner for $40. (Must bring own oxygen supply and hiking gear).
Talk about success going to your heads, there is only 1 ticket listed for the Wake Forest home game against the Virginia Tech Hokies. Two reasons. First, the butlers of the Wake Forest grads don't do Stub Hub. Second, the Virginia Tech fans buy up every available ticket months in advance to their road games. It is hard to find a more loyal bunch of fans than the folks from Blacksburg. Image a cross between the people who follow the Grateful Dead and those who subscribe to "Better Silos and Tractors Monthly". I once saw two of them, thoroughly drunk, spray painting their shoes orange on a sidewalk. The only problem was they kept missing their shoes and spray painting the streets of Chapel Hill orange.
Carolina is playing their big rival NC State at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill Saturday. The best price is $184. They would pay you more, but that's the best they can do.
The USC-Notre Dame game is a week from Saturday. Stub Hub has tickets. One fan is willing to give up his seats deep in the corner of the visitors end zone for just $3,000. I have a hard time believing he'll get anywhere close to that, with better deals on the USC side near the 40. The really fun thing about these sites is the range of prices customers set for the same section. For example, section 24 (out near the 20 yard line) might cost you $200 from one seller while another wants $2000. (Safety tip-If you do get cheap seats, don't discuss the price with the person sitting next to you. It might put them in a profoundly bad mood).
I was surprised to see that Army-Navy is still such a draw. Standing room seats start around $90. People with actual seats are asking $400 and up. If you do go, be sure to be courteous to your neighbors. The guy shouting "Down in front!" from behind you may have the resources to track your vehicle from the parking lot with a drone and then blow up your Volvo on I-95 with a strike from Hellfire missles. Just saying.
As little as $200 will get you a seat for next week's Rutgers at West Virginia game. Be aware, though, that this event is strictly BYOJ (bring your own jug).
Consider your options carefully. We know your entertainment dollar can only stretch so far. After all there are those tickets to see Streisand in Vegas. $8236 puts you and a friend right on the floor of the MGM Grand Garden Arena, so close you'll be able to hear Babs hiss when a Republican enters the room. Life is full of choices.
dudski, what a great time to be a scalper! Tickets to the Arkansas-LSU game in Little Rock next Friday have been offered for up to $800. I guess I'll watch that one on TV.
(Tip to anyone wanting to see the Arkansas-LSU game: Go early and find the drunkest students you can. They're gonna stay outside and tailgate through the game anyways, and they'll need gas money back to Fayetteville. It's a test of nerves. The longer you can hold out 'til gametime approaches, the cheaper the tickets get.)
Dudski - I will be sitting in my family room with a nice fire in the fireplace. I will have my 52" Panasonic HD TV tuned in to the Michigan/osu game for the pre-game through the end. My Bose 5-speaker surround sound has a sports setting that is just unbelievable. There will be hot wings, chili dogs, Chili made with "Dave's Insanity Sauce", Nachos and cheese, chips and dip, a giant Chicago Style steak sub with lots of cheese. There will be pleanty of beer, soda and some Captain Morgans siced rum.
There are usually no lines at either one of the bathrooms in the house but I can safely say that there will NEVER be a line at both. Cigar smoking is allowed in my family room so feel free to light up a nice Macanudo or Padron.
All of this for absolutely nothing. Feel free to pop in any time. Lots of room.
I'll be driving 120 miles to my son's HS state playoff game (he's not on the team, just a spectator) at 1pm CST, so I'll not only miss Oklahoma-Baylor, I'll miss some game from Columbus too. LOL!
I'll pick both games in my Condimentally Correct tonight or tomorrow when I enter it, not positive which way I'm leaning yet but 7 is a lot of points in this game.....
Dudski, great post. Love the BYOJ! It could get ugly at that game without discussing ticket prices!
Last edited by MustardMan on November 16th at 8:36 AM.
I'll be standing outside, huddled around a garbage can, sipping off a bottle of Mad Dog with my other homeless buddies. I hope Ralph paid the cable bill.
Chux-I guess I formed my impression of Wake Forest graduates in the parking lot at Groves Stadium. You could yell out "Buffy" and half the women would have turned and looked. (But attractive women, they were). It had the look of old money to me. :)
FP-That sounds like a great setup. The weather is better indoors, too.
HogFan-You sure hit it right. If you have the nerve, prices in those last 10 minutes are always great. I'll bet you could even see the OSU-Michigan game for around $200 if you waited long enough.
