re: Ticket prices for the BCS NC

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Dude, just stop. You're embarrassing yourself. You think OkieLite is gonna bring more fans than Alabama? Sure OSU would bring their fair share of fans, but ask most Bama fans, they'll tell you they outplayed us 11-5. They'd kill for another shot @ LSU. They'll come to NOLA in droves. Demand will gonna be ridiculously high for a rematch of the "Game of the Century". Not to mention they are a 3-6 hour drive away.

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The fact that they are closer does make it easier for travel. Their fanbase is also larger than OK lite. That means a greater demand. If it was just those two factors I would suggest you would be correct and that Bama would be the bigger draw, you are forgeting the rematch aspect of the game. This is going to way heavily on the price of the tickets, even if they think they outplayed us, they will know defeat is possible. They also will know that they have already seen this game already. Also the national interest will be way down if it is bama.
I suspect a 5-10% drop in ticket prices.
I know a little bit about how the economy works, and I get paid for my assumptions of the market forces every day.
Here is an actual price payed today for the ticket.

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I got three tickets in Section 101, Row 17 for $1364.00 a piece. $300 service charge for each as well for a total of $4992.24. What does the rant think? Did I overpay? I felt like the prices have been trending upwards since Sunday night and the longer I wait, the higher they will go, especially after Friday.

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In an earlier post I said these tickets would be worth $1,750 It looks like he paid $1,664. Maybe I know a little about what I am talking about. The price will spike after the teams are announced, however it will drop after that, and long before the game.