Prices: A Super Bowl/Sports question

I can't think of anything I'd pay that kind of money to see

Paying many hundreds of dollars to go WATCH a sport or concert is ridiculous to me. No way I'd pay in the thousands.

But if other people want to spend their money that way, whatever.

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Knowing what I know now, I have regrets not going to the Saints Super Bowl. Should of went...ah well.

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I am pretty cheap, but I agree with this...that is an opportunity that only comes along one or two times in your life...

I have a few problems with spending very large amounts of money on a sporting event.

1.) Chances are that the game happens every year (LSU v. Bama; Michigan v. OSU; Super Bowl) or multiple times a year (El Clasico; Merseyside Derby; Duke v. UNC). So it's not like it's some "once in a lifetime event", like maybe a boxing match, or a hometown favorite/underdog playing a longtime champion in Wimbledon or something like that.

2.) It's not like you won't get to see the event, as most, if not all, major sporting events are on TV.

3.) If the team you follow passionately is participating in the event and they lose, the bad taste in your mouth will never leave. Ever.


My guidelines are like this: I'll pay twice face value for a regular season LSU game (say, $200 for LSU v. Bama). If a bowl/playoff game is more than that, I'll just watch on TV.

As far as paying thousands of dollars...well, a person could have a very nice..VERY NICE...10-day vacation in Italy or Spain or New Zealand for $5000. As far as I'm concerned, I'll take that over an LSU game or any other game, no matter what the stakes are.

never is an event in which tickets are sold, and is able to be viewed on TV is ever worth the price. Once the event is over, what do you have to show for the money you spend, that someone who watches on TV doesn't? You can say you were there worth $0, and a ticket stub, worth $0.

Glad we went to 2007 Championship game ( didn't look good when we were down 10-0 )





Glad I didn't go to the next one...

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I spent 3k for a pair of tix to the 2102 BCS game against Notre Dame and it was worth every penny. Told my wife I would have paid $6k after the game.

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But that was a blowout! National Championship tickets are fascinating to me because the price fluctuates wildly with location. Miami & New Orleans are tough tickets but this year in Glendale club seats were under $200 on game day. And that was a great matchup.

To me the only way super bowl tickets are "worth it" is if you're 1) shitting money 2) with a big client who demands to go and will definitely throw enough business at you to make it worthwhile or 3) making it a once in a lifetime trip, like the Saints fans who went.

I have season tickets to the Saints. When they went to the Super Bowl, I was picked to buy tickets at face value. They were $800 each. Someone we knew was picked also to get the $500 face value tickets. They let me buy them. I sold the $800 ones for a profit. When we picked up the $500 ones in Ft Lauderde, they were better seats than the $800 ones. I askedmyself that if I had to pay a premium to go and the Saints lost, would I regret it. I said I wouldn't. So I would have paid a premium to go if I didn't get lucky to get 4 tickets at face value. I can't knock someone for paying high amounts of money to go. Most people spend money on something others think is retarded. In the end, it is your money and you do what makes you happy.

It's all relative. If you are a CEO for a large public company and make like 5 million a year, there are only so many boats and houses you can buy. I mean say you take home 50k a month. Droppin 5k on the superbowl is 3 days salary or 50 bucks for someone making 25k a year.