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Away game ticket prices are getting out of control
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:22 pm
Alabama is like $160 this year. Yes that is an incredible game but jesus christ I've gone every year and it's never been close to that high. Even something like 5 years ago most away games hovered around $100 and many were lower. They've skyrocketed in price recently. I guess I've been going to games for close to a decade now but I remember when I started going in 2012 how even Auburn and Florida tickets were something like $80.
I get that inflation happens and we are in an arms race but it's pricing me out. The atmosphere has degraded year over year at most venues I go to including Tiger Stadium and the prices go up. And not only that, the revenue they get from tickets is a smaller and smaller percentage every year as the TV money increases.
Maybe I'm ranting but christ I'm basically at the point where it almost isn't worth it anymore to pay these ridiculous prices considering the huge hassle attending a college football game is these days. Maybe I'm just getting too old.
I get that inflation happens and we are in an arms race but it's pricing me out. The atmosphere has degraded year over year at most venues I go to including Tiger Stadium and the prices go up. And not only that, the revenue they get from tickets is a smaller and smaller percentage every year as the TV money increases.
Maybe I'm ranting but christ I'm basically at the point where it almost isn't worth it anymore to pay these ridiculous prices considering the huge hassle attending a college football game is these days. Maybe I'm just getting too old.
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Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:25 pm to jlovel7
I paid $400 a pop for at Bama in 2019 lol. They were great seats and it was so worth it to see that win
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:26 pm to cfish140
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I paid $400 a pop for at Bama in 2019 lol. They were great seats and it was so worth it to see that win
Surely that was secondary though? I'm talking about the face value seats from the schools.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:31 pm to jlovel7
No shock to me. I paid $150 for tix to the Texas game through LSU a couple years ago.
quote:maybe atmosphere is degrading because prices are going up + easier to stream games?
The atmosphere has degraded year over year at most venues I go to including Tiger Stadium and the prices go up.
This post was edited on 5/3/21 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:33 pm to jlovel7
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Maybe I'm just getting too old.
Probably a factor, but not the entire story. If you look at any 5-6 year window the past 25 years or so, none of them compare to the increase we’ve seen since 2015.
When you factor in the hotel, meals, gas, etc. you’re basically at a round trip plane ticket to Europe.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:35 pm to jlovel7
Have two hurricanes hit you and see what a sheet of plywood cost.
Anyway
These days prices don’t give you a chance to experience a game with kids with out emptying your bank account.
Anyway
These days prices don’t give you a chance to experience a game with kids with out emptying your bank account.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:35 pm to jlovel7
I am priced out of LSU football. Not that I couldn't choose to afford it, and I still hit a game occasionally, but to go to ONE game is more than an entire season when I was a student. Honestly, I would need to double my income and double my fall weekends available to desire to attend an entire season in person again.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:35 pm to jlovel7
Everything is expensive these days. The only thing not going up fast is wages.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:41 pm to cfish140
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I paid $400 a pop for at Bama in 2019 lol. They were great seats and it was so worth it to see that win
Same here.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:48 pm to jlovel7
I’m not that old and I’m there with you. I started college in 2003 and remember face value for SEC games being b/t $50-60 most places back then and even less growing up. $160 is what you’d scalp tickets for to big games. That being face now is absurd
This post was edited on 5/3/21 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:52 pm to jlovel7
Sorry you're poor
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:57 pm to GetmorewithLes
I think the number one reason for the price increase is the schools see how much the tickets are going for on the secondary market. They know they can charge more and still get the same amount of people in the stands.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:20 pm to geauxtigers33
Same as professional sports. $1000 to take a family of 4 to a game along with the trimmings! Too much! It is just going to push the NCAA to start paying athletes! Too much money in the game.
This post was edited on 5/3/21 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:21 pm to jlovel7
Everything is getting out of control. I would elaborate but don’t want to kill the free zone...
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:27 pm to jlovel7
I have a ticket stub from 2002 that was like $30
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:29 pm to jlovel7
Until demand goes down the prices will keep going up. It will take a few years of people giving up tickets for things to go down, if at all... maybe will never go down.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:37 pm to Morgan56
Colleges are trying to get in on the ticket money the secondary market is making. I fully expect games like LSU-Ala to be $200+ per ticket and games like LSU-McNeese to be $25 per ticket.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:42 pm to jlovel7
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Alabama is like $160 this year.
Jesus that’s ridiculous for face value.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:49 pm to TigerBait2008
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Sorry you're poor
Yeah. Not everybody can afford new outfits and have the best corner in town like this poster has.
Posted on 5/3/21 at 5:52 pm to jlovel7
Something something Inflation
This post was edited on 5/3/21 at 5:52 pm
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