Agreed 100%.One other difference that decreased demand was that the Rose Bowl has over 100K seats..
Agreed 100%.One other difference that decreased demand was that the Rose Bowl has over 100K seats..
when I saw Bruce Springsteen 10 years ago all tickets were Will Call only. Once you picked up with ID and CC used, they walked you into the arena. I know a ticket broker who was ....ed b/c they were shut out... Would not be hard to encrypt a name and address into the ticket to where when it is scanned you have to show photo ID if your ID does not match, you don't get in...Size of the stadium really doesn't matter that much. In 2009 Alabama received an alotment of 19,000 tickets, last year we received 17,000. The biggest factor is the logistics of the trip. New Orleans was easy for everyone, where Pasadena isn't drivable for most people. The thing now is even though there are those that won't want to make the trip to Miami due to the 11-12 hour drive, they are still going to order their tickets to sell them in the secondary market. That is the reason you are starting to see many people selling there tickets right now without having the seat location. I believe last year, they made facilty/graduate students pick their tickets up in New Orleans to try to prevent reselling. They were just picking them up and selling them down there without going to the game. Until they come up with some system that will decrease reselling, the problem is going to continue to get worse. Put it this way, if I were to get tickets this year, I could sell two for 3K. Pocket the 600.00 it cost me to get them, then donate the rest to the Crimson Tide Foundation. $2400.00 @ 3pts per $100 would earn me an additional 72 points. Do that every year we go, I would be getting up there in no time.
If I had to pay for a ticket would've been about $1500 more... Believe it or not airfare is under $300 from Dallas. Hotels can be had for a reasonable price if your willing to stay N of Ft. Lauderdale. Boca may be about an hour drive but, worth it IMO.Airfare, hotel, rental car and ticket for $1100? I'll take 4 of those deals right now and give you a finder's fee.
Gee I didn't even get an email Sunday from Tide Pride or ticket office...Anyone get an email from Tide Pride yet about tickets? Notifications are supposed to be made no later than tomorrow based on the email that was sent out Sunday evening...
No email as of this morning, but I expect we'll hear something by the end of the day.Anyone get an email from Tide Pride yet about tickets? Notifications are supposed to be made no later than tomorrow based on the email that was sent out Sunday evening...
Me neither. Guess I don't need to worry about getting tickets through Tide Pride ...Gee I didn't even get an email Sunday from Tide Pride or ticket office...
This particular email came out late Oct./early Nov. It was an email order form for both SECCG and all bowl games. Tide Pride didn't send out a separate or additional email pertaining to BCS game. It was all in one email. You basically ordered from a list of bowls depending on which one Alabama was selected for. I want to say the due date was mid Nov.Me neither. Guess I don't need to worry about getting tickets through Tide Pride ...
Oops sorry. Now I see what everyone else is saying. Guess that means bad news for me too.Actually .. no they sent a second email out on Sunday evening stating that we should know something by today. Just wanted to clarify that .
Keeping fingers crossed that the Tide Totals number comes down a little bit!!
Let's pray that some people are hurting financially and are going to pass on tickets. I have 194 TT points!Actually .. no they sent a second email out on Sunday evening stating that we should know something by today. Just wanted to clarify that .
Keeping fingers crossed that the Tide Totals number comes down a little bit!!