VT vs Bama gameday dilemma

[Bama_Fan72]

I am going on vacation back to Alabama the week before the VT vs Bama game. I plan on returning on the 4th or 5th of Sept traveling through Atlanta. My dilema is I have thought about going to the ESPN Gameday (which will probably be there) and then trying to get a ticket and seeing the game live. The dilema is I am afraid I would be there and not be able to get a ticket and end up missing the game for having to drive back to south Georgia. Did anyone that went to the Clemson vs Bama game last year see available tickets before the game?

 

[RedStar]

I am going on vacation back to Alabama the week before the VT vs Bama game. I plan on returning on the 4th or 5th of Sept traveling through Atlanta. My dilema is I have thought about going to the ESPN Gameday (which will probably be there) and then trying to get a ticket and seeing the game live. The dilema is I am afraid I would be there and not be able to get a ticket and end up missing the game for having to drive back to south Georgia. Did anyone that went to the Clemson vs Bama game last year see available tickets before the game?

If you can't get a ticket, watch the game at a local watering hole outside the stadium. Even if you don't get in, the local bars will be swimming with Va Tech and Bama fans, so watching the game there would still beat almost any other alternative. There will be tickets floating around outside, it just depends on how much you want to pay. I've seen plenty of tickets for sale in the classifieds around here and on craigslist. I've seen them for anywhere between $250-$350 right now.

 

[rhYno]

One thing I've noticed at every college football game I've attended, there are always scalpers around. But as RedStar said, you would have just as much fun at a bar and you'd also save a load of cash as well.

 

[RT3413]

100% agree. And you should be able to find a ticket, especially a single, for around face.

 

[IHateUT]

Make sure you KNOW what the tickets will look like. Pics, holograms, etc. There are alot of scalpers with phony tickets in Atlanta. And they are darn good replica's too.

I was a victim of this at the SEC Championship game. They will have checkpoints around the arena where you can check that validity of the tickets.

 

[ncbama]

Atlanta is different. Those folks do monitor on-site ticket sales. I suggest you get a ticket before you go.

I ordered five tickets from AAATIX. Originally connected through TideFans, but I am not sure if that relationship still exists. In any case since ordering through TideFans several years ago I have kept the relationship with AAATIX. I order a couple of times a year.

The five tickets for the Virginia Tech game cost me $200 each for a total of $1000. At this point I was not able to pinpoint just where the tickets will be. Probably in the crow's nest somewhere. If I were going by myself I would have spent $500-600 and gotten a good seat.

Last year I bought three tickets to the Clemson game and had very good seats in the Clemson section.

As for sales outside the stadium, to be honest I don't think I ever saw anybody "selling" tickets. A lot of people were trying to buy, but no overt selling. My son and I commented that that was the first game we had ever attended where there was not an abundance of tickets being sold.

My advice would be to get your ticket beforehand.