I cant IMAGINE they will be nearly as much as a 'home game' for USC v. Texas. Few Kali fans will be interested, so we have two teams that will travel thousands of miles for a game. So if USC v Texas was over $1000 for scalpers, what will be the going rate this go-around?
Alabama makes it a very expensive ticket. Florida would have been cheaper. I bet Alabama makes them $500 more expensive.
Factors trending prices down from 4 years ago: 1. No "home" team demand for tickets. 2. Significant negative change in national economy. 3. Not as high pent-up demand from Longhorn Nation that had waited decades for clear NC shot. 4. Likely reduction in available affordable air transporation for both fanbases due to contraction in airline industry in the last 4 years Factors possibly boosting demand: 1. Bama fanbase has similar pent-up demand for NC game that Longhorn fans had 4 years ago, thereby fueling 'I don't care how much it costs" mentality many of us had last go-round. I personally believe the first 2 'downward' influences mentioned above will outweigh the Bama demand, though probably not by a huge amount. I got two separate sets of two tickets last time for an average of $700-750 each that were high end-zone seats. I am predicting those same seats will end up being in the $600-650 range this time around when the bulk of the tickets are distributed to the fanbases in the next couple of weeks. I just think there are going to be more tickets available and sold on the open market this game than last. We shall see!!
Another thing that might boost prices... ...the Longhorn fans who have been kicking themselves for not going four years ago and swore they would pay whatever it takes to go to the game the next time we played in it.
i went last time, it was awesome. nothing will surpass that. think people, for the cost of going out there and attending the game for 2, you could get a high end 50" LCD HD TV to watch the game on
I have never regretted the money spent to go to back to back Rose Bowls in 05 and 06. I cant go this year because of work requirements, cant lose my job, so it isnt an issue for me this time but for those who can go I highly recommend it, tremendous location, all the pagentry and if they win an experience of a lifetime.
I've said it over and over again. The money my wife and I spent to go in 2006 was some of the best money we've ever spent. We spent $2,000 on tickets, about $500 on airfare, about $100 on rental car and another $250 or so on random stuff. We flew in that morning and flew out immediately after the game on a redeye. I would not trade that experience for anything, especially a large screen tv. Having said that I did tell her immediately after the game that if we were ever fortunate enough to make another MNC game, we would not be going. Any other game would be a let down compared to the 2006 game even if we win. Instead I'll happily watch it from my couch with my boys.
I know A LOT of people that joined me for the USC Rose Bowl. A quick survey of this group tells me that about 75% of them WILL NOT be going again this year. Of course the LHF is experiencing high demand. The ticket market in 2005 created a lot of quick profits for those who got tickets through the schools. Everybody who can get seats through UT will get seats through UT. A LOT of these seats will end up on the secondary market. Texas gets 25k seats. Alabama gets 25k seats. There's another 50k seats out there and many of them are going to hit the market. The USC home game had a huge affect on the market last time around. That will not be repeated. I will be there regardless of price, but I don't expect it to be as high as 2005. Bernard
Actually, according to the rejection e-mails that have been sent to LHF donors that gave $1500 and Below on another thread, UT only received 19,000 tickets this year... Someone else posted saying that 14,000 will go to LHF... That is a LOT less tickets than UT received in 2006... I think it was 25,000 and 22,500 were given to LHF in 2006.... if anyone can verify that (or maybe it's in the archives somwhere), that would really help to see what the difference is in 4 years!!!
These tickets will not be as high as they were in 2006. There are numerous factors that should work in our favor. There has already been a significant ticket dump in the California market. I have been told by a good friend in LA that most out there who were eligible, already have tickets in hand. I confirmed this randomly with a poster on Craig's List. His were listed at $700 a piece for six tickets in sec 21. There is not the local market there was in 2006. This won't matter early, but it will matter leading up to and especially the day of the game. I don't care how many brave Texans and Bamans head to LA without tickets, there will not be the walk up market there was in 2006. The economy also does not help the market. This is not as big a factor IMO as the reasons above, but it will have some effect. I believe the wisest course of action is to avoid the early sales market and wait until January. This is difficult and something I am usually not comfortable with. This approach also did not work in 2006, as tickets continued to rise right up until kickoff. I am betting (literally) that this will not be the case in 2010. The audience/market will be more limited this time around. This Rose Bowl should be great, but it will not be the coolest sporting event ever for the locals. It will look a lot more like a hard core college football crowd and less like a casting for Entourage. At least I hope so.................
What's the best strategy for getting tickets? Get them now? Wait until closer to the game, hoping prices will drop? Last minute from scalpers? I waited until the game to get tickets at the 06 game and almost didn't get in. There was NO ONE selling in the parking lot around the stadium so I'd rather not risk it this year.
I bought two tickets off of Ebay from a ticket broker. I spoke with them and the man said other ticket brokers are presently buying from each other which normally means that prices are not going down. It doesn't mean that prices will continue to go up either. He said there are no extra tickets in LA. Of course I was talking to the fox in the chicken house so who knows.
The market will be greater than 2006. People seem to forget that 2006 Rose Bowl (ENDZONE) tickets were $500-600 on eBay right after the foundation shipped their allotment. You won't see prices that low for this game.
Hardly anybody has tickets in hand right now - we'll see what happens when tens of thousands of tickets actually get in the hands of people, and particularly the 40-50,000 people who get tickets through sponsors, Pasadena residents, etc., who have absolutely no interest in attending the game without a local team playing in it. If ticket brokers actually thought prices were going to go up in the next couple of weeks, why would they be selling them for the current prices instead of making even more money then??
The ticket brokers are selling without the tickets in hand. They'll charge what they think they can get. People are paying these high prices now. If these brokers can't get them, they'll refund your money. Wow, big risk on their part, right!?
I dont believe tickets will be higher this time. I was working brokers for months before I threw down for the 2006 game. There was an unparalleled frenzy about that game that never diminished. The only sporting event I recall where there were NO tickets to be had on gameday. Not gonna be nearly that hot IMO and I dont think you have a lot to lose by waiting a bit.
