PSU ticket sales

[NittPicker]

To start a thread which won't touch a nerve for anyone..... As of today the single game pre-sale period is going as you'd expect. The only seats left for the Pitt game are in the club level and they go for $400 a pop. For the Michigan game all sideline seats are gone and the only non club seats remaining are scattered in the upper decks. There are limited sideline seats remaining for Nebraska. I thought that game would sell well but maybe the excitement isn't there since we don't play them very often.

I'd expect all three of those games to sell out once the public sale starts. I'd also expect Pitt and maybe Michigan to return some of their allotment which will in turn be sold to the public.

Meanwhile, in Oakland there are still plenty of Pitt season tickets available. Maybe their administration was wrong last year when they said the spike in season ticket sales had very little to do with Penn State fans buying a cheap season ticket to see one game.

 

[LemonEars]

Talking about ticket sales, I'm a NLC member with about 300 points. Yesterday I requested Iowa and Ohio State away game tickets. Does anyone have any insight on whether I will get them? Thanks.

 

[PSUSignore]

Disappointed, but not surprised. My NLC window starts tomorrow and the Pitt or UM games were the 2 I was hoping for. Oh well, guess I'll pass on coming back for a game this year. As someone that lives 1500 miles away I only come back once every few years and only come for "premium" games due to the costs. But it's virtually impossible for me to get game tickets to the good games for a reasonable price anymore, and face value pricing is basically a pipe dream.

 

[bjf1991]

Disappointed, but not surprised. My NLC window starts tomorrow and the Pitt or UM games were the 2 I was hoping for. Oh well, guess I'll pass on coming back for a game this year. As someone that lives 1500 miles away I only come back once every few years and only come for "premium" games due to the costs. But it's virtually impossible for me to get game tickets to the good games for a reasonable price anymore, and face value pricing is basically a pipe dream.

When was the last time you couldn't pick up plenty of tickets outside the stadium at reasonable prices?

(answer - 1992 game, PSU vs Miami)

The odds of tickets not being available are somewhere just south of the odds of having your tickets burn up in a hotel fire fire the morning of the game.

 

[PSUSignore]

When was the last time you couldn't pick up plenty of tickets outside the stadium at reasonable prices?

(answer - 1992 game, PSU vs Miami)

When it costs $1000 to travel in for a game, I insist on confirmed tickets before making any arrangements.

 

[bjf1991]

When it costs $1000 to travel in for a game, I insist on confirmed tickets before making any arrangements.

To each their own.

If I wanted to go to a game, and knew there were tickets available at a reasonable price...... I wouldn't let a "lack of tickets" force me to abort a trip that I wanted to take, or an event that i wanted to attend.
And - of course - with this new "interwebs" thing one can go to StubHub, Ticketmaster, TicketExchange, or any number of other sites and have their tickets in their pockets whenever they want.
Just one of those sites has over 3200 tickets available (at mark ups of 50% or less from face value) for purchase -right now - for the "premium" game vs Pitt.

But that's an individual's decision

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

My day and time was noon on Tuesday. I was surprised at what was there then. I think I was in the first period. The sale of additional season tix has had a major impact. Sorry I bought my max of 12 for both Pitt and Michigan. If the trend continues, there will be few single game tix to sell in the future.

 

[LemonEars]

When was the last time you couldn't pick up plenty of tickets outside the stadium at reasonable prices?

(answer - 1992 game, PSU vs Miami)

The odds of tickets not being available are somewhere just south of the odds of having your tickets burn up in a hotel fire fire the morning of the game.

There used to be lots of ways to get into a big game at Beaver Stadium. My brother and I showed up without tickets for the 1982 Pitt game. There were none available from scalpers around the stadium. Near game time we decided to walk downtown and watch on TV at a bar. Then we saw the Pitt band ready to walk into the stadium. Two doors were open directly to the field. There were helpers in plain clothes around the Pitt band. We went over and mingled with the helpers. We ended up walking in with the Pitt band and sitting in the end zone bleachers for free. Nobody every questioned us and we had a great time.

Where there is a will there is a way!

 

[bjf1991]

There used to be lots of ways to get into a big game at Beaver Stadium. My brother and I showed up without tickets for the 1982 Pitt game. There were none available from scalpers around the stadium. Near game time we decided to walk downtown and watch on TV at a bar. Then we saw the Pitt band ready to walk into the stadium. Two doors were open directly to the field. There were helpers in plain clothes around the Pitt band. We went over and mingled with the helpers. We ended up walking in with the Pitt band and sitting in the end zone bleachers for free. Nobody every questioned us and we had a great time.

Where there is a will there is a way!

Ah..... the "Thank You Foge Fazio" game.


One of the most poorly coached strategic games in the history of ever

Topper being, with the PSU offense blundering all day, all the momentum on the Pitt side (not to mention a heavy wind at their backs for the remainder of the game).....Foge kicks a FG from the PSU 6 inch line.

Game over. Karma don't let you win when you coach that stupid.


He was a blessing! PSU does not win a MNC in 1982 if Pitt had a coach with an IQ above room temperature.

 

[lockhavenlion3]

Talking about ticket sales, I'm a NLC member with about 300 points. Yesterday I requested Iowa and Ohio State away game tickets. Does anyone have any insight on whether I will get them? Thanks.

not sure of iowa, but i doubt 300 will get o$u tix.

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

not sure of iowa, but i doubt 300 will get o$u tix.

One of the other impact for those lower on the point scale is that you can get 4 OSU tix vs 2 in prior years. This will also impact availability.

 

[interrobang]

There are still enough Michigan tix available to get some tomorrow.

And I doubt there will be a problem getting away game tix for any game.

 

[maxxedout]

When it costs $1000 to travel in for a game, I insist on confirmed tickets before making any arrangements.

#stubhub

 

[PSUSignore]

#stubhub

I am aware that secondary markets exist. The point is that secondary market tickets won't be anywhere near face value, further exacerbating the already ridiculous expenses required to attend a game.

 

[ClarkstonMark]

I am aware that secondary markets exist. The point is that secondary market tickets won't be anywhere near face value, further exacerbating the already ridiculous expenses required to attend a game.

If it is $1000 to get there, then is $300 for 2 (vs $200 face) or $600 for 4 (vs $400 face) really the deal breaker here?
Honestly, it sounds to me that you just aren't planning to go anyway, which is fine, but why are you bitching on this thread?

 

[lockhavenlion3]

One of the other impact for those lower on the point scale is that you can get 4 OSU tix vs 2 in prior years. This will also impact availability.

very true. that will certainly make a big difference.