Ticket Prices Are Dropping

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Helton1 said:
FYI, the Hotel Tonight app is a huge hack for saving money on hotels. Somehow I was unaware until a few months ago.
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great shout.

For tickets, I found XP Tickets (xp.xyz) to be the cheapest. Got mine for $100 less than the Ticketmaster price (including coupon)...they have some $50 off promos for orders over $200 (BROBIBLE50)
 
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Tickets are so cheap, I've ended up buying 10 and am sending my kids and grandkids. I honestly expected to have to spend what I spent on 10 to get 3. I've got 3 for the Rose Bowl in section 5-E. We will see how dedicated Oregon fans are and see what that ticket market becomes., it may be cheaper or it may be more expensive.

Sidenote, I also bought tickets for the Rose Bowl before the SECCG in 2001. I hope this works out better.
 
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VolJarhead said:
The game sold out so nothing was lost by the committee. These are resell tickets.
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Hope you didn't graduate from UT with any kind of math related degree.

If 100K tix were sold at $150 face value that's $15 million to the CFP committed

If 100K to were sold at $350 face value that's
$35 million to the CFP committed.

Remember, the schools basically get a flat fee for playing in these games. The ticket revenue (in terms of face value) goes direct to the CFP minus a small % for game prep, security etc.
 
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If anyone needs a single I have a 11C Row 1 ticket if you're looking to avoid the fees and Venmo instead.
 
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Mrvols1731 said:
I just got tickets in 6A for $180 so tickets are going down! Ohio St fans are not motivated and are selling their tickets. Come on Volnation, let's push it to 50% or more of 151 Orange and show the world we have the best fans in the world! GO VOLS
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Doubt it’ll even get close. With as many cheap tickets as have been available for several days now I think the majority of people who were going to buy have bought. A trip that big right before Christmas is pretty bad timing with how many people having families over or places to be.
 
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vol94 said:
They will continue to drop as the week progresses since there are thousands of resale tix avl.
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Correct. Ticketmaster today. Now the OSU fans are blaming it on "Professional ticket resellers" getting their code. Lol

The truth, their season ticket holders are actually this mad at Ryan Day.

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BruiserVol said:
Doubt it’ll even get close. With as many cheap tickets as have been available for several days now I think the majority of people who were going to buy have bought. A trip that big right before Christmas is pretty bad timing with how many people having families over or places to be.
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There are probably some who plan to go but are waiting to see how low these will go.
 
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stolitonic said:
Hope you didn't graduate from UT with any kind of math related degree.

If 100K tix were sold at $150 face value that's $15 million to the CFP committed

If 100K to were sold at $350 face value that's
$35 million to the CFP committed.

Remember, the schools basically get a flat fee for playing in these games. The ticket revenue (in terms of face value) goes direct to the CFP minus a small % for game prep, security etc.
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That's not how this works at all. The CFP isn't getting resale value. They are only the original sale at face which is roughly 150 per seat. It doesn't matter if resale tickets go for 35,000 each on ticketmaster after the original sale, of the roughly 150 each per seat, the CFP doesn't get any further money. That profit goes to the 3rd party reseller and fees through sites like ticketmaster, stubhub, etc.
 
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BruiserVol said:
Doubt it’ll even get close. With as many cheap tickets as have been available for several days now I think the majority of people who were going to buy have bought. A trip that big right before Christmas is pretty bad timing with how many people having families over or places to be.
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There may be holdouts waiting to see how the weather looks closer to gameday, particularly how it may affect driving. Also, the falling prices. My brother and his boys haven't bought yet because the prices keep dropping, but they're 100% for sure going.
 
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boeninghaus said:
That's not how this works at all. The CFP isn't getting resale value. They are only the original sale at face which is roughly 150 per seat. It doesn't matter if resale tickets go for 35,000 each on ticketmaster after the original sale, of the roughly 150 each per seat, the CFP doesn't get any further money. That profit goes to the 3rd party reseller and fees through sites like ticketmaster, stubhub, etc.
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Sigh. Who said a word about resale???

I VERY clearly said FACE VALUE of the tickets.

This is a simple concept.

Would you rather someone give you $15 million or $35 million?
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
Vulnerability time. I’ve been a die-hard UT fan since I was 8 or 9. My whole family bleeds orange, so I was born into it. Cut my teeth as a fan during the Fulmerian decline and then suffered through the dark years. I can remember ho-hum (from my perspective) wins against Shula’s Alabama teams, sweating bullets before UF and UGA games, the Wilhoit kick, the frustration of two losses to Cadillac Williams in one year, the agony of 2010 LSU, and the glory of the Dobbs nail boot. I went from scouring the News Sentinel on Sundays to scouring VN with embarrassing frequency for many periods over the last 15 years (used to have another account I lost the password to).

Despite my longstanding fandom, I’ve never been to a UT game outside of the O&W game one year when I was ten or so, and working concessions in the upper deck for a Bama game for a high school fundraiser. I have never taken in an actual Vols game in person. Parents weren’t big on going to…well really anything with crowds, and I moved out of state pretty early on in my young adult years.

Been in Ohio for just over half of the past decade, so this is the non-conference matchup I’ve been craving more than any other. To see the Big Orange—my Vols—in the Horseshoe, in Columbus, the first place I lived outside the Knoxville metro, would be pretty special. Like many of us, dropping Christmas gift money on tickets just isn’t an option. I’ve been waiting with bated breath to see if they’ll go low enough for me to justify it to myself. We shall see. I’ll make it to a game in Neyland someday though, even if it’s just East Popcorn State.
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Hope you get to go this weekend and see a game in Neyland too.
 
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white65 said:
I'm waiting to buy tickets, unfortunately I feel a cold coming on and that would be the worst weather to go into one.
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Don’t let that stop you! I had a terrible cold for the 1998 Arkansas miracle. Sat there depressed, cold, wet, and miserable for almost the whole game. Was screaming and high fiving everyone by the end. GBO!
 
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SquirrelOrange3 said:
There may be holdouts waiting to see how the weather looks closer to gameday, particularly how it may affect driving. Also, the falling prices. My brother and his boys haven't bought yet because the prices keep dropping, but they're 100% for sure going.
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Lurking around OSU forums and their fans are saying the same thing. They’re holding out for price drops. It benefits them over us if a ton of people are all holding out on both sides.
 
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I think the OSU fans think this is a auto win and a lot are waiting to buy cheap seats or not go and save up for the Rose Bowl. Their craving for their re-match with Oregon that's all some of them are talking about, this game is an after thought they want pay back on the Ducks.
 
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