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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Monday night games are harder for most especially when they start early. I think that has more to do with it than the economy.
I am a 9 year season ticket holder and it was a struggle to pay this year's prices. I can't really say the economy has affected me because, like every previous year, I'll go to some games and sell some games to friends.I was looking last night on ticket exchange and there were a great deal of tickets for Monday nights game and it got me thinking. With the highest prices in the NFL, have a lot of you reconsidered going to a lot of games this year?
I have no plans whatsoever to relinquish my tickets because these are the "good ole' days." But 8-10 years from now and Brady's gone and Belichick's gone? I am probably going to let my account expire.
I'll always be a fan too - but I can be a fan without spending $9,000 on season tickets. If times are good for me financially, which I hope they are, I'll certainly keep the seats. But right now I'm paying almost $7,000 for 4 seats. It's perfectly reasonable to predict that number will be $9,000 to $10,000 10 years from now.I put my name on the waiting list 7 years ago for 2 tickets. I know that when i get my tickets, no one i know now will be on the team but thats okay. No matter who we have, ill always be a fan
It's easy for you to sit here and say what you will do 10 years from now if you get the notice you are on the top of the list. I don't know you're personal financial situation, but if you got hit with a $9,000 bill to watch a rebuilding team, are you any less of a fan if finances dictate you turn it down?
What bugs me is $40-$50 for parking.
Thats true. Work ect. Even for games like Carolina. About 100 avaliable for that game. I know its later in the season but come on people!
100 tickets, big deal. Look at what is taking place in other parts of the country where games will be blacked out locally--the economy, although things are getting better is a problem. The Pats have once again sold out the season and that is saying a lot in these times. I have 4 season tickets and I will never give them up, but maybe I'm different because I have always been a diehard, even in the Rod Rust days I attended every game.
Even where it isn't blacked out, it is affecting teams. I put my name on the Eagles season ticket list two years ago and was told there 20,000 names ahead of me. It's great entertainment watching Giants and Eagles fans pummel each other. I feel like the Swiss......There was no cost involved and I could always turn around and sell the tickets without the team caring. In fact, all the ticket resellers (StubHub et al) have their base of operations at a hotel next to the stadium)
I got a call this year telling me I could purchase them if I wanted. They called repeatedly which told me that they were anxious to get buyers....