Brand new Season Tix holders: when did you get on list?

[QuantumMechanic]

A question for people who will be brand new season ticket holders for the upcoming 2014 season (or who know such people):

When (year and approximate month) did you join the season ticket waiting list?

Just curious to see where (timewise) they are in the list these days.

 

[jmt57]

I recall a couple years ago somebody here saying that he had finally got season tickets after being on the waiting list for ten years, but I am guessing that the wait time is shorter than that now. I don't know how long it is now, though I am curious to hear what the length of time is at this point.

 

[FirstAndGoal]

I recall a couple years ago somebody here saying that he had finally got season tickets after being on the waiting list for ten years, but I am guessing that the wait time is shorter than that now. I don't know how long it is now, though I am curious to hear what the length of time is at this point.

You're kidding right?

It's 50 years now if you join. It's got 60,000 people with an average of 3% turnover. The only way the list goes down is for some crappy years.

NFL season ticket waiting lists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[SB39]

You're kidding right?

It's 50 years now if you join. It's got 60,000 people with an average of 3% turnover. The only way the list goes down is for some crappy years.

NFL season ticket waiting lists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have a hard time believing a chart which says the Washington Redskins have a waiting list with 8 people on it, and that it will take 25 years to get the tickets.

I know for a fact that several of those teams lists in that chart are wrong and then there are ones that I simply don't believe, such as Atlanta having 60,000 names.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

I got on the list in 2003. I emailed them last year and they said they were honoring 2002 people and that the next year (this year) it will work up to the 2003 year...my year.

I hope this is my year!

My buddy got on list in early 2002 and got his tix last season..i am close

I was told it was a 25 year list..but that was a lie. I will be getting mine in year 11 or 12...not 25


I should know by end of march beg of april if i am getting them this year...after the renewing process.

 

[BelichicksHoodie]

You're kidding right?

It's 50 years now if you join. It's got 60,000 people with an average of 3% turnover. The only way the list goes down is for some crappy years.

NFL season ticket waiting lists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have no idea how accurate that wiki chart is, except for the numbers with sources because obviously the Redskins and Panthers number is a little ridiculous. But a 100 year wait time for Packers tickets? That's crazy. I also find the 60,000 number for the Falcons a little odd for what is historically a poor sports market attendance wise.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

I have no idea how accurate that wiki chart is, except for the numbers with sources because obviously the Redskins and Panthers number is a little ridiculous. But a 100 year wait time for Packers tickets? That's crazy. I also find the 60,000 number for the Falcons a little odd for what is historically a poor sports market attendance wise.

that 60,000 for the falcons is 100% BS. That is one of the worst fan bases in the NFL. The 50 years for pats isn't right. Well i don't know about now. But in 2002 it was 25 years and it isn't/wasn't. So 50 years is probably BS as well

 

[jmt57]

You're kidding right?

It's 50 years now if you join. It's got 60,000 people with an average of 3% turnover. The only way the list goes down is for some crappy years.

NFL season ticket waiting lists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fifty years? You're kidding, right?

That number is based on (a) the percentage of people who don't renew their season tickets being constant over that half-century time-frame, and (b) every single person on the waiting list accepting the opportunity to purchase season tickets. Do you think ticket demand will remain as high from now until 2064 as it has been over the last ten to twelve years? Do you think nobody ever passes when their number comes up?

One benefit of signing up to be on the season ticket waiting list is that allows you to purchase tickets through Ticket Exchange. We can only speculate as to the exact number, but I am sure there are many people currently on the season waiting list that are there solely for this purpose; they want to occasionally buy single game tickets and not make the financial obligation of a full season package.

In addition there are others that by the time their number comes up will decline, whether it be because of a change in employment, where they live, increase in ticket prices, being happy with their new HD television or whatever.

Also, the OP's question was for people who just now are getting their first opportunity as to how long they waited - not how long a person signing up today would have to wait.

Perhaps I was incorrect that it has not gone down from the approximate ten year wait based on what Brady to Moss relayed - but nobody is waiting fifty years for Patriot season tickets. Even Green Bay Packer season tickets, which is the most well known and longest wait of any season tickets, are not fifty years long.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Do you think ticket demand will remain as high from now until 2064 as it has been over the last ten to twelve years? Do you think nobody ever passes when their number comes up?

One benefit of signing up to be on the season ticket waiting list is that allows you to purchase tickets through Ticket Exchange. We can only speculate as to the exact number, but I am sure there are many people currently on the season waiting list that are there solely for this purpose; they want to occasionally buy single game tickets and not make the financial obligation of a full season package.

Exactly.

I know I'm in the minority on this, but I think the waiting list will unwind a lot quicker than many people think once Brady leaves:

1) As you said, a non-trivial number of people are on the waiting list solely to get access to Ticket Exchange (especially when it was free or only $50/seat to get on the waiting list. I think it's up to $200/seat by now).

2) I believe (based on no data, I admit) that another non-trivial number of people on the list are only on it because they can easily unload the tickets (to Ticket Exchange, family, friends, and, yes, to scalpers). In other words, there are 0-4 games they want to go to and they sell off the rest because that's the only way they can afford to keep buying the tickets -- if they had to swallow the cost of all the games they couldn't afford it. As demand cools in the post-Brady era it will be harder to reliably do that.

3) Given how expensive the tickets are (both face and scalped) and the whole game experience (parking, concessions, etc.) are I think demand will cool faster than people think. Bye-bye pinkhats and bandwagoners!

4) Home TV is a much better competitor to attending games than it was 10 years ago, and will only get better as time marches on.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

So, the Season Ticket Office got back to me and while (as expected) they won't say how many people are in front of me on the waiting list, they did say:

To give you a point of reference, this year we are offering season tickets to those members who signed up on or before early 2002.