Aussies complain about Ticket Availability / Price... Sound Familiar?

Pape said:

Australian fans frustrated by high prices, lack of access to tickets for first NFL game

Tickets to the NFL's first regular-season game in Australia had high prices and sold fast anyway, which is good for the NFL's bottom line but bad for the fans of American football Down Under who say they were priced out of seeing the Week One game between the 49ers and Rams in Melbourne.

www.nbcsports.com

Complaints about game tickets (etc) are being echoed as far away as Australia...

The cricket grounds where the game is being held holds 100k ... 151,000 signed up for the chance to buy tickets... Game sold out quickly, with ticket prices ranging from $390-440 +/- ($560-630 Australian)

Of those 100k seats available, i wonder how many were actually available for sale (ie how many did the NFL hold back) and how many were bought by fans vs reseller ticket bots?

In the US, I'd bet real money that Live Nation / Ticketmaster buy the majority of concert/event tickets for their web of reseller sites in order to maximize profits... wonder if that's the same down under... or in europe...

For those who have attended international games, same stuff happen to you?

Low availability, High Prices, even Higher Resale Prices? or has it gotten better because the international games are an annual event by now?

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FortressX said:

Did roos and crocs buy all the tickets ?

Will sheilas still be able to take their barbies there ?

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ViperGTS said:

I just can't believe that the first game of the NFL season is in a foreign country. That boggles my mind.

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ViperGTS said:

I just can't believe that the first game of the NFL season is in a foreign country. That boggles my mind.

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