Does anybody have a read on what market price will be? Early indications online are that tickets will be available for below face - which surprises me.
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Short notice, cold weather, students gone if not for the game, Holidays, etc. It’s got a lot working against it.
First sale tickets at face are still available, but nobody should expect to profit on resale. I'm sure some people were on the fence about attending so they got their tickets thinking they could make a tidy profit if they sold. If they don't sell, they'll attend themselves. Pity the people who never planned to attend and thought they could make a big profit on resale.
If one knows how to read the Ticketmaster site, it is pretty clear that ticket prices will be dropping substantially over the next several days.
A lot of folks clearly bought earlier - with the idea that they would be able to resell at a profit. Unless they stumble into a buyer who doesn't know better, they will not be recouping their costs.
If the game was against Alabama, or even Tennessee, there would be greater fan interest. Sitting in the cold a week before Christmas for Single Mom University is not all that appealing.
I saw some graphic about ticket prices ... the PSU average ticket price was lagging bigly ... like $333 ... other games were going for $700+ minimum, with one going for $1300+.
It's SMU ... Eric Dickerson ain't walking through those doors ... but there should still be more demand than this.
It's SMU ... Eric Dickerson ain't walking through those doors ... but there should still be more demand than this.
None of the other locations of first round games are literally in the middle of no where and ND/Indiana will draw because of the in-state matchup.
Hell, SMU fans are probably like holy hell, it is not easy to get to State College unless you fly into SCE.
Hell, SMU fans are probably like holy hell, it is not easy to get to State College unless you fly into SCE.
It’s not like they are trying to cross the channel and arrive under fire (er, maybe???). Fly into MDT/PIT/LBE/CLE/AVP/ABE/EWR/PHL/BWI and rent a car. Three or four hours tops. Find a hotel on the way. This isn’t a military operation. Then again, they are Texans, so maybe this is difficult for them.
Now go check the other 3 games and tell me why their prices are high
Because we have some unique challenges that don’t necessarily apply elsewhere…part of why our basketball attendance can be such a struggle when other big schools have no problem filling their arenas.
Who the f wants to fly and then still drive 2-4 hrs to central PA in the 3rd week of December? Doubt many SMU diehards do.
Begs the question, what’s better for the university, a museum or an airport (answer is an airport)
Sure as heck ain’t that waste of money museum.
The trouble is that the area is too small to support an airport with regular service with anything more than rather small aircraft--and almost not even that.
Two are in large cities. Austin and Columbus have become major US cities over the past 20 years--between 14th and 16th largest. There's far more of a market--and one that doesn't require travel. Notre Dame Stadium is 30K smaller than Beaver Stadium.
IPT in Williamsport was updated to the tune of $20M I think. Of course there are next to zero flights available in or out.