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Turnover your sofa cushions, Ticket prices going up!

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by Crusher, Dec 21, 2024 at 1:41 PM.

  1. MCB51

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    Yeap..people paying 1000s for Swift tickets?
     
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  2. Wanne15

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    I paid 700 for two miami tix in the aftermarket. It was in a block of four season tix and the two next to me went unused. I don't guess that the bullgator was too worried about the money.
     
  3. Wanne15

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    Average is 100-200 for a concert these days. Marcus King at 70 is cheap.
     
  4. MCB51

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    I was told that one Bull Gator preferred not to sell his extra tickets..gave him more space :)
     
  5. MCB51

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    Face value of Miami tickets were 100 each without adding any booster fees
     
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  6. nawlinsgator

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    Businesses will always charge the max that customers will pay. They think we are dumb, and we are.
     
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    I heard Rod Stewart in Tampa is starting at $550, maybe FB tix are cheap.
     
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  8. OKgator

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    I must be..I paid 1650.00 for two FSU tickets this year. Granted they were on the 50 yd line 10 rows up. It severely restricts the number of events we can attend. Also, I just checked tickets to the MBB at Arkansas on1/11....they are 388.00 each for the same ticket I paid 78.00 for two years ago. Not going to go .
     
  9. Wanne15

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    It was nice having four seats and the room no doubt. I could do without tge chairbacks as they are made for a shorter person. Not my seats though. My parents only used the chairbacks for one seaso. They didnt like them either.
     
  10. Wanne15

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    College football is very cheap compared. The only thing is the travel for me or i would go to many more. Even 550 isnt so bad if you can sleep in your own bed.
     
  11. chunks1

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    You are going to give to the collective weather you want to or not.
     
  12. MCB51

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    I never get chairbacks...people to my left do..they have sat next to me since 1985..
     
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  13. MCB51

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    I live 120 mile south of Gainesville..easy drive up and back..
     
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  14. paidinfull

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    That's secondary market pricing, not what the school is charging.
     
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    Not sure that has happened for many years
     
  16. Wanne15

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    Well unless i have season tix, it doesnt make much difference where they come from. Its about 2k every time i go and the tix arent where the money goes.
     
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    What this thread is discussing will have little effect on the secondary market. Season tickets going up $25 per year is not going to make your tickets cost a lot more. Cupcake games will still be cheap, big games will still be expensive. The secondary market money is going directly into the ticket holder’s pockets and whatever service they’re using to sell the tickets. They’re going to sell their tickets for as much as they can get for them no matter what the school charges.
     
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  18. Crusher

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    The highest Consumer Price Index inflation rate change in the last 10 years was in 2022 at 8%. Consumer Price Index Data from 1913 to 2024
     
  19. Wanne15

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    8% sure seems a little low as much of the prices of everything changed so much .more.
     
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  20. Crusher

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    Actually its ~$21/ticket, so an increase of ~$125 for the season per seat including the mandatory service fee to purchase (which also jumped from $15 to $75).