Stub hub or scalper on game day?

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I was a former season ticket holder but didn't renew as my 10 year old's football games conflicted with many Gopher games. We plan on making as many games as possible this year and I have a question. What is the best method to get the best seats available for the best price? Should I look to purchase on stub hub or another internet site or just show up at the games an hour early and get tickets from a scalper? Thanks in advance.
 

It depends what your risk tolerance is. If you're willing to miss kickoff, you can get some amazing deals from scalpers 10 minutes after the game starts. If you buy hard tickets on Stubhub, I believe the cutoff for selling them is Wednesday at 2pm (just going by memory, could be wrong), so if you watch prices from 1-2, they drop dramatically. E-tickets on stubhub are a little tougher, but drop closer to gametime.
 

They'll be 15.00 tickets 30 minutes before game time. I'd be happy with a crowd of 40,000.
 

scalper. Wait awhile and find one that's desperate. Will rather give u a discount then eat the money.
 

Can also watch sites like ticket king and others. Occasionally you can score a deal (they had a metrodome one that stayed up far too long that I used to get 50% off gopher tix) from someone looking to ditch their tix for very very cheap and then you avoid the risk. But agree with what's said above. you'll be able to score some real good tix if you wait and show a little force with negotiation.
 


If price is all you're after, go for scalpers. If you want to select your seats and be able to tailgate or something before the game rather than chasing down tickets, go with Stub Hub.
 

Ski U Master said:
If price is all you're after, go for scalpers. If you want to select your seats and be able to tailgate or something before the game rather than chasing down tickets, go with Stub Hub.
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With fewer season tickets sold, this will affect the secondary market as well. The remaining ticket holders are more likely to be the die hards who go to every game. This one is an oddity, because it is on Thursday at 8, so I would expect this one to have plenty of inventory.
 

Right now, for a bench seat you can get this game and Colorado State for $55.
 

saintpaulguy said:
With fewer season tickets sold, this will affect the secondary market as well. The remaining ticket holders are more likely to be the die hards who go to every game. This one is an oddity, because it is on Thursday at 8, so I would expect this one to have plenty of inventory.
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As a Twins season ticket holder I can attest to this when they had a steep decline in season ticket holders. The prices in the secondary market rebounded quite well for good seats at Twins games; typically remaining at or above the box office prices.

People won't subsidized the cost of tickets forever, so with this drop off it will be interesting to watch what happens.
 



Stubhub is all about supply and demand. Clearly the secondary market supply will be lower this year, as brokers dropping their tickets are a huge part of the reason the season ticket sales dropped. Right now there are only 1,400 tickets for Oregon State on Stubhub, which is significantly lower than the 4,000 - 5,000 seats that were available per game last year.

But demand is going to drop as well, so which drops more?

My guess would be supply, so take your $15 to the street and find a few tickets there. But definitely watch stubhub the night before and morning of games for deals, too.


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I prefer stub hub just to have it done so I can concentrate on what's important, pre game beers

Scalpers are ok, just be prepared to talk them down a bit.
 

Scalpers will initially lure you with their best seats, just say whats the cheapest area you got.
 

Stubhub will get you in the door for $20 right now. You can get 40 yard line, sunny side, upper deck for less than $55. Buy now, go enjoy the extended tailgating hours.
 



Hollinsanity said:
But definitely watch stubhub the night before and morning of games for deals, too.
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Stub Hub usually pulls their inventory from the web site something like 24 hours before the event. Not sure on the exact timing.
 

Ski U Master said:
Stub Hub usually pulls their inventory from the web site something like 24 hours before the event. Not sure on the exact timing.
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It depends. If you have e-Tickets, I think they can be bought/sold right up until gametime. Paper tickets, the listing usually gets pulled during the middle of the week if they haven't sold. There's also craigslist, if you don't mind meeting some weirdo in the parking lot of an Arby's.
 


#1 - scalp the cheapest seats on game day and then go sit in better ones.
#2 - CL. people who can't make it to the game will sell their tix cheap during the week of the game.
#3 - one of the commercial sites like stubhub.
#4 - the U tix office.
 

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. How long are scalpers out? There might be a situation where we won't make it until after the first quarter. Will there still be guys selling tickets?
 

Sorry to be a little off-topic, but also noticed that tickets to the game in Madison are going for pretty cheap right now on stubhub. A handful of tickets below $40. I don't remember ever seeing them this low. Just wanted to put it out there for those who are planning on going.
 


Ski U Master said:
Interesting. Maybe that was just for a certain concert or something.
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If it's paper tickets you need a few days for delivery. If it's digital download you can buy the morning of.
 

GophersInIowa said:
Sorry to be a little off-topic, but also noticed that tickets to the game in Madison are going for pretty cheap right now on stubhub. A handful of tickets below $40. I don't remember ever seeing them this low. Just wanted to put it out there for those who are planning on going.
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Yeah, I noticed that too. Never been to Madison, but thinking of going this year. Suggestions on seating/sections?

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MGGopher said:
Yeah, I noticed that too. Never been to Madison, but thinking of going this year. Suggestions on seating/sections?

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Wait on buying tickets for the Badgers game this year given Wisconsin's schedule.

Wisconsin will be 3-4 in the Big Ten by then and 50-yard line seats will be available to be had for $50 each. Two years ago with the division title on the line I bought four seats on the 35-yard line, Gophers sideline on the day of the game for $60 each.

And there's no doubt in my mind they'll be cheaper this year.


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If it's paper tickets you need a few days for delivery. If it's digital download you can buy the morning of.
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My dad passed away right before the season and had Twins season tickets. I have been selling most of the tickets on Stubhub and I just enter the serial numbers and Stubhub recognizes the tickets and issues downloadable tickets to any buyers. This was a new feature to me and it works great. I have bought these types of tickets in the past but the sellers were often institutional sellers like USC, who was dumping tickets on the ticket services before the 2011 Gopher Game.

Over the years I have attended at least one high profile Gopher game with my dad, who also had Gopher tickets. For that game I would always sell my two tickets and try to get 250 to 400 for the pair, and Michigan, OSU, or Nebraska fans (or sometimes Gopher fans based upon the people I saw sitting down in my seats) would usually pay top dollar, and I'd pay for chunk of my season with one game. For those sales I always had to download a UPS or FEDEX shipping label Stubhub e mailed to me and ship my tickets as soon as possible. I could often sell the tickets up to early Thursday and then ship the tickets UPS RED or FedexP1 for Friday delivery.

Stubhub also had some local "ticket depot" options where you could deliver your tickets to a specific place that would take care of the in town transfer. I think there was a fee for this and I never tried to use it. The shipping labels were pre-paid by Stubhub.

I am not sure if Stubhub has upgraded and this e ticket option I utilize to sell the Twins tickets is now available for Gopher tickets, but it is great. I suspect the MLB and Stubhub have a close relationship, which is why this is an option.

This year I'll either be scouring the street, buying at Stubhub or Vivid, or better yet grabbing some of the bargain basement tickets the U always floats out there at some point (see Living Social TCU). I will miss my old seats for sure, though. I checked after the Coyle e mail, and they are gone!
 

Hollinsanity said:
Wait on buying tickets for the Badgers game this year given Wisconsin's schedule.

Wisconsin will be 3-4 in the Big Ten by then and 50-yard line seats will be available to be had for $50 each. Two years ago with the division title on the line I bought four seats on the 35-yard line, Gophers sideline on the day of the game for $60 each.

And there's no doubt in my mind they'll be cheaper this year.


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Good tip...thx!

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I must have been dealing with the wrong scalpers last year. Went down to the Nebraska game last year, and even 10 minutes after kickoff, they were not budging off the price they were quoting me 15 minutes before the game. Almost felt like they'd rather eat the ticket then sell it at a discount. Ended up walking away and watching on TV (and glad I saved my money after losing that game).
 

I was very surprised. There was only one scalper that I saw selling tickets 10 minutes before game time. I got 2 tickets for $80. Thought I would find something dirt cheap. Good seats though, 40 yard line on 1st level row 35.
 

IAM4Goldy and I brought our sons last minute and purchased two tickets, lower level from a scalper 30 minutes before kickoff for $15 each.

Go Gophers!!
 

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