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Gees, asking an SEC team to travel 2,000 miles? Outrageous! At least they're getting more than a buck.
"Fans of Florida State and Auburn who decided to hold out until the last minute for tickets to Monday's Vizio BCS National Championship are in luck.
Prices on the resale market of some tickets have dipped below the face values of $325 (for end zone seats) and $385 (yard lines), making it one of the cheapest championship games to attend.
As of 8:30 a.m. ET Monday, nearly 1,000 tickets to the game were selling below face value, according to TiqIQ, a ticket-market data provider.
The median price of a ticket paid for the game on ticket resale site StubHub through Sunday was $799. That's 45 percent cheaper than the median price paid for last year's title game on the site ($1,459) and 47 percent cheaper than the median price paid for the game in 2012 ($1,528)..
Although Florida State and Auburn didn't have trouble selling their 20,200 tickets each, many of those buying up the tickets -- including donors -- were sellers, said Jimmy Siegendorf, owner of online-ticket brokerage Premium Seats USA based in Hollywood, Fla.
"It was clear from the very beginning, that with the travel expenses and the airfare, that a lot of the people getting the tickets were selling them," Siegendorf said.
Distance traveled tends to have an effect on where final prices settle. Monday's game marks the first time in the 14-year history of the BCS that the campuses of each team are at least 2,000 miles away from the championship venue.
For the 2004, 2008 and 2012 games, prices were high because LSU was playing in the game in New Orleans."
"Fans of Florida State and Auburn who decided to hold out until the last minute for tickets to Monday's Vizio BCS National Championship are in luck.
Prices on the resale market of some tickets have dipped below the face values of $325 (for end zone seats) and $385 (yard lines), making it one of the cheapest championship games to attend.
As of 8:30 a.m. ET Monday, nearly 1,000 tickets to the game were selling below face value, according to TiqIQ, a ticket-market data provider.
The median price of a ticket paid for the game on ticket resale site StubHub through Sunday was $799. That's 45 percent cheaper than the median price paid for last year's title game on the site ($1,459) and 47 percent cheaper than the median price paid for the game in 2012 ($1,528)..
Although Florida State and Auburn didn't have trouble selling their 20,200 tickets each, many of those buying up the tickets -- including donors -- were sellers, said Jimmy Siegendorf, owner of online-ticket brokerage Premium Seats USA based in Hollywood, Fla.
"It was clear from the very beginning, that with the travel expenses and the airfare, that a lot of the people getting the tickets were selling them," Siegendorf said.
Distance traveled tends to have an effect on where final prices settle. Monday's game marks the first time in the 14-year history of the BCS that the campuses of each team are at least 2,000 miles away from the championship venue.
For the 2004, 2008 and 2012 games, prices were high because LSU was playing in the game in New Orleans."
