Tickets for this weekend's four divisional playoff games are selling at lower prices than last year, according to online ticket broker StubHub. You'll still have to pay a pretty price for any of the games, including an average of $248 a ticket at Bank of America Stadium, where prices for Saturday's Panthers-Cardinals game range from $97 to $975.
Online broker TicketsNow has a similar spread - seats range from $83 to $1,200 this afternoon.
Those prices are at the lower end of the divisional games this weekend. Average prices for the Giants-Eagles at the Meadowlands is $330 on StubHub, with the Chargers-Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh going for $268 and the Ravens-Titans at Nashville's LP Field at $192. (A glut of tickets has lowered prices in Nashville.)
Prices already are lower than last year's divisional matchups, says StubHub spokeswoman Joellen Ferrer, and tickets historically come down more as game time approaches. The drop this year is a trend across all sports, says Ferrer; tickets for tomorrow's BCS title game are selling for about $800 - half the price of last year's game.
"With this economy, people are finding sports tickets at more reasonable prices," Ferrer said. "People want to sell, and they're putting tickets up at lower prices."
As for Saturday night, tickets in Bank of America Stadium's upper section are running between $85 and $200 at ticket brokers, as well as online bidding site eBay. Prices go up as you move closer to the field.
Ferrer says the comparatively low prices for the Panthers game are due in part to the opponent's fans largely facing long distance travel to see their team. For those hoping to pay even less, she recommends waiting until the end of the week, when prices should drop more.
"Take a risk," she says. In this economy, it'll likely be a smart move.
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The Red Bird fans know that they will be kitty poop on Sunday. Why should they shell out the bucks?
ReplyDeleteTicketmaster's TicketExchange and StubHub are both huge ripoffs. Who in their right mind would pay those ridiculous fees to purchase tickets that you can purchase in any number of other places?
ReplyDeleteCraigslist has a ton of tickets, as does Ebay at a fraction of what those "nfl approved" sites charge. Just have the common sense to verify you are buying legitimate tickets.
It's amazing to me just how many tickets are actually available. I guess it's time for all these PSL owners to get some of their cash back from the investment.
Why do the Panthers charge a higher price for playoff tickets vs the regular season. Can't be the game is more important, or they would charge less for the preseason games.
ReplyDeleteWould somebody please tell the genius who posted about "kitty poop" that the game is Saturday. Would be funny if he/she has tickets to the game and showed up a day late.
ReplyDeleteTicketmaster is a big scam. Those fees are absolutely ridiculous. And they have a monopoly everywhere.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Big Slick
ReplyDeleteThe prices in this case are not set by the Panthers, but instead are bid up based on public demand. I got $600 for two tickets to NCAA round of 16 & games in Charlotte last year, and even scored $270 for 4 tickets to a Bobcats game. On the other end I paid $2.26 for two tickets to see the Cats and Nets 12/27 (EBAY) and $20 for two preseason tickets for the Panthers (Sidewalk in front of the stadium).
Prices go up and down based on fan demand, Even below face value if the team is in the slide, or someone is desperate to get rid of the tickets.
The "kitties" won't be done eating until late Saturday night, so the statement about the Cards being "kitty poop on Sunday" stands as originally posted. Duh.
ReplyDeleteI think Big Slick was referring to the price the PSL owners originally pay.
ReplyDeleteIf you choose to resale them you set your own price.
The higher prices are Supply and Demand in action. A lot of PSL owners like me are just trying to get a fair price for a desireable game. When you consider we always have to pay full price for tickets, but then deal with getting 1/4-1/2 price when the team is bad and we can't attend, why can't we charge more when the team is doing outstanding and we have extra tickets? People do it all the time to have the limited edition X product, newest car before everyone else, etc.
ReplyDeleteTo answer the question about playoff prices being higher, the guidelines for how much more the Panthers are supposed to charge is set by the NFL.
Well this whole ticket thing is BS anyways. First off, TicketsNow is owned by TicketMaster. Shouldn't those tickets on that site have been in the 7,000 seat released offered by TicketMaster last week? And of course I'm a bit bitter because the system wasn't working correctly even though I was on the site even before 10am. Then everyone else is purchasing extra tickets and then selling them looking for profits. There are some brokers on StubHub that are selling 10-20+ tickets in a section. To me those aren't average fans that just couldn't use their tickets. These accounts are held by people that have great buying power. They buy cheap and sell expensive and could care less whos playing in the game. Its a COMPLETE rip off.
ReplyDeleteBIG SLICK - The NFL sets ticket prices for the playoff games, not the team.
ReplyDeletewhy is it that if I sell my ticket for more than $3 over face value I'm scalping, and StubHub & etc aren't?
ReplyDeleteIf the question regarding pricing of playoff tickets is referring to face value, those prices are set by the NFL and not the Panthers.
ReplyDeleteActually now in NC, you can sell tickets online at any price (the NC Legislature has officially legalized ticket scalping online), but you cannot sell a ticket for more than $3 over the price outside Bank of America stadium. As for me, I was glad to pay a little over ticket price to a co-worker who has PSLs for my playoff tickets. I think they deserve to make a little profit.
ReplyDeleteTicketmasters website listed below. It is tickets that are listed for sale by owners. Once bought the original owner tickets are deactivated and new ones are issued. There are some great deals.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ticketmaster.com/exchange/0E004192987C5E6B?tm_link=edp_buytix