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10 hours ago, FormerLV-BILLS said:

I kid you not.  I went to a JMU vs. Ball State womens bball game today.  Tickets were $23 per.  I got two.  The friggin fees were $16 per ticket for tickets that were a $23 value.  I was stunned.  

 

So, the bill for two $23 tickets came out to be $79.

 

Unreal.

 

A few years ago The Cure was on tour.  They strong armed TM to give partial refunds of the ticket fees, when it came out that there were people spending more in fees, than their lawn seats cost at some tour stops. 

 

After The Cure's Robert Smith blasts Ticketmaster fees, partial refunds issued

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Posted
3 hours ago, altleg said:

Keeping my streak alive.  Haven't watched one since XXXII in 1998.  Always want both teams to lose.

Your streak will end next year. 

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1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Will they go under a grand? What is face value for these tickets?

 

When I was looking before the Conference Championships, you could get direct from the NFL through On Location, the upper deck end zones for about $7,500. That did include extras like private party before the game and food/drink options.  They do still show some ticket packages for $5,000 available.

 

Super Bowl LIX Ticket Packages in New Orleans | Official 2025 Super Bowl Hotel & Travel | On Location

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17 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:

I didn't want to mess up the attachment with more typing.  I remembered them calling the 1st one the Super Bowl & went to the Buffalo downtown library years ago to get the proof because the Bills played in the AFL championship game. The NFL didn't officially call it the Super Bowl until III but everyone else was always calling it the Super Bowl.  I printed this off the microfilm that the library had of all the back newspapers of the Courier Express.  I also have a photo from the 1st one where at halftime the

Thanks for this. I should have been clearer: the first several games were officially titled "World Championship" not "Super Bowl". 

 

I did not know that unofficially people were referring to it as the Super Bowl as early as the first game in 1967.

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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Will they go under a grand?  Face value for this game runs from $950 to $7500.

 

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100% they will. The meth heads that Chiefs fan spent all their money on meth, and Eagles fans can't afford to leave the city. 

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13 minutes ago, Old Coot said:

Thanks for this. I should have been clearer: the first several games were officially titled "World Championship" not "Super Bowl". 

 

I did not know that unofficially people were referring to it as the Super Bowl as early as the first game in 1967.

The reason I remembered it was because there was a banner at the Rockpile that I saw on TV while watching the AFL championship game that said "Bills in Super Bowl, Chiefs in Soup Bowl" with Chiefs players drawn in a soup bowl.  

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$2300 would be justified/ doable for me if it were Bills. This would be easily double or triple with bills in. Every bone in my body wants to boycott this Trump/TayTay/Mahomo bowl. But like a car crash, I have to look. Go Birds
 

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2 hours ago, boyst said:

100% they will. The meth heads that Chiefs fan spent all their money on meth, and Eagles fans can't afford to leave the city. 


Do fans of the teams even go? My understanding is that it's mostly rich people and corporate suits going for the "experience". Imagine you are trying to close a $500k/yr enterprise software subscription. Going to the game on the company's dime to schmooze can help close that deal.

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13 minutes ago, DapperCam said:


Do fans of the teams even go? My understanding is that it's mostly rich people and corporate suits going for the "experience". Imagine you are trying to close a $500k/yr enterprise software subscription. Going to the game on the company's dime to schmooze can help close that deal.

Yes. But both teams have been recently so the joy is lessened. Eagles fans aren't as doe hard people pretend, also. 

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2 minutes ago, boyst said:

Yes. But both teams have been recently so the joy is lessened. Eagles fans aren't as doe hard people pretend, also. 

Bingo, Northeast sports fans are major posers. They’ll show up for home games when their team is a winner, or use fandom as an excuse to fight someone, but it’s not a lifestyle. Giants fans have all but disappeared since the title runs, at least the ones I know. 

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Just now, SirAndrew said:

Bingo, Northeast sports fans are major posers. They’ll show up for home games when their team is a winner, or use fandom as an excuse to fight someone, but it’s not a lifestyle. Giants fans have all but disappeared since the title runs, at least the ones I know. 

Panthers games pack the concourse for social notoriety more than anything. All the finance bros especially. It's pretty embarrassing. 

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24 minutes ago, DapperCam said:


Do fans of the teams even go? My understanding is that it's mostly rich people and corporate suits going for the "experience". Imagine you are trying to close a $500k/yr enterprise software subscription. Going to the game on the company's dime to schmooze can help close that deal.

 

The Bills were going to do a lottery type draw for season ticket holders after the Conference Championship if they made it, so some fans would be able to get tickets at face value.  Not sure where those tickets would be. 

Posted
8 hours ago, altleg said:

Haven't watched one since XXXII in 1998

Broncos-Packers? Why would you remember that?

3 minutes ago, Bills!Win! said:

Why does New Orleans keep getting super bowls? Isn’t their stadium also old? It doesn’t look impressive either. Always seemed like an odd place to me 

Party city. Lots of hotel rooms. Popular place to visit. Reliably ok (no snowstorms) weather.

It's a city that I feel I should love, but I'm kinda ... meh

Posted
16 minutes ago, Bills!Win! said:

Why does New Orleans keep getting super bowls? Isn’t their stadium also old? It doesn’t look impressive either. Always seemed like an odd place to me 

Good question. Teams get pressured to upgrade stadiums, yet New Orleans has one of the oldest in the league, but get rewarded with Super Bowls. 

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