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The people I know who are going to the SB fall into 2 categories

bananasnblondesbananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,112
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Category 1: Bought their airfare, hotels, etc. Ticket broker let them know this week they oversold and they don't have a ticket for them (but they will reimburse them for the ticket price). Seriously fucked up.
Category 2: They are dirt poor. Credit card companies are gonna clean up this year in western Washington.

The 2 categories have nothing to do with each other but I do find it slightly interesting
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  • Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,550 Founders Club
    edited January 2015
    Some of the 12s in category 2 have to be seriously FS and impulsive. I just don't get their thinking. The tickets are insane for people outside of Chatch's income bracket.
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  • Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,550 Founders Club
    edited February 2015
    At a bare minimum, I figure one would need to spend about $3,300 for one person for everything. So double that for a couple. Most of them will blow money at the casinos and buy stupid shit so some will easily blow at least five grand. Even if these tuff liberal union 12s make $90 k per year, that's a big chunk after taxes.

    Don't get me wrong, fan support and as much noise as possible is great.
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  • PurpleBazePurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 29,741 Founders Club
    The NFL also charges you a pretty penny for all the activities they have leading up to the game. The whole NFL Experience stuff isn't cheap.

    Maybe if I was a multi millionaire, I'd spend for the Super Bowl.

    Fan support is definitely great. But, as you mentioned, most fans aren't doing much better financially than Big Lo & Sea Hulk.
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  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,825
    PurpleBaze said:

    I couldn't justify spending $2500-$3200 on one ticket, let alone $10000+ for better seats. I make pretty good money. My priorities are to put money away from retirement and I put away at least 2000/month cash for future investments (most likely real estate for when the missus and I retire).

    It's all about priorities. Most of these people don't have them straight. That's why they are dirt poor and they are going to end up eating dog food when they're retired.

    I can just watch the game at home and be happy.

    I'm in Arizona at the moment.

    I used miles to fly down here ... total cost = $11

    My buddy got our rental car free through our work ... total cost after taxes = $80

    We are staying at my buddy's in-laws ... total cost = me buying a nice bottle of wine at some point

    Tickets to the Waste Management Phoenix Open = $30

    Cost of Parking Pass for Tomorrow's Super Bowl = $50 (hey UW, pay attention to that when it comes to the $30-$40 you charge per game for parking)

    Moral of the story is that you can get down here and not spend a crazy amount of money.

    I would have paid up to $3k for a ticket ... I was hoping to get one for $2,500 or less. It'd be a bucket less item for me and I'm ok spending money for that kind of stuff. When I realized that tickets were going far north of that and that they weren't going to come down ... I realized that the odds of getting a ticket were slim to none and I became ok with the idea. I'll enjoy being around the Super Bowl tomorrow and watch the game nearby ... should be fun either way.
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  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,636 Founders Club
    You can get a ticket at kick off under face value. My old boss used to that
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  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,825
    RaceBannon said:

    You can get a ticket at kick off under face value. My old boss used to that

    I don't think that that will happen this year
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  • TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    Tequilla said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    I couldn't justify spending $2500-$3200 on one ticket, let alone $10000+ for better seats. I make pretty good money. My priorities are to put money away from retirement and I put away at least 2000/month cash for future investments (most likely real estate for when the missus and I retire).

    It's all about priorities. Most of these people don't have them straight. That's why they are dirt poor and they are going to end up eating dog food when they're retired.

    I can just watch the game at home and be happy.

    I'm in Arizona at the moment.

    I used miles to fly down here ... total cost = $11

    My buddy got our rental car free through our work ... total cost after taxes = $80

    We are staying at my buddy's in-laws ... total cost = me buying a nice bottle of wine at some point

    Tickets to the Waste Management Phoenix Open = $30

    Cost of Parking Pass for Tomorrow's Super Bowl = $50 (hey UW, pay attention to that when it comes to the $30-$40 you charge per game for parking)

    Moral of the story is that you can get down here and not spend a crazy amount of money.

    I would have paid up to $3k for a ticket ... I was hoping to get one for $2,500 or less. It'd be a bucket less item for me and I'm ok spending money for that kind of stuff. When I realized that tickets were going far north of that and that they weren't going to come down ... I realized that the odds of getting a ticket were slim to none and I became ok with the idea. I'll enjoy being around the Super Bowl tomorrow and watch the game nearby ... should be fun either way.
    Flagged for going to the Waste Open.
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  • Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,550 Founders Club
    Gotta get the full title with the mafia garbage truck company title sponsor in there ;)
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  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,636 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    RaceBannon said:

    You can get a ticket at kick off under face value. My old boss used to that

    I don't think that that will happen this year
    It never fails at any event. Scalpers always get caught holding
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  • TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    RaceBannon said:

    Tequilla said:

    RaceBannon said:

    You can get a ticket at kick off under face value. My old boss used to that

    I don't think that that will happen this year
    It never fails at any event. Scalpers always get caught holding
    Except for the time where scalpers can't even complete short sales.
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  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,636 Founders Club
    You have to be willing to wait
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  • LaZorisLaZoris Member Posts: 1,675 Standard Supporter
    edited February 2015
    Bet if you wait midway through the 1st you can get it under a G. I haven't bought scalped tixs in years tho. I'm sure half are fake nowadays
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  • sarktasticsarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Yesterday, on stubhub, the cheapest game ticket fell from $10,115 to $7115. Today as of right now, it's back over $11,000 and a parking pass is up over $150
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