bos

Ok, let's say that I was lucky enough to have been on the waiting list for years and years and finally I'm selected to get the chance to buy the season tickets to the Philadelphia Eagles (or any other team, including something like Basketball or Hockey)

How much am I expected to spend, per season, for the tickets (per seat)?

Any help here? I figured that we've got such a varied audience here that may help me make future travel plans.

doc

you are expected to buy 10 games(8 regular,2 pre-season. These can cost around $60-100.

Pat

When I first bought my four season tickets for the 49ers they were$85 per seat for the 10 home game season. 12 years later I was shelling out $550 per seat and these were in the end zone. (where yours will probably be.) Take my advice - have tail gate parties in your driveway and see the games on TV in the comfort of your house. Being there is highly over-rated.

rachel

football is the cheapest by the season because you only buy about 10 games. baseball might be cheaper by the ticket but a season is about 80 home games. Hockey and basketball also have a lot of games in a season.

bos

All I can say is "Wow" to Pat's response. Pat, is there any benefit to the high priced seats? Is it the type of situation where the $550 remains the same for the rest of your life? I'd be inclined to participate at something like $80 per seat, which in my mind is (was) exhorbitant but at least doable. I assume that the main selling point for these types of seats is simply "if you don't get the season's tickets, you'll never ever get to sit in this section because seats are impossible to obtain".

doc

bos..I think pat means for $850 for the season,not game.

bos

gulp, ok I see.

So who is buying the season tickets to watch baseball? Must be uber expensive!

Eric

Generally a group of people will buy baseball season tickets under one person's name and divide up the games to defray the costs.

xxx

I've had two season tickets to the Sacramento Kings since they came to Sacramento in 1985. The seats are center court about a dozen rows off the floor. In 1985, they were $17.50 per seat. This year they were $107.50 per seat, plus parking. You have to buy 41 regular season games plus 3 preseason games. I'll let you do the math. When they make it to the playoffs you have to buy those extra tickets for quite a bit more. In other words, you have to be a real sports fan, very wealthy or just plain nuts to do it. Of course, when they win the NBA championship this year, it will all be worth it.

Anon

I maintain four season tickets for an NFL team and four season tickets for a major NCAA Division I football team. In both cases, the venues are sold out with waiting lists that are years long. If you are enterprising about it, you can end up going to several games each season for free and pocketing hundreds of dollars, so your net cost is far less than zero. I've found that big games go for four times face in a bad season and six times face or more in a good season. Things become much more complicated if you have to deal with things like seat licenses, etc. And if your team loses its following to the point where tickets are readily available for single games, you're not going to do very well at all. The key is to have tickets to sold-out events.

David

I've always wondered how many corporations own season tickets. Companies that I have worked for in the past have owned anywhere from 4 to a dozen season tickets and use them as sales tools. Occasionally they aren't used and one company would have a drawing for the employees to win seats to a game.

beachbum

Not so fast, xxx, the JailBlazers will have to roll over for them first. I've had tickets for 9 years to the Blazers, bos. Nosebleed seats at $22/seat/game. And you're thankful for the price when they tell you your beer is $5.50, and the popcorn is $4.50. But with the way things are going for the Blazers now, I literally can't give the tickets away. To borrow a phrase from Sports Illustrated, two more arrests and Portland will have a line-up!

Sac

I have also had 2 season tickets to the Kings since they moved to Sacramento. Mine were $15 the first year and this year they are $73.50. That is $3234 per seat for all pre and regular season plus $352 for parking. I don't share my tickets and have only missed 12 games since 1985.

But there are seats for much less - as little as $10 in the very top of the bldg and some really good seats just above the luxury boxes for only $22.50.

bos

Anon - I like what you're saying!

I got this idea myself after looking for tickets on eBay and I thought, wow, what a cool thing to do. I could see a few games per year, sell the rest, and be cash flow even (or positive).

I admire the dedication of the basketball fans here.

Pat

Didn't mean to confuse anyone regarding my 49er season tickets. At first I paid $85 each for 4 season tickets at 10 games = $8.50 per game. At the end I paid $550 per seat at $55 per game. End zone seats the whole time. All seats in Candlestick Park are the same price regardless of location; unless one has a luxury box. Add transportation, parking, food and traffic tickets a season of NFL football costs @ $3,000 and that is if the team does not make the playoffs.