Road Game Tickets

[Fenny72]

Taking a quick poll on purchasing tickets for away games. Do you buy through IU Football or via the Home school? Pros and Cons for both?

I'm looking to purchase tickets to Rutgers game in Sept. I see IU is selling them for $50 each, but Rutgers hasn't released single game tickets and won't release until July.

The last road game I went to was at Missouri, which was a great game! A Mizzou grad bought those for us, so I was in the middle of MU fans.

Thanks,
GO IU!

 

[Walt542]

I tried through IU and the seats were pretty bad. Now I usually just go through Stub Hub.

 

[dillonpgp]

Pros (to buying through IU)

Sitting with other IU fans.
No hassle of dealing with brokers and their fees. (Yet it must be said that in the era of scanned tickets, buying on the street is now incredibly risky)
For a game with the potential to be a hard get, (when undefeated IU rolls into Ann Arbor), you know you have your ticket. (Note: Wisconsin and, now allegedly, Michigan State are cutting visiting team allotment to the league minimum 2,000. Most other schools designate at least 3k.)

The price on the ticket is the face value. There is no premium or mark up on visiting tickets

Con.
In some places, you can will be able to take advantage of a buyers market. For instance, a game at Northwestern might be a $20 but on a $50 face value, if the season ticket holder lives in Nebraska and is taking a premium on Games in Evanston versus Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame.

Visiting team allotments are usually in the least desirable sections of the stadium, or at least furthest away. Visiting seats at Northwestern are the worst. Visiting seats in Lincoln are the equivalent of climbing Mt.Everest.

 

[Chriselli]

I go to every road game and scalp tickets 100% of the time. No P5 fanbase wants to watch Indiana so the tickets range from free to about 60% of face value. Last time we played at Michigan, I had a man offer me two free tickets. I turned them down and paid $40 for a pair in the 30th row at the 45 yard line.

Rutgers will cost you about $10-20 for a ticket.

 

[Crimson Crush]

I go to every road game and scalp tickets 100% of the time. No P5 fanbase wants to watch Indiana so the tickets range from free to about 60% of face value. Last time we played at Michigan, I had a man offer me two free tickets. I turned them down and paid $40 for a pair in the 30th row at the 45 yard line.

Rutgers will cost you about $10-20 for a ticket.

If no P5 fanbase wants to watch Indiana and you are a fan of a P5 school, why is it that you actually go to all the road games? I mean, you’ve admitted that nobody wants to watch Indiana play, what compels you to waste money on going to all these Indiana road games? God bless you for going but if it is as dismal as you portray it, what is it that drives you to want to actually go?

 

[Hoosiers Rising]

I go to every road game and scalp tickets 100% of the time. No P5 fanbase wants to watch Indiana so the tickets range from free to about 60% of face value. Last time we played at Michigan, I had a man offer me two free tickets. I turned them down and paid $40 for a pair in the 30th row at the 45 yard line.

Rutgers will cost you about $10-20 for a ticket.

I have never been to a road game but have watched them all on tv. I really don't recall seeing them play to empty stadiums, especially UM, OSU, PSU, MSU, UW, etc. Most people go to games to see their team play and those stands seem pretty much full.

 

[Chriselli]

Very sensitive responses. I would watch Indiana play Roncali high school in Japan if that's what Fred scheduled. I love it with all my heart. However, if you follow the ticketing industry, dynamic pricing exists to adjust pricing to meet the appropriate demand to ensure the stadium is full. Ohio State nearly sells out its spring game so those tickets are obviously more difficult to get. With that being said, due to the sheer inventory of tickets (100k) the supply is more than adequate at OSU, PSU, and UM. On the other hand, you can StubHub hundreds of tickets at Maryland for under 10 bucks.

If there were more Indiana fans that traveled the demand would increase and the prices would raise. However, since it's the families of the players that can afford to go, my group, and about 100 randoms that show up when the Hoosiers are in their area, the prices are depressed.

However, tickets at FIU will probably be about $30 because this will be their Super Bowl.

 

[Crimson Crush]

Very sensitive responses. I would watch Indiana play Roncali high school in Japan if that's what Fred scheduled. I love it with all my heart. However, if you follow the ticketing industry, dynamic pricing exists to adjust pricing to meet the appropriate demand to ensure the stadium is full. Ohio State nearly sells out its spring game so those tickets are obviously more difficult to get. With that being said, due to the sheer inventory of tickets (100k) the supply is more than adequate at OSU, PSU, and UM. On the other hand, you can StubHub hundreds of tickets at Maryland for under 10 bucks.

If there were more Indiana fans that traveled the demand would increase and the prices would raise. However, since it's the families of the players that can afford to go, my group, and about 100 randoms that show up when the Hoosiers are in their area, the prices are depressed.

However, tickets at FIU will probably be about $30 because this will be their Super Bowl.

This makes more sense than your first post. When you said “nobody wants to see Indiana play,” that came across to sound to me as “empty seats.” Which, we know is not the case. Fans will still fill those seats but at a lower market price. The marquee games will draw higher ticket price. But that’s the same at all schools.
It’s no different for IU basketball. IPFW won’t draw the same seat pricing as Michigan State (although one could argue that because of our losing record to The Mastadons in basketball, it might drive up the seat price in the future).

 

[Tokyo Steve]

I would watch Indiana play Roncali high school in Japan if that's what Fred scheduled.

Hey, I'm all onboard with that.