X-Received: by 2002:a37:747:: with SMTP id 68mr12668261qkh.526.1633397859601; Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:37:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a25:346:: with SMTP id 67mr18192248ybd.345.1633397859434; Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:37:39 -0700 (PDT) Path: ...!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 18:37:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2600:1700:2c88:1d0:ddcd:51b:429d:1d6f; posting-account=DpMmrwoAAABmfdH8JUWRhIa7ZY7cBuop NNTP-Posting-Host: 2600:1700:2c88:1d0:ddcd:51b:429d:1d6f References: <160b65c8-6ffa-4fa6-a65c-f3bc3198dadfn@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6bbea53e-0900-4467-8703-54ec9325aad5n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: georgia fans drive ticket prices up more than any fan base in the country.... From: michael anderson Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 01:37:39 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bytes: 3883 Lines: 52 On Monday, October 4, 2021 at 10:10:10 AM UTC-5, Some dued wrote: > On Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 11:39:38 PM UTC-5, miande...@gmail.com wrot= e:=20 > > happens year after year.=20 > >=20 > > So my lake place is 25 miles from Jordan Hare, so I promised to take my= nephew(emerging 10 year old UGA fan from georgia) to the Auburn-Georgia ga= me.=20 > >=20 > > It's a good game. But it's not like a great game, and nobody would be s= urprised if georgia won by 3 or more tds.=20 > >=20 > > And yet the *cheapest* decent tickets are close to 300 dollars per tick= et. And I don't mean between the 45's first level. I mean the best deals ar= ound the 15 yard line first level are 285+. Thats not including the fees.= =20 > >=20 > > Actually, there aren't that many games in the country every year that h= ave an average ticket price of 300+, and it seems like Georgia is in half o= f them every year.=20 > >=20 > > I know it's auburn fans because last time I was there(also took my neph= ew) it must have been 15% UGA easy...and I don't mean just the UGA visiting= section. I mean it was easily 15%+ UGA in the rest of the stadium. I also = know it's not Auburn because tickets for solid Auburn non-Bama games don't = command these sorts of numbers.=20 > >=20 > > Plus there was the famous ND game in south bend 4 years ago. Famous for= UGA(nebraska did something similar but to a lesser extent) literally bring= ing 40k people and setting a regular season average ticket price record(jus= t blowing it away actually). Then that very same year UGA fans drove up pri= ces to the national title game vs Bama.......Devonte got'em back though in = the end:)=20 > >=20 > > I think it's a combination of several factors:=20 > > 1) UGA fans are obviously insanely hungry for a national title since it= 's been since 1980=20 > > 2) the team is really damn good and has been good the last several year= s under smart=20 > > 3) When consider the massive atlanta suburbs, it seems UGA has a lot la= rger base of professional fans willing to fork out this sort of money for t= ickets. Tons of doctors and dentists who went to UGA for undergrad. They ar= en't super rich, but make enough to drop a couple k in ticket costs to a go= od game for the family.=20 > >=20 > > But damn if it doesn't drive up the price when I want to take Nicholas = to a game like this. > It's free for you. Just get a couple of tickets and bet enough on the gam= e to make up the 6 units. true.....good point. Now my sister wants me to buy her a ticket as well lol....it never stops.