Ticket Outlook
January 7th Update (last)
Pandemonium! The market has collapsed, well, not really.
Trades below $50 for tickets.
Wouldn't pay more than face
There will be many tickets floating around between now and kickoff.
January 5th Update.
Here we are. Electronic trades for <$80.
JSU athletic department apparently decided to not return tickets to the NCAA.
JSU fans who overbought trying to find homes. Anybody want 8? (Are you f'n kidding me?)
Still wouldn't pay more than $75 for tickets from here on out (end zone, far sideline, single or doubles).
January 3rd Update.
Into the home stretch. Buyers market. Prices continue to fall.
Expect electronic trades less than $125. Small number of doubles selling for less than $75.
Trades among bison fans should be not much more than face/transaction fees.
Wouldn't pay more than
Monday- Wednesday 75
Thursday-Saturday - Face
December 29th Update.
People are impatient and need to chill out. No big surprises.
I think there are still a few hundred tickets being held by scalpers that will need to be unloaded in the next week.
The highest prices likely passed this morning at 10.30.
SRO's are available in abundance.
Price outlook --unchanged.
2 tickets, end zones/far sidelines.
$100-150 Through 1/3
$75-125 Through 1/5
<$75 Game day
Up to double for good sideline tickets.
Original Post.
I think this year's ticket market will be very similar to last years.
The NCAA has sold out.
NDSU will obviously sell out its allotment.
Jacksonville State will likely sell out its allotment before getting into sales to the general public.
NDSU: Lots in interest in being in attendance for a potential five peat, but there are always folks who drop out from one year to another. So slightly stronger demand for the Bison.
Jacksonville is about the same distance to Frisco as Illinois State. They have a solid fan base. Diehards will be there. But don't over emphasize their attendance - they sell tickets for as low as $10 the day prior to a game. It's a different fan who will spend $1,000 or four days to go to TX. Their classes begin on January 6th, meaning many students will be watching from Alabama. If they had 23,000 fans yesterday who paid $50 each, I would be scared as a fan without a ticket.
I don't think they will be any more aggressive than the Redbirds in the secondary market.
I think there are scalpers with as many as a 1,000 tickets, who are loving the action right now.
I think there will be fewer tickets on the street in Frisco.
What to do if you don't have a ticket?
1. Put out feelers. There are extra tickets out there. People who hoped to go won't, folks who bought an extra ticket or two might not need them. People need to know you're in the market.
2. Wait.
If you can stand it.
If you can't stand it, pay $300 today.
If you can stand anything, pay $50 at the gates in Frisco.
If want tickets in a large group >4, good luck, you'll need to be more patient or pay more.
If you want tickets at midfield, good luck.
I think there are still 2,000 to 3,000 tickets that will be traded.
Price outlook
2 tickets, end zones/farend sidelines.
$150-200 Through 12/27
$100-150 Through 1/3
$75-125 Through 1/5
<$75 Game day
Up to double for good sideline tickets.
Last edited by Bison bison; 01-07-2016 at 03:42 AM.
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