TexanMark
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The NCAA is getting in the Tix business in a big way. They are legitimizing the secondary market and making a nice profit on it.
I paid $200 plus $36 for a paperless (FlashSeat) ticket through PrimeSport http://www.primesport.com/ in Section 317 for 1 tix (I bought two for $472). The NCAA certifies the legitimacy of the tix. The good news was JarheadJim and I were able to sell our tix easily for Monday's game. You transfer control of the ticket to the Official NCAA Ticket exchange and post it for sale. You have to pay a 5% charge to resell. It looks like you can even turn your paper tickets acquired through other methods (NCAA lottery, SU Section Seats, StubHub, etc...) into a "FlashSeat" and sell it through PrimeSport.com.
Using the system worked well on gameday. I swiped my credit card used to buy the tix and out came the tickets at the gate. You can even transfer a ticket if one in your party is arriving late. If you left your credit card home...no problem you can edit your account with a new credit card or drivers license.
I actually undersold and probably could've made another $50-100 per tix as pricing strengthened later on Sunday as UL and UM fans were looking big time. But I wasn't greedy and had a great Sunday realizing my total cost to see the games on Saturday was only $90 or so. I literally could've seen the games on Saturday and probably sold my Monday tix for what I paid for the whole strip. Oh well...live and learn.
Bottomline: No more cheap tickets. Paper Tickets were scarce and prices were strong. The era of $20 tix to see the national championship game are over. The plus side is the ability to easily upgrade or resell tix. The biggest winner is the NCAA in all this.
I paid $200 plus $36 for a paperless (FlashSeat) ticket through PrimeSport http://www.primesport.com/ in Section 317 for 1 tix (I bought two for $472). The NCAA certifies the legitimacy of the tix. The good news was JarheadJim and I were able to sell our tix easily for Monday's game. You transfer control of the ticket to the Official NCAA Ticket exchange and post it for sale. You have to pay a 5% charge to resell. It looks like you can even turn your paper tickets acquired through other methods (NCAA lottery, SU Section Seats, StubHub, etc...) into a "FlashSeat" and sell it through PrimeSport.com.
Using the system worked well on gameday. I swiped my credit card used to buy the tix and out came the tickets at the gate. You can even transfer a ticket if one in your party is arriving late. If you left your credit card home...no problem you can edit your account with a new credit card or drivers license.
I actually undersold and probably could've made another $50-100 per tix as pricing strengthened later on Sunday as UL and UM fans were looking big time. But I wasn't greedy and had a great Sunday realizing my total cost to see the games on Saturday was only $90 or so. I literally could've seen the games on Saturday and probably sold my Monday tix for what I paid for the whole strip. Oh well...live and learn.
Bottomline: No more cheap tickets. Paper Tickets were scarce and prices were strong. The era of $20 tix to see the national championship game are over. The plus side is the ability to easily upgrade or resell tix. The biggest winner is the NCAA in all this.