Comments on: Getting Tickets to High Demand Sporting Events

By: Stephen - NYC

Stephen - NYC — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:00:14 +0000

A football game is 60 minutes, not 45. Of course, it’s all the bloody commercials that make it run to 3 1/4 hours or longer.

By: Shock

Shock — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:45:55 +0000

The link to more info about the Super Bowl tickets random drawing has the wrong address to which to send the request. Here’s the correct, up-to-date info from NFL.com’s FAQ page [http://www.nfl.com/help/faq]:

How can I buy Super Bowl tickets?
The only method the NFL has to distribute tickets to the public is through a random drawing. There is no other way for the general public to purchase tickets. The NFL does not sell tickets to travel or ticket agents.

Entries for the random drawing are accepted between Feb. 1 and June 1 of the year preceding the game in question. All ticket requests must be sent via certified or registered mail. Those selected in the random drawing will have the opportunity to purchase two tickets.

Requests for Super Bowl XLIV, to be played Feb. 7, 2010 in South Florida, will be accepted beginning Feb. 1, 2009. They should be sent to:

Super Bowl Random Drawing
P.O. Box 49140
Strongsville, OH 44149-0140

Please note that only one request per address is accepted. All duplicate requests will be disregarded.

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:55:24 +0000

Sliding off topic here … but my blog’s sports writer was at this year’s Masters and wrote about the experience. I completely forgot about it when I posted my earlier comment

http://www.observingcasually.com/the-masters/

(Jim – feel free to delete this if you don’t want links to other sites within your comments – no big deal)

By: Hank

Hank — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:47:20 +0000

A lottery at face value is also the only way to get tickets to the practice rounds at the Masters golf tournament as well.

By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:27:57 +0000

Forget Super Bowl tickets, the cost of regular season games is down right out of reach for most middle income families.

My suggestion is get to know season ticket holders! There are usually games they can’t make and they’ll often sell the tickets at below market to make a quick sale.

Being on a few season ticket holders lists of potential last minute buyers can put you in postion. But you have to be ready to move fast and pony up the cash.

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:34:55 +0000

That’s pretty cool about the LLWS tickets.

Several years ago, I attended the women’s NCAA tournament on a regular basis. This was back when the 1-4 seeds hosted first and second round games (rather than neutral sites), and my alma mater was usually a 3/4 seed. Tickets for those games were just a small fraction of price for tickets to the men’s games, of course.