Single game tickets - holy crap!

[DCofNC]

On 5/16/2025 at 1:36 PM, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

 

 

I have a very good friend who's a broker - it's a very complicated business.  Teams, artists, wwe, ticketmaster, etc. raise prices on certain events, and massively raised prices on certain seats at those events.

 

The Bills do this with the Chiefs game, crush the initial demand at the highest price possible.  You can then negotiate a reduced rate with sellers for the remaining inventory to "sell out" the game.  They can then charge what they want.  

 

They also are adding a ton of club seats at the new stadium, which is another racket aimed at avoiding the 38% away gate number since you can charge a "club rate" that is not a part of that revenue sharing model.  Essentially overcharge for food and drinks you may or may not serve.  

 

Depends on the venue, but if they use ticketmaster they have an absolute F-ton of data.  That data can be useful when gauging what to charge right out of the gate, what to charge to make profit, when to dump tickets to sellers, etc.  They also charge a ton for premium seats and premium "experiences" which i think are just to get a big influx of cash right out of the gate.  

Ticketmaster can suck my left one, I can’t stand them, BUT they do basically control everything again and set/destroy the market for fans everywhere, so I’m super pumped about their data.

[Curt]

Once you start buying your tickets less than 24 hours before a game, you never go back. 90% of the time, you save a lot of money.