Best Way and Timing to Buy Hoops Tickets for 12/29 Game v. UMass
Mates,
I am attempting to get the whole family down to AA for the 12/29 game vs. UMass-Lowell. I have been checking stub hub for tickets and pricing. I don't expect to get all 9 of us in a block, but it would be good to at least be in the same section in maybe 2 or 3 groups. I was thinking the game would be lightly attended with the students away, but others have said just the opposite.
My questions are this: Can those that might know please share some insight into the best method and timing of getting the tickets? Any idea if the game will be lightly or heavily attended?
Thank you in advance, and Go Blue!
XM
December 20th, 2019 at 1:02 PM ^
whoa, that's a big family!
I am no help on this topic, just wanted to comment on your family size. I hope you all have a great time.
go blue.
December 20th, 2019 at 1:17 PM ^
Trust me, it will be lightly attended (whether the students are away or not).
December 20th, 2019 at 1:23 PM ^
The game is sold out though so I wouldn’t assume a light attendance
December 20th, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
A lot of the games are sold out. Games like this are sometimes lightly attended.
People buy tickets to try to sell them on stubhub.
Often times, no one buys them, so they sit on someone's counter and they go unused.
December 20th, 2019 at 7:00 PM ^
The game between Christmas and NYD is usually well attended because people are off work and in town.
December 20th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
Buy through the school with these. All of the secondary options are going to bump things up considerably, unless you want to wait until the last 12 hours before the game and buy up 2s and 3s in the same section.
Since you can only buy 8 together from the school (I think--that was the limit in the past) I would call the ticket office and tell them your story. I know a guy who got hooked up for 10 tickets to a Big Ten game once because he was doing it for a volunteering group and they wanted to fill the place. The number is (734) 647-1268.
December 20th, 2019 at 1:25 PM ^
seth,
thank you for that heads-up. i called immediately, but unfortunately they are sold out. they had some 'maize rage' seats available for resale (turned in by students), but those were sold out too as of about a month ago. bummer.
December 20th, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
This won’t help you for your immediate need, but in the future, you could look into buying through M’s group sales. The minimum is 10 tickets, but it’s around $5 per seat cheaper than normal sales. You’d still save some money even with buying the extra seat, which you could sell/give away/use to hold a mountain of nine coats.
December 20th, 2019 at 4:24 PM ^
I have been to many of these "sold out" games. If I were a person who would eat a lemon, I'd offer to eat a lemon if the arena were even half full. But I'm not a lemon-eating person. But I would bet $1 that the arena won't even be half full for this game.
December 20th, 2019 at 1:19 PM ^
I've been a season-ticket holder for about ten years. Have attended many of the holiday cupcake games. There shouldn't be an issue getting tickets. Students are gone. Many people are out of town. Not a big group of fans for the visiting team.
That being said, it has been nice to see higher than usual attendance this year. Definitely still a lot of excitement for Coach Howard!
December 20th, 2019 at 1:22 PM ^
Basketball attendance works in a very different way depending on the day. Obviously the team is good and new head coach got people excited. Weekend games are almost always sellouts regardless of the opponents. They also tend to be the most expensive tickets but if you wait right before the game they do get cheaper. Now since you need 9 tickets I don’t know if waiting too long is a good idea. The game is already sold out so stub hub your only option. There are scalpers outside of Chrisler but it’s usually only a couple people and they don’t typically have many tickets
December 20th, 2019 at 3:19 PM ^
site getting janky again. 'down for routine maintenance' 'site encountered unexpected difficulties'
uh-roh.
December 20th, 2019 at 4:06 PM ^
Presbyterian athletic department. Go there.
December 20th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
presybterian is going to have tix to the UMass game? who'd a thunk it.
December 20th, 2019 at 9:36 PM ^
Last time I went, I bought my tickets(4) from stubhub as I was walking through the door. Prices dropped considerably about an half hour before the game. You likely won’t get all in the same area but could easily get some good seats, albeit spread out, for cheap.
December 21st, 2019 at 1:11 AM ^
I'm not convinced prices will be cheaper in a week. Other people will have the same idea and want to take family to the game, and supply's already getting tight. Needing 9 tickets also makes it risky to wait.
I could be mistaken, but I thought a similar holiday game shot up to around $70/ticket to get in the door a year or two ago...hard to say on the timing.
December 21st, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
When you need that many seats, you don’t have the option of waiting much longer.