Going to the game this Saturday?
I am going to be in Indianapolis visiting the fiance' this weekend, and since West Lafayette is only an hour away, I am gonna make the trip to watch the game.
Has anyone ever been there for a Michigan game before? Is it like Indiana where I can easily find tickets for cheap before the game, or will this take a little more effort/planning?
Thanks in advance.
November 8th, 2010 at 6:59 PM ^
November 8th, 2010 at 7:00 PM ^
There are $20 tix on Purdue's website (as of 45 minutes ago). FWIW, they're endzone seats, which bothers me (AHHHHH DEPTH PERCEPTION FAIL!!!) but some don't seem to mind.
November 8th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
Do the games sell out? Wouldn't I be able to get a couple tickets for that price right before the game?
November 8th, 2010 at 7:13 PM ^
I was checking out a couple Purdue forums and there was a lot of chatter about the amount of empty seats last weekend. I can't imagine that would change much this week following another loss.
November 8th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
i was at purdue for the orton years even when purdue got up to the #4 ranking during my senior year we did not sell out. My friends at Purdue even said the stadium didn't sell out for Drew Brees.
November 8th, 2010 at 7:40 PM ^
I live in Lafayette Purdue never have a sell-out only if the play a top 5 team or IU. Most of the time you can walk up and get in for $20.
November 8th, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^
I am considering driving down for the game by myself, but I don't know if it is worth my while. How is the town/stadium? I live in Ann Arbor (work for UM), could I drive in Friday leave Saturday and not have to pay an arm and a leg on the trip?
November 9th, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^
W. Lafayette is cheap as hell, especially compared to A2. Tix will ~$20. I was considering doing the same thing as you to try make it back to A2 for the ND hockey game. You can easily find free parking on campus. There is a lot of free parking on Waldron. The stadium is on the north side of campus next to Northwestern Ave.
November 9th, 2010 at 8:06 AM ^
Thanks, I think I may just fly solo and make the trip down after all. Is there generally any place where M fans get together, a bar or a tailgate location?
November 9th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
You will find a lot of Michigan fans at the public tailgate at the Intramural field on 3rd street across from Hillenbrand and Shreve Halls. Bars I cannot answer specifically for an offical Michigan bar for weekend as the last time I was at a Michigan at Purdue game was my senior year at Purdue (2004) and I tailgated with my family. I remember a lot of visiting fans went to the usual visiting fan friendly bars like B Dubs at Wabash Landing (east State St at the bottom of the hill next to the Wabash River) and Brothers on State (at the top of the Hill, between Andrew and Grant). Make sure you at least get one drink at Charlies Chocolate Shop (across from Brothers).
November 8th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
So, all through out my undergrad (after I turned 21) I went to the neon cactus. I would love to get a huge Michigan contingent in Piano bar at the neon cactus.
http://www.neoncactus.biz/pianoman.php
I have gotten Bruce to play the Victors after I was accepted to Michigan for grad school (I had to outbid my fellow graduating boilers...ended up paying $50).
November 8th, 2010 at 10:14 PM ^
Thanks guys, looking forward to Saturday, Go Blue!
November 8th, 2010 at 10:54 PM ^
If you go to Purduesports.com tickets page------> http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/evenue/ev69/se/DisplayPromoList.d2w/report?linkID=purdue&RSRC=&RDAT=&caller=PR
Then type in MISEZ for the promotion code you get those $20 endzone seats for $10
If you don't want endzone seats we still have $56 tickets between the 35 yardlines on the east side of the stadium. They are pretty great seats. Not sure if these are available online but you can call the ticket office to request them at 1-800-49-SPORT
We still have 15,000 tickets left.... so its safe to say no sell out. Please don't buy from scalpers we had an issue with over 25 tickets being sold near the stadium last saturday that were void. The guy was ripping people off left and right. Best part is he was selling them for more than the ticket office was and they were worse seats!
Let me know if you have any questions. I always love to help out my fellow Michigan Fans.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:34 AM ^
Doesn't look like those are available anymore. Do you have any way to get more of the $10 tickets? Thanks for the info!
November 9th, 2010 at 7:18 PM ^
November 10th, 2010 at 9:18 AM ^
We have been having a couple problems with the online $10 tickets. They should be working though. Call us at 1-800-49-Sport if anyone has problems.
November 10th, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
cool, got em now. thanks a lot !
November 8th, 2010 at 10:59 PM ^