More ticket availabity talk - Away games
I've been a season ticket holder for a long time and have always had the opportunity to buy tickets to away games. However, if my memory doesn't betray me, those games were the "lesser" opponents: Northwestern, Iowa, Purdue, IU, etc.
This year, I can (and did) buy tickets to Rutgers, Michigan State, and Oiho State.
Rutgers - Oct 4 - $100each
MSU - Oct 25 - $80 each
Northwestern - Nov 8 - $70
Oiho St - Nov 29 - $150
I don't know if this says something about ticket demand throughout the conference, ticket prices as a whole, or nothing at all. I also wonder if I could maybe make a couple bucks by reselling the tickets. I'm not opposed to playing the ticket stock market.
Go Blue.
Kind of ticket related...
Does anyone know if there is a detailed seating chart for the big house showing row and seat numbers? I found one on seatgeek that showed the rows but gives no info on specific seat number. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The aisles at Michigan Stadium run right down the middle of the section. I think it depends on where in the stadium you are (sideline vs corner vs endzone) but in section 22 (sideline) the aisle runs between seats 12 and 13. I think in general the low teens are always going to be the ones on the aisle. 20s and low single digits will be well into the center of the section and far from the aisle.
Thanks for the info! This is very helpful.
FYI... the corner sections are oddly shaped and get wider as you go up. I sit almost at the top of section 18 (which is almost, but not quite, in the SW corner). The aisle there goes between seats 24 and 25.
There are two price levels for Rutgers - $85 & $100. For $15 a ticket, I chose the higher ones.
Where'd you get 'em?
If you mean seat location, I don't know yet. That info wasn't given.
If you don't mean that, I got nothin for you.
Also the Rutgers tix are in relatively high demand on the Stubhub market too... Looks like there are a lot of NYC area folks who are willing to throw down dollars in order to see Michigan play.
"Oiho"
Nice.
Are these prices face value? What do we charge for OSU and MSU when we're home?
Our face value has been $90 or $95, can't remember which exactly.
I've been offered away tickets before for MSU/ND/OSU. I think I was limited to purchasing 4. It depends on how many priority points you have, I think they have a cut-off for who gets offered.
In my experience though, the away game tickets that they sell are usually higher rows and I prefer lower rows so I buy my away game tix on stubhub typically.
I am curious did you contact the Athletic Dept or did they contact you?
I admit to being in probably the very lowest PSD tier even after 20 years of holding season tix and so I wouldn't be surprised the Ath Dept passed me over.
That said, I'm interested in attending this game, have some friends who live in the NYC area.
to people with over 400 priority points, as I understand it.
I think MLaw06 hit it on the head. I may have hit a priority point threshold that put me on the distribution list.
The email said season ticket holders with 175 points are eligible.
I believe we receive a fixed amount of tickets to away games and those tickets are made available first and foremost to those with the highest point totals and then, if any are not purchased, they make the remaining seats available to those with lesser points.
If I was to read anything into the newfound availability of attracive away games such as these it would be that the ticket purchasing malaise extends throughout all spectrums of potential buyers so those in the upper point echelon arent buying as many road games as they once did.
Personally I think this is a great opportunity to go to away games and sit with fellow Michigan fans and not with the enemy. I've always had as much if not more fun at away games (if we win-long trip home when we lose) and these are all potentially really good games!
I was thinking about going to the ND game this year in South Bend, does anybody know where the Michigan "section(s)" usually is in their stadium?
I've been there twice (2006 & 2010) and an absolute blast. We sat in the MIchigan section, upper deck enzone facing Touchdown Jesus.
And both times I was there TD Jesus was a sad diety.
Would anybody be willing to buy 2 tix to Rutgers for an NYC alum? It would be awesome to sit with UM fans!
brandonv(at)umich(dot)edu
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Where were we ... Northwestern is all but a Michigan home game, so that would definitely seem like a bargain at $70. Rutgers could make for a great fall weekend in NYC and there should be many U-M alumni in the stands for the game. Those would be my choice.
You have to factor in the cost of protective gear as well.
coolers that appear to be discarded.
I just figured out how I can afford the Oiho tickets and requisite protective gear --
Non-cooler pooping rental opportunity ($2/use, plus $1 to "spare a square"):
I want to go to the Northwestern game this year with my wife, whats the best way to get tickets, aside from StubHub of course. Any thoughts?
game at Northwestern. Only $27 per ticket, started watching for them mid-summer and pulled the string on them about a month before that game. NU fans started dumping their tickets when the season went south on them.