Football Ticket Q&A
Where is Blue Tier seating at the Big House?
I am proud to be a new season ticket holder this year, and I got my application in the mail yesterday which states that seats are usually in the end zone or blue tier. I can't find the Blue tier on any stadium maps.
<edit> I changed the title because I didn't think my single question was really worthy of a post, and this has evolved into a thread with general questions about seating and season tickets...
I believe blue tier is in the corners minus the student section, that's where my seats are. I'm in section 6 row 40. They are pretty good seats for those of us who aren't making 6 figures...yet.
They are in the corners of the stadium w $200 per seat donation. Go to the 2013 PSD Guide: http://support.mgoblue.com/annual-giving/preferred-seating-donation/
Excellent. Thanks for the link! Sorry to clog the board with such a simple question.
Mods feel free to delete.
Essentially the Blue zones are from the sideline endzones just into the corner of the endzones, excluding the student section.
Looking for some advice from those on the board re: purchasing tickets at the Big House.
I am taking my kids (ages 6 and 2) to their first game at the Big House for the opener this year. I am hopeful that they will make it through 3 quarters, and that by the time we have to leave, the game is well out of hand (in a good way).
My questions:
1. My older son has some minor sensory issues and gets afraid of very loud noises. He loves the band, for example, but if he were to sit right near them, he would not like it at all. Same for the student section - he will cheer and scream, but if he is near the student section and it gets too insanely loud (we can only hope), he may not enjoy it. What section(s) would you recommend for him if price is not a consideration.
2. Best place to buy tickets? When my wife and I used to go to the games, we would just buy scalped in front of the Union in the morning of game day. But, since I now have 4, and less flexibility in terms of section, I want to get tickets in advance. Are there any options that are better than stubhub, or is that the way to go?
For your son I would recommend sitting on the Southwest corner of the stadium sections 14-20. You are on the Michigan sideline, but on the opposite side of the stadium from the student section.
Since the advent of the new scoreboards and the micing of the band, no parts of the stadium are quiet. Crowd noise in a big game can get pretty loud. I was thinking that perhaps sitting higher up might be better, but that is only speculation.
For the record she got over her worry about the noise and made it through about 3 quarters. She will come again to Akron.
To the OP, I think "blue" is where we are - Section 17 18 19 or something like that. It's next to the end zone in the corners.
I have brought my kids through the years, one is not a fan of crowds, and they love these seats too. You often have opposing fans nearby, but they're usually pretty cool if you treat them nicely.
Go Blue!
The more towards the older alumni, the better... we have seats in section 2, and it's proabablly about as quiet as it gets. and it's away from student section and band and opposing areas.
The real answer to your question, tho, is to sit in the Club. You can get club seats for non conference non notre dame pretty cheap. The bathroom is right there, no line during the game, food, tables couches, carpeting. It's the way to go.
I am not familiar with the club - what is that? Sounds like a great option.
Thank you for this information. I am in a similar situation, I am going to the Central game and taking my girls, ages 8 and 6, to their first ever Michigan football game and I also need 4 tickets. The club sounds perfect, but your comment about price not being an issue is a bit concerning. For me, since this is my girls and wife's first Michigan game, price is not really that big of a deal for me, since I want it to be a positive experience, but of course there is always a limit to price not being an issue.
For the club tickets, are these sold for individual games by the university or are they just available on StubHub type services? Also, what type of prices are we looking at a couple hundred or closing in on a grand? If anyone knows and can provide feedback, it will be greatly appreciated. If not, I will continue to try to find them online.
Want my girls to have a positive experience at the game.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
Go Blue!
I thought that was a big reason behind making the premium seat ticket exchange (or whatever it's called, it's close to that either way).
But if that's the only way to get them, the guy (or anyone else) can check here after they ship-
http://support.mgoblue.com/premium-seating/
Anyone else received any info regarding seat upgrades yet? I requested an additional 2 tickets this year and havent heard anything.
shows I can activate MORE season tickets but I have not received anything in email or snail mail.
Well, I'll add my ticket question into this thread too then.
What do incoming students need to do to get tickets? I'm heading back to Michigan for grad school starting this fall after a few years in the working world and I'm getting nervous I missed some deadline since I haven't heard anything about it yet.
You're about a week away...you can order starting June 10 and the deadline is the 28th:
awesome, thanks.
this is by far the thing i'm looking forward to most about going back to school.
Congrats! Curious, how many priority points do you have?
Thanks. About 83 points
I have 61 points.
My mother has 5 points, via the $500 donation to be on the interest list and she got a letter to purchase season tickes on friday.
since it seemed enough end zone seat opportunities opened up that I was offered up to 8 seats for "non-premium games." I kind of wanted to open a new post to ask people to input the reasoning behind the seeming glut of tickets, but would guess first and foremost was the overall expense and essentially boiling it down to buying ticket(s) to 2-3 premium games for $5-600 each (or more) and getting 3-5 lousy throwaway games for free. Tough to justify the whole enchilada, year after year.
Edit: I have ~120 points, not sure if the new grad/letter winner points have kicked in yet or not. Another mgopost concept was to try to get an idea of the profile of the mgoreader, their graduation date (if applicable), whether or not they are mgostadiumattendees, how many priority points they have, etc.
Yeah, I think I only had 25 points, and I got the letter yesterday, and an email today inviting me to buy tickets.
Sit up higher with your young child. The noise will be reduced and you will be closer to the concourse. Get sound blocking headphones for about $23. Google Peltor Kid's Earmuffs.
Peltor Kid’s Earmuffs
I applied for alumni assoc. tickets and extra tickets in the endzone offered to season ticket holders, but heave not had response from either. Did the alumni assoc. notify you that you won the ticket lottery?
Lottery winner notifications went out about a month ago. I received mine on May 7th.
I have a question with using StubHub.. I see that there are tickets for sale now, but I know ticket holders haven't recieved their tickets yet. So if I was to buy one how exactly does it work? It seems like pre-ordering tickets that some random person is putting up for sale even though they don't have them yet could run into some problems.
Please share any informationyou might have or prior knowledge.Thanks.
I am very curious too about this. I have had the same questions/doubts about buying tickets from someone that does not actually have them yet. Would appreciate any feedback from anyone that has any positive or negative experiences with buying individual game tickets this early.
I guess we may never know haha
The seller lists an available date of the tickets when listing. The seller, upon receipt of the tickets, prints out a Fed Ex delivery label and drops the tickets into the system. Now, if the tickets sold aren't exactly as listed or don't arrive at all, then I think StubHub buys replacement tickets and charges the sellers credit card. You should check out the "Buyer guarantee" on the StubHub website. I was only a seller so I don't know when StubHub charges the buyer's credit card. As with everything, there is always a chance of getting scammed, but in this case I don't think you lose any money, but you may not end up with tickets. I know that Stub Hub does not pay out until the tickets are confirmed as received and are the tickets that were listed.